I've been knocked twice in two weeks
Discussion
In the last two weeks 2 vehicles have collided with me with minor damage only:
1- I was driving on a B road 20mph after exiting a village, a car facing me sped up to pass a van parked on the pavement and hit my wing mirror. Diver sped away
2: I was stopped at a red traffic light and a van collided in to the back of me, driver spoke to me and said it I was no damage
both within 2 miles of where I live.
Actually I am polishing my wing mirror it should look better than before though my rear bumper needs some paint.
Rationally this is a coincidence though I feel in the bad weather and visibility other drivers are increasingly over confident.
Is there anything I can do about it?
1- I was driving on a B road 20mph after exiting a village, a car facing me sped up to pass a van parked on the pavement and hit my wing mirror. Diver sped away
2: I was stopped at a red traffic light and a van collided in to the back of me, driver spoke to me and said it I was no damage
both within 2 miles of where I live.
Actually I am polishing my wing mirror it should look better than before though my rear bumper needs some paint.
Rationally this is a coincidence though I feel in the bad weather and visibility other drivers are increasingly over confident.
Is there anything I can do about it?
Just sounds like bad luck. It happens sometimes.
A friend of mine had a tyre blowout on motorway, spun round & hit central reservation, car had a lot of damage but he fortunately wasn't injured.
Left car in for body repair and paintwork, a month later it was ready and he went to collect it. Pulled out of the premises and wasn't even into second gear before an elderly driver crossed a lane and drove straight into his car.
Sometimes life just throws you lemons.
A friend of mine had a tyre blowout on motorway, spun round & hit central reservation, car had a lot of damage but he fortunately wasn't injured.
Left car in for body repair and paintwork, a month later it was ready and he went to collect it. Pulled out of the premises and wasn't even into second gear before an elderly driver crossed a lane and drove straight into his car.
Sometimes life just throws you lemons.
What's the car in question?
Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop?
I have evaluated my behaviour again as you suggested above.
I have concluded that to avoid the minor collision would have
(1) meant swerving onto the pavement
(2) pulling forwards beyond the line where the red light was.
I also take into account the right of pedestrians to have a safe walking area and given a few scratches on a wing mirror and bumper that are designed to absorb such impacts is less serious than making pedestrians feel the walking areas are not safe.
(1) The behaviour of the other driver may have been impatience that I was doing 20mph out of a village so the driver pushed sideways anyway. I think I should not have swerved further left. I possibly could have slowed down even more but it was too late to stop. I fear more for people coming out for the village shop behind me honestly with this car now speeding up and entering the village while pulling back left to go on the correct side of the road.
(2) I was stopped at a red light at the line next to the traffic lights. I am a buffer to protect pedestrians who may cross, . I suggested to the van driver maybe in the wet weather the person's foot slipped on the pedals, if that is the case and I was not there and someone was pushing a buggy across the road it would have been a worse outcome.
I think also as I sign in my work 'the use of violence should not be used to solve societal issues' I should not be appeasing drivers who start collisions in a way that might risk others.
I have evaluated my behaviour again as you suggested above.
I have concluded that to avoid the minor collision would have
(1) meant swerving onto the pavement
(2) pulling forwards beyond the line where the red light was.
I also take into account the right of pedestrians to have a safe walking area and given a few scratches on a wing mirror and bumper that are designed to absorb such impacts is less serious than making pedestrians feel the walking areas are not safe.
(1) The behaviour of the other driver may have been impatience that I was doing 20mph out of a village so the driver pushed sideways anyway. I think I should not have swerved further left. I possibly could have slowed down even more but it was too late to stop. I fear more for people coming out for the village shop behind me honestly with this car now speeding up and entering the village while pulling back left to go on the correct side of the road.
(2) I was stopped at a red light at the line next to the traffic lights. I am a buffer to protect pedestrians who may cross, . I suggested to the van driver maybe in the wet weather the person's foot slipped on the pedals, if that is the case and I was not there and someone was pushing a buggy across the road it would have been a worse outcome.
I think also as I sign in my work 'the use of violence should not be used to solve societal issues' I should not be appeasing drivers who start collisions in a way that might risk others.
Aluminium said:
Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop?
I have evaluated my behaviour again as you suggested above.
I have concluded that to avoid the minor collision would have
(1) meant swerving onto the pavement
(2) pulling forwards beyond the line where the red light was.
I also take into account the right of pedestrians to have a safe walking area and given a few scratches on a wing mirror and bumper that are designed to absorb such impacts is less serious than making pedestrians feel the walking areas are not safe.
(1) The behaviour of the other driver may have been impatience that I was doing 20mph out of a village so the driver pushed sideways anyway. I think I should not have swerved further left. I possibly could have slowed down even more but it was too late to stop. I fear more for people coming out for the village shop behind me honestly with this car now speeding up and entering the village while pulling back left to go on the correct side of the road.
