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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 4 May 2010 10:56 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:12:23 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>You posted about a junction that is not designed very well. You went on >>>to say how other drivers were making it difficult for you to negotiate >>>the junction. Again, from your description, it appears to me there are >>>things you can do to mitigate the poor driving of others. >> such as? -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 4 May 2010 10:58 On Tue, 04 May 2010 15:21:17 +0100, MrBitsy <ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> wrote: >I always assume drivers are not going to do what there intentions show >> I am now unclear on your position on crash barriers, you said at first >> that you adjust your driving between crash barriers/no crash barriers, >> later you say you do not assume a crash barrier protects you so you do >> *not* adjust your driving. This seems contradictory. (I take no >> account of the presence of crash barriers, they are a passive safety >> device installed at the descretion of highway authorities, I'm hardly >> going to drive recklessly just because they are there). >> > >No, but I pay more attention to opposite direction traffic if they are >NOT there. given you said that vehicles can cross them anyway, why not pay attention anyway, that would make your position less contradictory. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 4 May 2010 10:59 On Tue, 04 May 2010 10:49:42 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >The point of the first threads was "look out, theres idiots about" and >the second "look out, theres bad road design about" and to have a >rant. You seem to think I cannot handle situations because I happen to >have posted about them. > On the subject of "escape routes" you raised, how many typical situations have viable escape routes? Where are the escape routes in this situation? -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 4 May 2010 11:01 On Tue, 04 May 2010 14:49:15 +0100, MrBitsy <ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> wrote: >ANTICIPATION - you observe an unusually slow car approaching a junction, >and you note as 'split and several lorries. look, I do not need this condescending claptrap. I'm not interested in you telling me you could see it coming, I do not agree, I was there, you were not, end of story. So you may as well stop trying to talk down to me and answer the questions you are ignoring. You are not the only person who knows how to drive. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: MrBitsy on 4 May 2010 19:25
On 04/05/2010 15:53, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Tue, 04 May 2010 14:49:15 +0100, MrBitsy<ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> > wrote: > > >> Your more dangerous plan was to have your nearest near miss you have >> ever had, while using half of lane three to avoid him. >> > perfectly adequate in the very rare circumstance. You find having the closest near miss ever, is better than using anticipation to not have the closest near miss ever? > I knew the lane was > empty, whats the problem, how about answering all the questions you > are ignoring? > The problem is you saying nearly having a crash is better than anticipating. -- MrBitsy |