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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 7 Dec 2009 06:41
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:06:26 +0000 (UTC), Keith <keith(a)mailinator.com>
wrote:

>There is a fine line between caution and hesitancy, and in my experience
>most drivers who hold back in situations like the one you describe are
>overcautious and could easily negotiate the roundabout safely if they
>had the confidence to give it some gas to get off and away before the
>lorry crossed their path.

if male drivers chose caution more often there would be more drivers.
Who cares if you wait 10 seconds for a truck compared with one day
ending up with a damaged car? Its more courteous to the trucker and
will make no significant difference (if any) to journey times.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Halmyre on 7 Dec 2009 10:34
On 7 Dec, 11:41, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:06:26 +0000 (UTC), Keith <ke...(a)mailinator.com>
> wrote:
>
> >There is a fine line between caution and hesitancy, and in my experience
> >most drivers who hold back in situations like the one you describe are
> >overcautious and could easily negotiate the roundabout safely if they
> >had the confidence to give it some gas to get off and away before the
> >lorry crossed their path.
>
> if male drivers chose caution more often there would be more drivers.
> Who cares if you wait 10 seconds for a truck compared with one day
> ending up with a damaged car? Its more courteous to the trucker and
> will make no significant difference (if any) to journey times.

Yes. I'm not playing silly buggers with 40 tons of artic - if it's as
much as a bumper length ahead of me on to the roundabout then it's all
his. Mr Impatient behind me can bloody well wait.

--
Halmyre
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