My drive this morning, nearly went pear shaped
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From: Harry Bloomfield on 24 Apr 2010 11:54 MrBitsy explained : > You surprise me - a car going unusually slowly at a turn off should be > getting a bit more attention than normal. I certainly would be giving it more attention. > The slow speed plus the other > hazards were a pretty clear sign - don't go to the right of this guy! Indicating left so go to his/her left then? I think not. Pass on the right and with extra care. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 24 Apr 2010 12:14 After serious thinking Harry Bloomfield wrote : > MrBitsy explained : >> You surprise me - a car going unusually slowly at a turn off should be >> getting a bit more attention than normal. > > I certainly would be giving it more attention. > >> The slow speed plus the other hazards were a pretty clear sign - don't go >> to the right of this guy! > > Indicating left so go to his/her left then? I think not. Pass on the right > and with extra care. T'other day, one of those Police, Camera, Action type programs. I don't usually watch them, however... Built up area a DC. The police driver was using B&T's in L2 and rapidly catching up on a car in L1. Despite the B&T's its driver drifted over into L2 and the path of the police car and collided side on with it. What could/should the police driver have done to avoid it? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Halmyre on 24 Apr 2010 12:43 In article <mn.c40a7da466905616.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk says... > After serious thinking Harry Bloomfield wrote : > > MrBitsy explained : > >> You surprise me - a car going unusually slowly at a turn off should be > >> getting a bit more attention than normal. > > > > I certainly would be giving it more attention. > > > >> The slow speed plus the other hazards were a pretty clear sign - don't go > >> to the right of this guy! > > > > Indicating left so go to his/her left then? I think not. Pass on the right > > and with extra care. > > T'other day, one of those Police, Camera, Action type programs. I don't > usually watch them, however... > > Built up area a DC. The police driver was using B&T's in L2 and rapidly > catching up on a car in L1. Despite the B&T's its driver drifted over > into L2 and the path of the police car and collided side on with it. > What could/should the police driver have done to avoid it? > > Gone looking for some real criminals? -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: MrBitsy on 24 Apr 2010 12:52 On 24/04/2010 16:54, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > MrBitsy explained : >> You surprise me - a car going unusually slowly at a turn off should >> be getting a bit more attention than normal. > > I certainly would be giving it more attention. > >> The slow speed plus the other hazards were a pretty clear sign - >> don't go to the right of this guy! > > Indicating left so go to his/her left then? I think not. Pass on the > right and with extra care. > No, not to the left, but not directly right either. If there are three lanes and lane three is clear, use that and put some distance between you. What exactly do you mean by extra care? If you are directly to the right of this guy when they swerve right, you will be in trouble. -- MrBitsy
From: Harry Bloomfield on 24 Apr 2010 13:16
MrBitsy explained on 24/04/2010 : > No, not to the left, but not directly right either. If there are three lanes > and lane three is clear, use that and put some distance between you. What > exactly do you mean by extra care? If you are directly to the right of this > guy when they swerve right, you will be in trouble. IF there is a space enough to give an extra lane space, yes then use it. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |