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From: DavidR on 7 Mar 2010 19:17
"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote
> DavidR explained on 06/03/2010 :

>> I have always wondered about this and similar comment. How does a person
>> or a particular group actually contribute to accidents they are not
>> involved in?
>
> I would think this could easily happen and probably does a lot. I've seen
> doddery old drivers crawling along a perfectly good road, yet where it can
> be difficult to overtake them. Result lots of frustration

Understood.

> and less than safe overtakes.

Oh, you mean the sort of crashes you see when you meander between lanes on a
roundabout?

> Driver pulls out of side road without properly checking it is clear and a
> another driver hits another vehicle in the course of trying to avoid them.

Hmm. A person pulls out of a junction and sees two vehicles crash head on
leaving their own car untouched.

Next contestant please.


From: ChelseaTractorMan on 8 Mar 2010 05:35
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:19:50 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Driver pulls out of side road without properly checking it is clear and
>a another driver hits another vehicle in the course of trying to avoid
>them.

given the small number of times such an accident is going to happen
and the large disparity between young and old drivers performances, I
say all this "never had accident but seem lots" stuff is largely myth.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 8 Mar 2010 05:37
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:12:22 -0000, "TJ" <nospam(a)virgin.com> wrote:

>> The IAM are also worried about 50 something
>> men under work pressure and far too often seen arguing about the
>> accident (or worse) on the hard shoulder.
>>
>
>So are they also saying that over 50's have more accidents on a motorway
>or were people asked where they have seen people argue about an
>accident? The exact wording of the question is required and the source of
>the information.

I don't know, it was a vague bit added at the end, dunno why they
didn't back it with any info.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on 8 Mar 2010 05:53


"ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:19:50 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Driver pulls out of side road without properly checking it is clear and
>>a another driver hits another vehicle in the course of trying to avoid
>>them.
>
> given the small number of times such an accident is going to happen
> and the large disparity between young and old drivers performances, I
> say all this "never had accident but seem lots" stuff is largely myth.
> --
Not so much "seen lots" as "caused lots", because such people take no notice
of what's going on around them and see nothing except the few inches in
front of their bonnet.

From: ChelseaTractorMan on 8 Mar 2010 07:01
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:53:39 -0000, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Not so much "seen lots" as "caused lots", because such people take no notice
>of what's going on around them and see nothing except the few inches in
>front of their bonnet.

funny how you could cause lots but not be in lots, the requirements
for the two are the same.......
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
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