My drive this morning, nearly went pear shaped
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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 8 Apr 2010 04:43 Started well, no traffic. Amused by the suited tory faithful marching along the road with estate agent style posts like sloped rifles to plant in true believers front gardens, Cameron's little army. Then had to stop to let a traffic light cross the road (a temporary one being pushed) Then it happened Lane 1, 70 mph, lorries in L2, everybody all lined up for the split between the A2 slip and the M25, no problemo What's this ahead? Small hatch, going slow, (30ish) indicating left. There's a small slip ahead for Dartford, just before the main A2 slip, he is probably going off there. No problemo There's a gap in the lorries, I can go out to L2 and come in again in front of him. I commence to do so... As I draw level with him, (he is still indicating left) he commences to pull into L2. Luckily I can use half of L3 to avoid him, didn't fancy a side impact with a x number of 44 tonners just behind me..... Moral... remember some people out there REALLY cannot drive, but have cars. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Hugo Nebula on 10 Apr 2010 08:16 [Default] On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:43:29 +0100, a certain chimpanzee, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk>, randomly hit the keyboard and wrote: >Moral... remember some people out there REALLY cannot drive, but have >cars. Including those who rely on other people's indicators? -- Hugo Nebula "If no-one on the internet wants a piece of this, just how far from the pack have I strayed"?
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 10 Apr 2010 08:57 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:16:04 +0100, Hugo Nebula <abuse(a)localhost> wrote: >>Moral... remember some people out there REALLY cannot drive, but have >>cars. > >Including those who rely on other people's indicators? congratulations, you get the uk rec driving booby prize for predictably trying to point out a weakness on the part of the teller of a tale of bad driving. But do not worry, they all do it, its correct form! :-) Now tell me how "I relied on his indicators"? I was overtaking a slow car, the fact it appeared to be about to "turn" left didn't effect my road positioning, it in fact "turned" right without warning into my path. Its error was compounded by indicating it was turning left. If drivers are supposed to take *no* account of indicators, why fit them? It was the nearest miss I have had for many years, I have mused how it could be avoided, the only thing that comes to mind is allowing an entire clear lane when overtaking!! Maybe avoid large difference in speed between you and the overtakee? But then you increase the chance of being driven into, although you increase the chance of the other driver spotting you. I suspect its one of those dangers you can do little more about beyond being ready to move to the right and knowing there is no faster traffic coming up behind as you overtake. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Steve Firth on 10 Apr 2010 10:50 ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Moral... remember some people out there REALLY cannot drive, but have > cars. Indeed, although it would be better if you just handed your driving license in, endorsing it with the statement that you really (or REALLY if you prefer) cannot drive.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Apr 2010 04:13
ChelseaTractorMan laid this down on his screen : > I suspect its one of those dangers you can do little more about beyond > being ready to move to the right and knowing there is no faster > traffic coming up behind as you overtake. There comes a point where you have to make a decision and take gamble. Sometimes passing slowly, with great care is the way to go - at others speed and as wide a berth as you can give them, with a blast on the horn minimises the risk. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |