The A19 is a pussycatThe only bit it gets a bit savage is around the tunnel.
I drove down to 'boro last night and the rain was a bit heavy, other than that i've never had any problem with the A19
Cheers for the comments guys
Whenever I think about it I try to think if there was anything else I could have done. The only thing I came up with was to turn on my interior light but I'm not sure that would have made any difference.