Simpletons entering dual carriageway
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DocSteve said:
Is this not the advanced driving forum? The OP and some subsequent posts seem to be focused on the perceived incompetent and/or malicious actions of other drivers.
Surely this forum should be used to discuss how to avoid potential accidents by methods other than wishing the world could be rid of morons.
Other motorists will do all sorts of things ranging from those that briefly inconvenience to those that are so egregious they require significant ability and experience to avoid incident. Slip roads are common and with proper planning it should be possible to avoid most of these (also common) pitfalls. If you know you are intending to exit shortly after a slip road then it should be anticipated that a driver may wish to merge. You should have been aware of the surrounding traffic prior to this and adjusted your position and speed if necessary so that as many options as possible would have been available to you to avoid conflict. It may have required modifying your speed earlier (avoiding being "sandwiched" between the approaching vehicle and anything in lane 2), use of indicators to convey your intentions (which may or may not result in the approaching driver altering their plan/speed), changing your position at a better time.
Nice advice from the guy who coughs on another post at travelling at an indicated 157mph autobahn or not.A John Lyon HPC course will not get you out of the mire should the wheel literally come off see the old clip of the South Yorkshire traffic guy who has a blowout at far less speed. Hope there was nothing ahead or behind you at the time because all the planning in the world would not get you out of a situation.Surely this forum should be used to discuss how to avoid potential accidents by methods other than wishing the world could be rid of morons.
Other motorists will do all sorts of things ranging from those that briefly inconvenience to those that are so egregious they require significant ability and experience to avoid incident. Slip roads are common and with proper planning it should be possible to avoid most of these (also common) pitfalls. If you know you are intending to exit shortly after a slip road then it should be anticipated that a driver may wish to merge. You should have been aware of the surrounding traffic prior to this and adjusted your position and speed if necessary so that as many options as possible would have been available to you to avoid conflict. It may have required modifying your speed earlier (avoiding being "sandwiched" between the approaching vehicle and anything in lane 2), use of indicators to convey your intentions (which may or may not result in the approaching driver altering their plan/speed), changing your position at a better time.
Hypocrisy at its highest .
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