I had a crash today, bit of help please?

[Dr. Quack]

Ok cheers all, will see the brief tomoz.
Please delete.

[Pete.]

Who was crossing who's path? Even with no lines, you still have to make sure you don't do anything to cause another road user to change speed or direction - it's an instant fail in the test.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Dr. Quack]

Contrary to what the pics show we merged at exactly the same time as I was doing 30mph at the left turn > he came from my left, upon turning left to go straight on I had like 15 meters at most to stop, slammed on, skided, bam.
It was like a comet crashing into the moon.

[Pete.]

Right, so in the pic you were travelling away from the camera to take the road behind the Merc?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

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Am I missing something or did you ride past the give way markers straight into the Merc's path?

[Dr. Quack]

Yeah to go straight on to the other side of the merc, this is where the re-direct takes you.
I have other pics further on, straight ahead but just ain't uploaded them.

[Dr. Quack]

[Pete.]

Marks aren't great but they couldn't be really mistaken for anything but give way lines. The rain won't have helped visibility but they are still there.

Bummer, glad you weren't badly hurt. How did the Merc driver deal with it?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Dr. Quack]

[.....]

Well, they're pretty clear in the photo. Plus a main road running perpendicular to the road coming out of gives a clue that might have to stop.

Not having a go but I think this time you're lucky you weren't creamed by a lorry.

[oldpink]

from the Third & forth pic I'd say you crossed a give way and the Merc had right of way as
I don't see any lines where he came through, though pic 4 right at the merc's ass
looks like there may have been lines that have been removed
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[Pete.]

[Dr. Quack]

Yeah, I just couldn't see them, we merged at exactly the same time, there was no traffic ahead of him and no traffic ahead of me, I had next to no time to stop as soon as I saw him.
You know what them trail bikes are like, I literally skidded to my doom.

[swampy]

Sorry chap, but it looks as though there are give way markings there and you missed them. I assume he was coming from your left ? In which case he definitely had right of way and you pulled out from a feeder road onto the main road in front of him.
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[Dr. Quack]

I'm asked to turn left at 30mph, then 15 meters to the barely visible double dashed give way lines in case any cars emerge from the left. No stop signs, just seems a little unfair to me.

[kerr]

The lines are clearly there, even if the werent its still clear the road was leading onto another, despite diversions or anything else you should have been checking for traffic before entering the road, the merc had right of way unfortunately.
Hope that doesnt come across harsh as its not intended to be.
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[Walloper]

Is that Santa hiding behind the pole in the 2nd pic?

If not it is his double.
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[Dr. Quack]

[Shaft]

Sorry mate, looks like you had two warnings.

First is the single broken line that tells you you're moving into a junction, second is the double broken line that tells you to give way.

If you wanted to get picky, you could try taking the local highway maintainance department to court, for failing to correctly maintain the markings, but I suspect that in that way lies madness and a large amount of expense, with little chance of getting it back.

Seems pretty clear to me in the pics, so better obs required, I'm afraid.

Oh, and GWS
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[Visitor Q]

I hope you recited poetry at him for the 10 minutes you were sat humping his bonnet...
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[Im-a-Ridah]

For future reference, try not to look at the thing you are going to hit, or will drive straight at it. Look at the place you could steer to where you would not hit the object, and you will find you may be able to avoid it. It's easy to say, but quite difficult to do in reality!

[Dr. Quack]

Ok cheers all, will see the brief tomoz.
Please delete.

[Im-a-Ridah]

[Dr. Quack]

Well said.
However I would surmise showing this thread to the world is to the contrary.
We have less than a week to save the Euro.