RMweb Gold Nick C Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2020 This'll make an interesting insurance claim: 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2020 Looks like any damage to the steam loco will be paid for by the car drivers insurance company who should get the driver to be tested for blindness. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2020 Out on the bikes yesterday, lady in a BMW convertible, roof down approaching a stop line on our left. She looks at Mrs NHN passing in front, and pulls out directly behind her. Right in front of me. Red bike, headlight on, sunny day. Of course if she had looked RIGHT it may have helped..... Managed to JUST miss her. She'd be dead if I had hit her and damaged the bike, it was actually Mrs NHN's BMW I was riding - best not to damage her baby. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) There is a video somewhere of (at the time) my dads quarry Hunslet ‘Alice’ on the Leighton buzzard railway hitting a car that drove straight in front of it at a junction, the woman never saw or heard the train apparently! the vid shows her driving parallel with the train for a short while before doing a right hand turn in front of it, the locos Wooden dumb buffers hit the side of the car square on, made a right mess of it! Edited June 27, 2020 by big jim 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2020 There's a film somewhere of a car driving into a moving train on a level crossing. Its a tourist train in the US and IIRC its been shown on the thread 'Level crossing stupidity'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2020 8 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Out on the bikes yesterday, lady in a BMW convertible, roof down approaching a stop line on our left. She looks at Mrs NHN passing in front, and pulls out directly behind her. Right in front of me. Red bike, headlight on, sunny day. Of course if she had looked RIGHT it may have helped..... Managed to JUST miss her. She'd be dead if I had hit her and damaged the bike, it was actually Mrs NHN's BMW I was riding - best not to damage her baby. One vehicle goes by = the road is ALWAYS clear behind! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 This is a round about , I use twice every working day, it's not an unusual occurance https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/dashcam-footage-of-ndr-roundabout-collision-1-6737657 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, TheQ said: This is a round about , I use twice every working day, it's not an unusual occurance https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/dashcam-footage-of-ndr-roundabout-collision-1-6737657 Which brand of cornflakes did the car driver get his licence from? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Chris116 said: Which brand of cornflakes did the car driver get his licence from? Mornflakes He'll be mourning the loss of his licence 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 If not his licence the hike in his insurance premiums. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, TheQ said: Mornflakes He'll be mourning the loss of his licence 1 hour ago, Chris116 said: Which brand of cornflakes did the car driver get his licence from? Crunchy Nut for sure...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2020 Why am I not surprised that it's an Audi... Just the sort of thing that frequently gets posted on YouTube Dashcam videos - usually by the driver of the car involved moaning that the lorry/bus/other large vehicle pulled out in front of them - despite the slower vehicle having entered the roundabout well before the car arrived. Could have been completely avoided if he'd just eased off a little... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Nick C said: Why am I not surprised that it's an Audi... Just the sort of thing that frequently gets posted on YouTube Dashcam videos - usually by the driver of the car involved moaning that the lorry/bus/other large vehicle pulled out in front of them - despite the slower vehicle having entered the roundabout well before the car arrived. Could have been completely avoided if he'd just eased off a little... a large problem with HGVs at roundabouts and junctions is that most are now fitted with auto gearboxes meaning the driver has to antisipate a gap opening in the trafic on the roundabout before hitting the loud pedal and comiting to making the move meaning some idiot failing to indicate in the wrong lane etc and boom you get an incident like this . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, peanuts said: a large problem with HGVs at roundabouts and junctions is that most are now fitted with auto gearboxes meaning the driver has to antisipate a gap opening in the trafic on the roundabout before hitting the loud pedal and comiting to making the move meaning some idiot failing to indicate in the wrong lane etc and boom you get an incident like this . The bottom line is you can't anticipate stupidity. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 No idea where this is from, but remind me to not get on when he's driving! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 hours ago, kevinlms said: No idea where this is from, but remind me to not get on when he's driving! He's lucky the gold didn't start sliding around. