08-07-14, 07:55 PM
Having received some great moral support with a claim while stationary last November (which admittedly is still outstanding) I thought I may get some advice after a near miss last week. I don't think I did anything wrong but am trying to figure out if I may have missed warning signs that could have made avoiding a crash easier.
I entered a round about to go straight on (2nd exit) and then a lorry failed to give way. The round about has a significant amount of cobbled area that most vans and lorries clip when going round. I used this to avoid the crash.
The weather was good as was the visibility at the junction so it can only be that the driver failed to look or looked but didn't see. I tend to struggle to tell when drivers are going to do that rather then come to a stop. I to favour a quick beep if in doubt (and when I see cars looking to emerge from a junction with a line of traffic going the other way) but in this case I thought it had stopped.
Any little nuggets of wisdom that you've noticed? I've noticed since passing my test and getting on the Fazer rather then the 125 I do at least seem to respond more decisively then in the past where I've seen a danger and then not knowing if steering away is better then just braking. I'm now glad for that part of the Mod1 test.
I entered a round about to go straight on (2nd exit) and then a lorry failed to give way. The round about has a significant amount of cobbled area that most vans and lorries clip when going round. I used this to avoid the crash.
The weather was good as was the visibility at the junction so it can only be that the driver failed to look or looked but didn't see. I tend to struggle to tell when drivers are going to do that rather then come to a stop. I to favour a quick beep if in doubt (and when I see cars looking to emerge from a junction with a line of traffic going the other way) but in this case I thought it had stopped.
Any little nuggets of wisdom that you've noticed? I've noticed since passing my test and getting on the Fazer rather then the 125 I do at least seem to respond more decisively then in the past where I've seen a danger and then not knowing if steering away is better then just braking. I'm now glad for that part of the Mod1 test.