My drive this morning, nearly went pear shaped
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From: MrBitsy on 20 Apr 2010 03:14 On 20/04/2010 07:39, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:04:24 +0100, MrBitsy<ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> > wrote: > > >> True, sometimes you cant. The driver you are just about to pass on a >> clear motorway may have a heart attack and swerve into your path. You >> may be sitting at traffic lights and get hit from behind. As I said >> many posts ago, driving can be dangerous. >> > But you can look at strategies for dealing with the unexpected, that's > what the thread should be about. > The whole point of my reply to your scenario was to describe a strategy based on your observations. >> In the scenario you described, it was bleeding obvious the car ahead may >> go right given the clues he was sending out. >> > that is a ridiculous exaggeration based on your wish to criticise > How can it be ridiculous when it actually happened? What you keep saying is the anticipation I described was invented, because I knew the outcome. Your logic for this conclusion is my desire to point score on a newsgroup. You are just plain wrong and are not learning anything at all. -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 20 Apr 2010 03:17 On 20/04/2010 07:42, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:53:25 +0100, MrBitsy<ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> > wrote: > > >>> The problem is you had a need to prove me wrong in some way when I >>> reported bad driving in somebody else, its a childish trait here. >>> >>> >> I have never said you was wrong >> > !!!!!!!!!!!! > You made a driving plan based on what the driver ahead was telling you - nothing wrong there at all. However, there were clues to a possible move to the right. You didn't see those clues or decided the risk of a move to the right was low. My reply was to show how I would think approaching the same scenario, in the hope you may find it useful. -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 20 Apr 2010 03:18 On 20/04/2010 07:42, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:36:37 +0100, Harry Bloomfield > <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > >> As I read the account, all the signs WERE there for him to go left - >> there was a 1 in ? chance of him going right. ? meaning a slightly >> increased chance to what I would consider a normal risk. >> > pretty much it. > So you ignored the clues that showed an increased risk of the car going right - that is the lack of anticipation right there. -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 20 Apr 2010 03:22 On 20/04/2010 07:43, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:03:27 +0100, MrBitsy<ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> > wrote: > > >> You surprise me - a car going unusually slowly at a turn off should be >> getting a bit more attention than normal. >> > It was. That's why I didn't let it hit me. You have made stuff up > right through this thread. > No, I haven't. You NEVER said how you positioned your car to avoid a collision - you never mentioned ONCE the possibility of the car going right. What you did say was how the other person can't drive, and how it was the closest you have ever come to a collision. You were caught out and really don't like advice. -- MrBitsy
From: Bod on 20 Apr 2010 03:57
ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:04:24 +0100, MrBitsy <ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> > wrote: > >> True, sometimes you cant. The driver you are just about to pass on a >> clear motorway may have a heart attack and swerve into your path. You >> may be sitting at traffic lights and get hit from behind. As I said >> many posts ago, driving can be dangerous. > > But you can look at strategies for dealing with the unexpected, that's > what the thread should be about. > >> In the scenario you described, it was bleeding obvious the car ahead may >> go right given the clues he was sending out. > > that is a ridiculous exaggeration based on your wish to criticise > > I think Mr Bitsy is a mispelling and should be 'Mr Bitchy'. Bod |