Is your instinct always to do an emergency stop?

AdrianC

matttye wrote: »

The fact I know there was a car behind me, a car to my left and a central reservation to my right would imply I know what's around me.

My apologies. I was clearly confused by you saying that you would've braked...

matttye wrote:

but I didn't have time to check how close the person behind me was.

nobbysn*ts

AdrianC wrote: »

My apologies. I was clearly confused by you saying that you would've braked...

If reading a forum gets you confused, should you still be driving?

matttye

AdrianC wrote: »

My apologies. I was clearly confused by you saying that you would've braked...

I don't see what's so hard to understand. I know there was a car behind me and I do check my mirrors every 10 or so seconds but at the time that the car on my left almost turned into me I don't know how close the car behind me was.

I may have checked how close it was 5 seconds before this happened but a lot can happen in 5 seconds. For all I know I was being tailgated at the time. I had to make a split second decision and, knowing there was a car behind me and I had space to my right, decided to swerve to the right. It worked out.

JustinR1979

300 mph - 300 mirror checks per hour, so 1 every 12 seconds.
Could have changed since I did the training, things often do...


Only takes a couple seconds for someone to sneak up behind (In defence of mattye).

AdrianC

JustinR1979 wrote: »

300 mph - 300 mirror checks per hour, so 1 every 12 seconds.

...and how many at more normal speeds...?

JustinR1979

AdrianC wrote: »

...and how many at more normal speeds...?

....Sorry.....
300 Mirror checks Per Hour

AdrianC

<sigh> My jokes are wasted around here.

davetrousers

GoldenShadow wrote: »

I've been looking at stopping distances and based on that it seems like I should have been able to stop. I feel like my reactions are terrible. At 30mph you travel 44 feet in a second, and if it took me four seconds that would be 176 feet travelled.

No you wouldn't. You would be slowing down progressively, not travelling at 30mph for 4 seconds then stopping instantly.

JustinR1979

AdrianC wrote: »

<sigh> My jokes are wasted around here.

I got it, but took the hint that some would read it in the way you stated....

JustinR1979

davetrousers wrote: »

No you wouldn't. You would be slowing down progressively, not travelling at 30mph for 4 seconds then stopping instantly.

Indeed, which is demonstrated by the difference of 30/35mph having a difference of hitting someone at 5/20mph or whatever it is.
I guess they still go on about this on speed awareness workshops, is quite a good point