Subject: Re: car collision - united-kingdom

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Subject: Re: car collision

Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:48:50 +0000

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:22:15 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

>>>In the case of someone turning left, the driver behind (who can't resist
>>>the temptation to overtake) almost always accelerates quite hard to
>>>overtake.

>>Nonsense. If a vehicle ahead is turning left and there is no risk
>>involved in overtaking, I will carry on at the same speed. Why slow
>>down?

>If you were following at a reasonable distance, you wouldn't need to
>slow down OR overtake!

That's rubbish as well. Many drivers take longer than 2 seconds to
clear the road after beginning the process of turning left, and a 2
second following distance is perfectly reasonable in most situations.

--
Cynic

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