(2) I was stopped at a red light at the line next to the traffic lights. I am a buffer to protect pedestrians who may cross, . I suggested to the van driver maybe in the wet weather the person's foot slipped on the pedals, if that is the case and I was not there and someone was pushing a buggy across the road it would have been a worse outcome.
I think also as I sign in my work 'the use of violence should not be used to solve societal issues' I should not be appeasing drivers who start collisions in a way that might risk others.
I think you dismiss Haltamer’s suggestions too lightly.I have evaluated my behaviour again as you suggested above.
I have concluded that to avoid the minor collision would have
(1) meant swerving onto the pavement
(2) pulling forwards beyond the line where the red light was.
I also take into account the right of pedestrians to have a safe walking area and given a few scratches on a wing mirror and bumper that are designed to absorb such impacts is less serious than making pedestrians feel the walking areas are not safe.
(1) The behaviour of the other driver may have been impatience that I was doing 20mph out of a village so the driver pushed sideways anyway. I think I should not have swerved further left. I possibly could have slowed down even more but it was too late to stop. I fear more for people coming out for the village shop behind me honestly with this car now speeding up and entering the village while pulling back left to go on the correct side of the road.
(2) I was stopped at a red light at the line next to the traffic lights. I am a buffer to protect pedestrians who may cross, . I suggested to the van driver maybe in the wet weather the person's foot slipped on the pedals, if that is the case and I was not there and someone was pushing a buggy across the road it would have been a worse outcome.
I think also as I sign in my work 'the use of violence should not be used to solve societal issues' I should not be appeasing drivers who start collisions in a way that might risk others.
Haltamer said:
What's the car in question?
Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Good advice- this in particular is one of my top tips for new drivers. Nothing worse than being a passenger and the driver slams the anchors on last minute and heaves to a stop behind a queue of traffic, leaving the car exposed to a risk of inattentive drivers, particularly on fast roads. Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Much better to control the car behind and essentially put a rolling roadblock on and slow them down gradually. Also works very well when driving on snow or other low grip situations.
MBVitoria said:
Haltamer said:
What's the car in question?
Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Good advice- this in particular is one of my top tips for new drivers. Nothing worse than being a passenger and the driver slams the anchors on last minute and heaves to a stop behind a queue of traffic, leaving the car exposed to a risk of inattentive drivers, particularly on fast roads. Grabbing some LED's for the taillights / sidelights etc. can help with the "Brightly lit car" arms race.
Evaluating what you could have done differently as well - Even if not your fault, Could you have employed more caution (Or assertiveness?), Stopped further back / "Caught" the vehicle slowing behind you and controlled their stop? (i.e. slowing earlier and letting them catch up to roll-into the light - Were you watching behind, could you have reacted by moving forward or flashing hazards / tapping brake lights to garner more attention?
Much better to control the car behind and essentially put a rolling roadblock on and slow them down gradually. Also works very well when driving on snow or other low grip situations.
Sometimes good can come out of bad.
About six months ago, a t
t in a van came flying through a too-small gap and smashed my driver's side rear view mirror to bits. I bought a replacement from eBay and had the added bonus that the heated glass on the new unit worked, whereas the old one did not.
However, my happiness was short-lived as said heated glass then stopped working a few weeks later.
Fast forward to last week, when another tt in a Sainsbury's delivery van clouted the end of the same mirror - this time, no damage as the mirror folded in, but the glass popped out. On re-fitting the glass, i discovered that one of the connectors for the heating element had come off, but when i went to re-fit it, it was a very loose fit. I squashed up the crimp with pliers, plugged it back in , refitted the glass and it turns out the heated mirror is now working again.
Consequently - thank you Mr Sainsbury's man! (although you still need to slow down and stick to your own bloody side of the road on country lanes...)
About six months ago, a t
t in a van came flying through a too-small gap and smashed my driver's side rear view mirror to bits. I bought a replacement from eBay and had the added bonus that the heated glass on the new unit worked, whereas the old one did not.However, my happiness was short-lived as said heated glass then stopped working a few weeks later.
Fast forward to last week, when another t
t in a Sainsbury's delivery van clouted the end of the same mirror - this time, no damage as the mirror folded in, but the glass popped out. On re-fitting the glass, i discovered that one of the connectors for the heating element had come off, but when i went to re-fit it, it was a very loose fit. I squashed up the crimp with pliers, plugged it back in , refitted the glass and it turns out the heated mirror is now working again.Consequently - thank you Mr Sainsbury's man! (although you still need to slow down and stick to your own bloody side of the road on country lanes...)
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