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[Kevin Wood]

My last poist might have been a touch terse as I was on my way out for a job... the particular issue with motorbicyclists is that they really do need incredible ability to ride to anywhere near the bikes limit, and alot of riders fall way short for treating open highways as private race tracks, hence the high number of biker fatalities, probably 2/3 a month round here in the summer The few that are capable race professionally.

But back to Shackengs' predicament... driving at 60-70 on an urban dual carriageway is most likely to lead to little more than increased wear and tear on suspension, brakes and tyres... as TB will surely testify

But, and it's a biggy, the point I suspect Kevin was trying to make... How would TB be feeling if the Passat? that hit his Rover had been travelling 10mph faster?

Try and answer that question honestly the scale of stopping distance versus impact speed is about the most important/informative thing that might be learnt from a speed awareness course...

Kev posted on the back mine re timing. That being, if somebody trips onto the road within my stopping distance at WHATEVER speed there will STILL be an accident. Unless I divert course, which happened not half an hour ago, with two blokes side by side on a narrow path. One foot slipped off the kerb. Believe it or not.

I'd given them a wide berth, as there was nothing coming the other way.


I think that's fairly easy to understand. Tbh.

Yes, but we now seem to be talking about people who step out at random. The original subject matter is about people who look look right, look left, look right, step out and then get mown down by someone whose stopping distance started in the previous county.

The original, original subject has long since been lost

[05omegav6]

 

[chrisgixer]

Right, he's gone. Can we get on now please.

[05omegav6]

 

[JamesV6CDX]

By the way, are you ever going to respond to my PMs?

Ron.

Could you resend please?