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Bit of a nonsense post really...
Last week I had two significantly close near misses. One in Leeds town centre in the evening where my caution and driving sense stopped me from a head on with a loon on my side of the road. Emergency stop required, but didn't feel too bad about it. The other was much closer on the motorway involving me at cruising speed, a loony lorry lunge and a car overtaking at significantly greater speeds (I suspect 100+). The car ended up using its brake assist thingy (flashy brake lights) and I had to aim off toward the hard shoulder to find enough space to brake.
I'm not really an advanced driver, but have a reasonably good thinking brain and lots of experience of car control from track activities. But incidents like this make you think and re-assess how you drive and how you can can do better.
As I said, not much to see here, other than being interested in driving well and learning from circumstances/mistakes is handy!
Bert
Last week I had two significantly close near misses. One in Leeds town centre in the evening where my caution and driving sense stopped me from a head on with a loon on my side of the road. Emergency stop required, but didn't feel too bad about it. The other was much closer on the motorway involving me at cruising speed, a loony lorry lunge and a car overtaking at significantly greater speeds (I suspect 100+). The car ended up using its brake assist thingy (flashy brake lights) and I had to aim off toward the hard shoulder to find enough space to brake.
I'm not really an advanced driver, but have a reasonably good thinking brain and lots of experience of car control from track activities. But incidents like this make you think and re-assess how you drive and how you can can do better.
As I said, not much to see here, other than being interested in driving well and learning from circumstances/mistakes is handy!
Bert
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