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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 30 Apr 2010 05:58 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:45:06 +0100, MrBitsy <ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> wrote: >Rather than getting defensive all the time, how about understanding how >you made the mistake of another driver, a lot worse than it needed to be? In what way "a lot worse"? I avoided him. I'm not being defensive, you are ridiculously fault finding. It isn't 50/50 that a car indicating left at a junction is going right -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 30 Apr 2010 06:02 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:33:38 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: in the case of the junction, tell me what? -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 30 Apr 2010 06:06 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:33:38 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>Right, so in your estimation there was a 5% chance the car would go >>right - what clues were the 5% the car would go right? > >95% was a figure of speech I have driven for 40 years, nobody before turned right while indicating left at a motorway junction, so that's 1 in what, a million? The question is this:- do we assume a car in the lane to our left is likely to move into our path (especially when indicating left) if so what action do you take to mitigate it? You assessment that the car was 50/50 likely to go right is blatantly absurd. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 30 Apr 2010 06:12 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:33:38 +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 30 Apr 2010 08:11
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:06:03 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>Right, so in your estimation there was a 5% chance the car would go >>>right - what clues were the 5% the car would go right? >> >>95% was a figure of speech in addition, you misrepresented the 95% anyway:- I said "because 95% of the clues indicated the vehicle would turn left or at least carry on". In other words the evidence suggested the car would go left or ahead. (95% of clues != 95% of cars) Your claim I am saying 5% of cars would go right is false and a seconds thought will tell you neither your claimed 50% or the 5% you miss-assign to me would, the number will be 1 in some very large number as I have said elsewhere. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |