Reply to: Nearly bought it

[Spacecadet]

Just be glad he wasn't on a lawnmower at the time.

Or driving beam up

[doodab]

If you take a ford focus as being a typical car length, then 6*4.33m = 25.98m for 6 car lengths. If they only left half a car length between them then that's 38.97m without even getting past the truck.

How, when the op was at the back, did he know that there was a sufficient gap to get his car into 3 cars ahead? I'm guessing that the truck was moving slowly, so the chances are that the cars might be bunched up.

If the truck was 8m in length (a complete guess) then the OP was trying to overtake almost 50m worth of moving traffic. What a pillock!

Just be glad he wasn't on a lawnmower at the time.

[BoredBloke]

If you take a ford focus as being a typical car length, then 6*4.33m = 25.98m for 6 car lengths. If they only left half a car length between them then that's 38.97m without even getting past the truck.

How, when the op was at the back, did he know that there was a sufficient gap to get his car into 3 cars ahead? I'm guessing that the truck was moving slowly, so the chances are that the cars might be bunched up.

If the truck was 8m in length (a complete guess) then the OP was trying to overtake almost 50m worth of moving traffic. What a pillock!

[doodab]

That is exactly what old people say. It is the same mentality as those that whine about other people earning more money than they are, or the neighbour peering at next doors new car and checking that it does'nt cost more than theirs. People can leave their petty envies and egos at home and if they are not intending to overtake stop behaving like a flock of selfish sheep and leave gaps between themselves and the car in front.

It's telling that you explain almost everything in terms of envy. It's as if it were the only emotion you understood.

[DodgyAgent]

Yeah - old people, selfish envious socialist bastards, they are.

And the Tory ones simply pull out of the way "and let him get on"

[Peoplesoft bloke]

That is exactly what old people say. It is the same mentality as those that whine about other people earning more money than they are, or the neighbour peering at next doors new car and checking that it does'nt cost more than theirs. People can leave their petty envies and egos at home and if they are not intending to overtake stop behaving like a flock of selfish sheep and leave gaps between themselves and the car in front.

Yeah - old people, selfish envious socialist bastards, they are.

[doodab]

You do get some unmarked junctions, especially out in the sticks.

If you can't see well enough to see that it's there, you can't see well enough to overtake.

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DO NOT overtake if there is any doubt, or where you cannot see far enough ahead to be sure it is safe.

[Spacecadet]

You shouldn't be overtaking when approaching a junction.

Overtaking (162-169) : Directgov - Travel and transport

You do get some unmarked junctions, especially out in the sticks.

[doodab]

...but the worst accident I have seen is on a single carriageway where a vehicle is overtaking a line of traffic on the other side of the road and a car joining from a junction on the right pulls up to the give way marking, checks right (but not left) and then turns left into the path of the overtaking vehicle.
I still see lots of people joining roads after only checking the traffic coming from the right..

Always wondered how Plod would apportion blame for that accident

You shouldn't be overtaking when approaching a junction.

Overtaking (162-169) : Directgov - Travel and transport

[BrilloPad]

Don't think I could just sit there. I'd rather risk a fine then contest it in court, and if the judge upholds it I'd call him a then get sent down for contempt. Then I'd get really pissed off and it would end in a murder charge.

If its a red light then you will get your chance in front of a judge - and I can't see a judge upholding it. But bus lanes don't need a judge. You will get a fine then baliffs round.

Its an area of the law that needs changing.

[PAH]

I know for certain that if you break the law while making way for an emergency vehicle then you are still guilty.

Yep, seen a few reports where people have been done for 'jumping a red light' when they tried to move forward to let an ambulance through.

So you're supposed to just sit there and shrug your shoulders while someone may be dying somewhere.

Don't think I could just sit there. I'd rather risk a fine then contest it in court, and if the judge upholds it I'd call him a then get sent down for contempt. Then I'd get really pissed off and it would end in a murder charge.

[BrilloPad]

I'm sure I read in the Highway Code years ago that it's ok to break the speed limit while overtaking, as it reduces the time you're exposed to danger on the other side of the road.

If it's not there now then it's probably another thing changed when the Matrix had a service pack applied.

Sounds unlikely to me. I know for certain that if you break the law while making way for an emergency vehicle then you are still guilty. Even entering a bus lane. Apparently you must pull over when safe to do so without breaking the law.

IMO that is stupid. But there we go.

[Spacecadet]

This is how you do it!

check out the maniac driving through the lot and carrying on! Obviously a contractor on his way to invoice/work

[DimPrawn]

This is how you do it!

[BoredBloke]

That is exactly what old people say. It is the same mentality as those that whine about other people earning more money than they are, or the neighbour peering at next doors new car and checking that it does'nt cost more than theirs. People can leave their petty envies and egos at home and if they are not intending to overtake stop behaving like a flock of selfish sheep and leave gaps between themselves and the car in front.

I have no problem with people overtaking, but this idiot was trying to do a truck and 6 cars. That's a hell of a long line of traffic and the result was nearly an accident. Perhaps the others didn't try to overtake because it wasn't safe to do so.