NEAR MISS THREAD

[Val]

And have you noticed that NOBODY is ever wrong??


Yesterday I watched a merc driver approach the T junction on the left ahead of me. I thought, he hasn't looked. Sure enough he pulled straight out in front of me.


When I stopped about a foot from his door and told him to FOCCIN USE HIS EYES his first reaction was to tell me to slow down!!!!
I thought well it won't make much difference if you dont look.


BTW this was in Tesco's car park and I was doing maybe 15 mph.

Should have sorry instead of accusing you of going fast.

However I know why he has said you are going fast. Because he misjudged your speed. It was looking to him as you were going with say 5 miles. He was wrong and that make him angry to you. Obviously you are angry to him.

Here is why SMIDSY happen at all:

There is a very simple reason for this. A typical projected frontal area for motorcycles is in the neighborhood of 2.9–3.9 sq ft (0.27–0.36 m2). The car and truck are 10 to 20 times bigger!

It is scientifically proven that human brain perception of moving object depends on how big is the object, the color and the speed.

https://rideapart.com/articles/motorcycl...rain-blame

Delucia's research found that smaller objects are typically perceived by the viewer to be farther away than larger objects at the same distance. Because motorcycles are much smaller than cars, this perception error may interfere with a driver's ability to accurately judge the distance of an oncoming motorcycle, particularly when the driver is about to make a left turn.

IMO the reason why bikers do less SMIDSY on the side of the sorry guy is at least for me, not that I am better than most of the car drivers, the reason is from my experience intuitively when I see the bike coming with priority just stop without trying to judge the speed.