using hazard lights when approaching an accident

hothothot_3

hartcjhart wrote: »

but when you are driving you should be 100% aware of what is going on around you,not just in front

thats only for passing the very low level driving test, performed at primitive level of speed. Once you have had intensive training you are taught that the front is the most important place as whoever hits into you from behind is automatically guilty. It is similar to the life saying "dont dwell in the past"

Kirri

hothothot wrote: »

thats only for passing the very low level driving test, performed at primitive level of speed. Once you have had intensive training you are taught that the front is the most important place as whoever hits into you from behind is automatically guilty. It is similar to the life saying "dont dwell in the past"

You seem to be contradicting yourself now as you were the one who nearly slammed into the car braking in front of you but you don't seem to think you are the one in the wrong there...

hothothot_3

Kirri wrote: »

You seem to be contradicting yourself now as you were the one who nearly slammed into the car braking in front of you but you don't seem to think you are the one in the wrong there...

no, my only fault here is to take for granted the ability of other drivers, and forget that most have abysmally low standards.

hartcjhart

Once you have had intensive training you are taught that the front is the most important place as whoever hits into you from behind is automatically guilty

now that is ludicrous,some strange course you did,intensive training teaches you(well not you obviously)to expect the unexpected,to read the road conditions, to read where other vehicles and pedestrians are etc etc,

NEVER NEVER have I heard such [EMAIL="!!!!"]!!!![/EMAIL] 'oh it's ok that guy that is closing in on you from behind at high speed that is going to crash into you and kill your rear seat passengers ,dont worry he is automatically guilty and I dont need to take evasive action

hartcjhart

hothothot wrote: »

!!!!ing ludicrous!!!??!!??!

no wonder the roads are death traps, too many wannabe-sheriffs slowing everyone down - in my army training it was approved method in times of bad weather that you have to accelerate as fast as possible as this gets you out of the danger before the snow falls to the extent that you are stuck. I was also the only one on that road equipped with snow chains, which allowed me to do 50ish alongside the snail paced traffic trudging at 15mph. The end result is unlike so many, I was home earlier to my worried family and not in any crash out of hesitation - stupidity. I highly recommend some people here get themselves on an intensive driving course.

NOW you are saying that the road was bad enough to warrant snow chains

perhaps you have had too much:beer::beer::beer:

hothothot_3

hartcjhart wrote: »

NOW you are saying that the road was bad enough to warrant snow chains

perhaps you have had too much:beer::beer::beer:

it was really bad, but that was 20miles previously,

the next 10 miles were reasonably bad, some snow cover, and the last 10miles were considerably better, the lorry accident must have happened 45mins or so prior to my passing it.

ben500

Isn't the use of snow chains outlawed in the UK?

hothothot_3

ben500 wrote: »

Isn't the use of snow chains outlawed in the UK?

no, perfectly legal as long as you dont damage the road surface. I kept mine on but as I dont look behind I dont know if I damaged anything, but health and safety is first priority, I was low on petrol and couldnt afford to stop and restart the car.

Kilty_2

hothothot wrote: »

no, perfectly legal as long as you dont damage the road surface. I kept mine on but as I dont look behind I dont know if I damaged anything, but health and safety is first priority, I was low on petrol and couldnt afford to stop and restart the car.

So you were driving at 70mph with snow chains on whilst low on fuel? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I don't suppose you were smoking crack too?

:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

computershack

hothothot wrote: »

Lady luck must be on my side, nearly 10 years licence and not a blemish on it whatsoever.

Wow, a whole ten years? In that time I've done 1,000,000 miles points and accident free. How many have you covered? Overall, I've covered approx 1.8 million miles points and accident free.

Or could it be I have natural driving ability and able to more accurately assess what a hazard is before panic reacting and causing danger to other road users?

Actually, the opposite would appear to be true judging by the fact you had to swerve to avoid hitting the people in front.

There shouldnt be an excuse of 'drivers of varying skill'. A licence is a privelege not a right, and high standard should be displayed to obtain one. Had I not had to spend the time swerving to avoid a collission, idve noted down their VRMs and reported them.

Had you actually had as much skill as you claim you have, you'd have not had to swerve to avoid a collision as you would've anticipated the braking.

Its hardly an unknown fact that people can brake suddenly when there's something out of the ordinary occurring. Hell, they even do it when there are recovery trucks loading up a vehicle.