A cautionary tail of road positioning at junctions......
Discussion
Out for a spin in the Chilterns yesterday evening and came to a junction where I wanted to turn right. Two cars in front of me and one behind me, I stopped in the middle of the carriageway between the cars so drivers front and back could see me. The old lady at the junction was taking an age to pull out onto a quiet road so I decided to nip around the cars and pull out - it was obvious I could get out much quicker than she could!
Just as I pulled out of the junction (while she still waited for her written invitation) a van ploughed into the car at the back of the queue which in turn pushed it into the 2nd car in the queue, the force was so hard it actually pushed the 2nd car into the old lady still sat at the junction. Had I not lost my patience with the dithering old woman at the front of the queue I would have been crushed between the 2nd and 3rd cars in the queue for the junction - and given the force with which the van hit the cars I think it is fair to assume resultant injuries would have been fairly serious.
In future I will be holding my position to the left or right of the queue of traffic - I will also be doing the lotto this weekend......
Just as I pulled out of the junction (while she still waited for her written invitation) a van ploughed into the car at the back of the queue which in turn pushed it into the 2nd car in the queue, the force was so hard it actually pushed the 2nd car into the old lady still sat at the junction. Had I not lost my patience with the dithering old woman at the front of the queue I would have been crushed between the 2nd and 3rd cars in the queue for the junction - and given the force with which the van hit the cars I think it is fair to assume resultant injuries would have been fairly serious.
In future I will be holding my position to the left or right of the queue of traffic - I will also be doing the lotto this weekend......
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