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 11 hours ago, peanuts said: a large problem with HGVs at roundabouts and junctions is that most are now fitted with auto gearboxes meaning the driver has to antisipate a gap opening in the trafic on the roundabout before hitting the loud pedal and comiting to making the move meaning some idiot failing to indicate in the wrong lane etc and boom you get an incident like this . Sorry, but what does having an automatic gearbox have to do with the stupidity of the car driver? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 hours ago, kevinlms said: Sorry, but what does having an automatic gearbox have to do with the stupidity of the car driver? I think he's meaning that some of them can be a bit slow to react when you want to set off. I know that lots of modern buses are like that, and will drop into neutral when you stop, then take a second or two to react when you try and set off. If HGVs are like some of our buses, and governed to prevent fast acceleration, then trying to get out onto a fast roundbout can be positively (in my opinion as a professional driver - the engineers, managers and finance directors have differing viewpoints) dangerous. By the time the gearbox has kicked into gear, the situation has changed, a car has appeared quickly, or you end up pootling out across a couple of lanes of traffic. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, JDW said: I think he's meaning that some of them can be a bit slow to react when you want to set off. I know that lots of modern buses are like that, and will drop into neutral when you stop, then take a second or two to react when you try and set off. If HGVs are like some of our buses, and governed to prevent fast acceleration, then trying to get out onto a fast roundbout can be positively (in my opinion as a professional driver - the engineers, managers and finance directors have differing viewpoints) dangerous. By the time the gearbox has kicked into gear, the situation has changed, a car has appeared quickly, or you end up pootling out across a couple of lanes of traffic. I've never driven any type of HGV, auto or not, but sorry I still don't see any relevance to an idiot cutting in front of the truck. 100% the car drivers' fault for being an impatient p***k. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, kevinlms said: I've never driven any type of HGV, auto or not, but sorry I still don't see any relevance to an idiot cutting in front of the truck. 100% the car drivers' fault for being an impatient p***k. I agree, I'm not altogether sure it's the cause of that particular incident either, that looks more like impatience and general bad driving. It looks like he was expecting the HGV to go left, and to use the chevorns to nip past so he wouldn't get held up behind him after the roundabout. My answer was to the more general point about slow auto gearboxes making it difficult for large vehicles, which does coause frustration for car drivers and lead to conflict. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 Clearly the truck was on the roundabout and driven correctly. No problem except that a stupid pr@tt tried to cut him up. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 Linking back to the very first post on this thread, I have just followed a grey Newport City Taxi, license 1476 ( taxi plate in Welsh and English. ) All the way from the NDR out to the coast. Three unsecured children in the back facing me, following them, for much of the time. Couldn't hold his lane, hitting the white on the left, crossing the one on the right, cutting corners. The driver Kept turning his baseball capped head to talk to the front seat passenger, car wandering . Braked from 40 to 30 at a speed camera in a 50 limit. I think he must bought his driving license he certainly didn't earn it.. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, TheQ said: Linking back to the very first post on this thread, I have just followed a grey Newport City Taxi, license 1476 ( taxi plate in Welsh and English. ) All the way from the NDR out to the coast. Three unsecured children in the back facing me, following them, for much of the time. Couldn't hold his lane, hitting the white on the left, crossing the one on the right, cutting corners. The driver Kept turning his baseball capped head to talk to the front seat passenger, car wandering . Braked from 40 to 30 at a speed camera in a 50 limit. I think he must bought his driving license he certainly didn't earn it.. sounds like what he bought was a liquid lunch...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Largest problem arising from the lockdown, which had some drivers off the road for weeks? My opinion: failure to proceed. Ever increasing numbers of dawdlers now normal traffic levels are resuming. 20mph on an unrestricted road, the worst today. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Largest problem arising from the lockdown, which had some drivers off the road for weeks? When one of the timid drivers gets behind a bicycle and won't pass until they can see the opposite carriageway is clear so they can move over the white line completely. If they can't then the queue behind them builds and builds... Then there are the ones who come to a complete halt on the main road to let someone out of a side street. Or stop at a roundabout even when there's no-one else on it. Or.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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