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recman
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 08 Aug 2013    Post subject: A close one. Reply with quote
So I'm out for a spin earlier tonight, on a nice twisty road I know well so I'm not exactly bimbling along, when I take bend and come face to face with the arse end of a large road sweeper.
Braking may have been an option but it didn't feel like it at the time so I quickly glanced passed the sweeper only to see an oncoming car.
Needless to say I gave it a bit of a handful and made it with plenty to spare, my hero tshirt is on order. Thumbs Up
I met another sweeper coming in the other direction just a few seconds later.
I'm a bit hacked off that there were no warning signs though, given the nature and speed limit on that road. Confused
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Raffles
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 08 Aug 2013    Post subject: Re: A close one. Reply with quote
recman wrote:
I'm a bit hacked off that there were no warning signs though, given the nature and speed limit on that road. Confused

[Safety Nazi mode] You should only be travelling at the maximum permitted speed when you can see that the road ahead is clear and that it is safe to do so [/Safety Nazi mode]
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PostPosted: 22:21 - 08 Aug 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Tungtvann
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PostPosted: 23:03 - 08 Aug 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
It wasn't close, it was skill! Similar happened to me on Saturday, going fast around a corner to be met with stopped vehicles. Dealt with it and away I went. Only to fall off at slow speed in town 2 hours later... Embarassed
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PostPosted: 02:21 - 09 Aug 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tungtvann wrote:
It wasn't close, it was skill! Similar happened to me on Saturday, going fast around a corner to be met with stopped vehicles. Dealt with it and away I went. Only to fall off at slow speed in town 2 hours later... Embarassed


That was the karma pay back system.
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recman
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PostPosted: 07:16 - 09 Aug 2013    Post subject: Re: A close one. Reply with quote
Raffles wrote:
recman wrote:
I'm a bit hacked off that there were no warning signs though, given the nature and speed limit on that road. Confused

[Safety Nazi mode] You should only be travelling at the maximum permitted speed when you can see that the road ahead is clear and that it is safe to do so [/Safety Nazi mode]


Yeah, probably right, I should have been going a bit slower.
But where's the fun in that? Rolling Eyes
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pepperami
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PostPosted: 07:45 - 09 Aug 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmmmm? thinks? so you was zipping along at a fair old lick= yes.
You do not have the ability to see round corners = true.
You went fast around the corner/bend and didn't know what was round the corner because you don't have the ability to see round corners = yes.
it`s NOT a private road, so other traffic use it = true.


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