What makes you nervous as a driver?
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Police, the way traffic law is in the UK they can pretty much get you for anything provided they dont like the look of you.
Lorries and wind, A9 Stirling>Perth is especially nasty for this since your are limited to 70 well passing them unless you want to slow down after the overtake, its also a pretty exposed road, you see the big curtainsiders drifting about a fair bit.
Bikes infront of me, I drive like a bit of a t
t but would never tailgate a bike, always give them a lot of space from the rear just in case the worst happens (I ride myself)
Lorries and wind, A9 Stirling>Perth is especially nasty for this since your are limited to 70 well passing them unless you want to slow down after the overtake, its also a pretty exposed road, you see the big curtainsiders drifting about a fair bit.
Bikes infront of me, I drive like a bit of a t
t but would never tailgate a bike, always give them a lot of space from the rear just in case the worst happens (I ride myself)JimbobVFR said:
Being at the back of a queue or tailback on a busy road or Motorway.
Luckily this makes me keep a very close eye on my mirror which certainly saved my bacon a couple of years ago on the M62.
This for me too, there is one episode of Road Wars that never quite left me involving a lorry and a pug at the back of a motorway queue Luckily this makes me keep a very close eye on my mirror which certainly saved my bacon a couple of years ago on the M62.
Also tailgaters for me. Young lad in BMW a couple of evenings ago, I slowed three times and he backed off but quickly came up to close again, on a twisty country lane. What the point was I don't know, there was no way he was getting past and there are often cyclists and walkers around the bends (no footpath) so above my speed would be seriously risky. I'm not nervous about things in my control but you can't control tailgaters.
Drivers not following the conditions on single track roads. You can drive them quickly but you have to know when to push and when to use caution. Coming downhill, long crossview, no blind spots? Go for it, until you lose your safe stopping distance. Can't see what's coming? Bad surface? Hazards? Slow down.
Twice in recent weeks I've had cars skidding to a stop towards me on single track roads. On both occasions, it's been soft roaders barrelling round a bend, seeing the lead car coming the other way and slamming the brakes to a stop when they realise they're about to either go head on or scrape down the side of the other car. Always ask 'what if?' when you approach the unknown, never drive into the void.
On the motorbike, it's drivers who pull out without looking or steam towards a junction, slam the brakes on and then look, giving the impression they're just going to come straight out.
Twice in recent weeks I've had cars skidding to a stop towards me on single track roads. On both occasions, it's been soft roaders barrelling round a bend, seeing the lead car coming the other way and slamming the brakes to a stop when they realise they're about to either go head on or scrape down the side of the other car. Always ask 'what if?' when you approach the unknown, never drive into the void.
On the motorbike, it's drivers who pull out without looking or steam towards a junction, slam the brakes on and then look, giving the impression they're just going to come straight out.
Nothing until a few months ago, now when the wind pick up and I am working I do get a tad anxious.
Driving an empty 7 1/2 tonne curtain side when a monsterous gust had me over on two wheels and heading into lane 2, trying to get to the next junction so I could get off the motorway it did it again, I can safely say I had no control and was soon going to be through the fence down the embankment on the side in a ditch, wonderful artic driver spotted my predicament and blocked the wind, regained control and he speed matched me until I could get to safety.
Driving an empty 7 1/2 tonne curtain side when a monsterous gust had me over on two wheels and heading into lane 2, trying to get to the next junction so I could get off the motorway it did it again, I can safely say I had no control and was soon going to be through the fence down the embankment on the side in a ditch, wonderful artic driver spotted my predicament and blocked the wind, regained control and he speed matched me until I could get to safety.
My girlfriend has an annoying habit of making 'surprised' sounds when she is reading Facebook on her phone as I drive along, such as an audibly sharp intake of breath when she reads how so-and-so has broken up with so-and-so.
It always makes me think I have missed something important, as if we are about to have a crash! Is she just odd or does anyone else have passengers who do similar?
It always makes me think I have missed something important, as if we are about to have a crash! Is she just odd or does anyone else have passengers who do similar?
Not technically as a driver in either of these (But a road user still)
Cycling - Being overtaken with zero room and traffic in the oncoming lane meaning there are inches between me and two tonnes of car
Motorbike - Junctions on main roads, I clench every time I go past a junction with a waiting car, especially after seeing this - http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/05... All it takes is one person overdue an eye test or not paying enough attention and that's it.
Cycling - Being overtaken with zero room and traffic in the oncoming lane meaning there are inches between me and two tonnes of car
Motorbike - Junctions on main roads, I clench every time I go past a junction with a waiting car, especially after seeing this - http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/05... All it takes is one person overdue an eye test or not paying enough attention and that's it.
The growing number of polish and Romanian plated cars appearing in north London. They have very little thought of :
Other drivers
Pedestrians
Indicators
Roundabouts
One way entrances and exits (usually petrol stations)
Bothering to check if all the lights on the car work
Oh,
And insurance.
Other drivers
Pedestrians
Indicators
Roundabouts
One way entrances and exits (usually petrol stations)
Bothering to check if all the lights on the car work
Oh,
And insurance.
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