If you don't have the instincts for it its pretty difficult to effectively forward plan - I'm quite a reactive person myself but kind of aware of the thought process for driving pro-actively but lack the instincts for it.
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If you don't have the instincts for it its pretty difficult to effectively forward plan - I'm quite a reactive person myself but kind of aware of the thought process for driving pro-actively but lack the instincts for it.
I can be impatient, this I'll admit - but the bloke in front of me at the McDonald's drive through today took the Mick.
Gets food. Stays stationery for 20 seconds. I beep him, he moves.
I collect my food, he still hasn't left the drive through exit. I beep him again, he moves.
He comes to the roundabout to exit McDonalds and stops again. No other cars in sight. I wait 5 seconds before beeping him again. He moves.
We drive 100m to the next roundabout. No cars. He stops again. I give him 5 seconds again. Nothing. I beep him again, he moves.
Some people are in a complete world of their own, this bloke was utterly oblivious to anyone or thing around him.
Gets food. Stays stationery for 20 seconds. I beep him, he moves.
I collect my food, he still hasn't left the drive through exit. I beep him again, he moves.
He comes to the roundabout to exit McDonalds and stops again. No other cars in sight. I wait 5 seconds before beeping him again. He moves.
We drive 100m to the next roundabout. No cars. He stops again. I give him 5 seconds again. Nothing. I beep him again, he moves.
Some people are in a complete world of their own, this bloke was utterly oblivious to anyone or thing around him.
Outside lane if it marked as the correct lane to use to go straight and the left hand lane is turn left only?
Otherwise I don't agree, as you can use the left hand lane to go straight on perfectly legally and safely.
http://www.learners-guide.co.uk/lessons/roundabouts/
That's not what he means, he's talking about lane discipline where people in the left lane on a 2 lane road cut into the right lane and back into the left lane when leaving the roundabout, ie straight lining it.
I don't think having to take your test again will do squat all at improving driving standards. All it does it proves you can pass a test, a test which anyone can prepare for. And they have passed, return to standard behaviour.
Only a minority of people proactively read the road ahead and observe the driving of everyone else including themselves. That's not to say those people don't make mistakes from time to time of course, as everyone does.
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I wish more people stopped at roundabouts if they were unsure - I wouldn't have ended up on a car bonnet because they didn't look properly.
I prefer a safe driver to a driver who 'thinks' the are all that.
It's not hard, if you will be late - leave earlier. It's not rocket science. If you can't leave earlier etc then guess what - it's your problem because you're crap at planning and explaining your situation to others.
Older people have slower reactions and poorer eyesight so others should allow for it. If they are lucky they will reach that age and then wish others were more considerate and rushed less.
I prefer a safe driver to a driver who 'thinks' the are all that.
It's not hard, if you will be late - leave earlier. It's not rocket science. If you can't leave earlier etc then guess what - it's your problem because you're crap at planning and explaining your situation to others.
Older people have slower reactions and poorer eyesight so others should allow for it. If they are lucky they will reach that age and then wish others were more considerate and rushed less.
