Car cop's lethal death toll -- The Welsh Traffic Talban speaks..

I was qualifying why the people I have spoke to feel this way.

Unfortunately not. In the past two days I have been blinded twice by
bikers using full beam during the day. One of them when I was entering a
roundabout to turn right. As I lokked back to the right I was blinded -
not a good point to blind another road user.

MrBitsy.

 

That why I went to the IAM for an advanced course. All drivers should make
sure their observation skills are as good as possible.

In percentage terms I would say around 5% of the bikes I see, display full
beam during the day. Of course, this figure includes all two wheel vehicles
apart from cycles.

They let down the majority of bikers that ride quite reasonably.

MrBitsy.

 

You used it as an example and I am just cofirming that to be included in my
observations.

Some bikers do use full beam - 3 in the last two days. Of course, I may
very well have past 100 that had dipped headlights as well in the same
period...

MrBitsy.

 

Could you possibly tell how you have managed to observe the same bikers as
me, on the same road at the same time from the same angle?

MrBitsy.

 

Is there *ever* a good point to blind another road user?

Where the hell do you drive anyway? Is it anywhere near a motorcycle
headlamp bulb factory?

 

text.dial.pipex.com:

Maybe

MrBitsy

 

MrBitsy wrote

Satellite tracking?

 

MrBitsy wrote

Experience suggests to me that the only people the IAM take on their
courses are those who already know everything and the course is there
just to reinforce their high self opinion.

 

Unfortunately I cannot give any credence to your wild accusations.
You cannot have "been blinded twice" unless the blinding was carried
out one eye at a time, and then you should have specified this. I
don't think that you have ever been blinded, you grandstanding
attention-seeker.

ITYF that "dazzled" is the word for which you are fruitlessly groping.

 

Oooh - I'll give you 7.5 for that - you obviously was looking for a
cleverness score.

All those people that have been temporarily blinded have all been wrong!

MrBitsy.

 

I took out two new associates last week. I always ask new associates why
they are here.

First associate described how she had written off two cars in two years.
She explained she now realises her driving was to blame in both accidents,
and now she wants to improve.

Second associate explained said she was a very nervous driver and always
seemed to upset other drivers. She wants to improve her driving.

Your experience of all drivers having a high opinion of themselves is
wrong.

MrBitsy

 

I've been tailgated far more than three times in the last two days,
mostly while trying to stay at 30/30.

What does your advanced skills say to do in such a situation?

 

There I was, calmly proceeding on my way. The traffic in the other
direction was queueing for the traffic lights.

Woman in 4X4 approaches to join end of queue, and decides she can
queue-jump.

She does this by swerving into my lane, less the two car lengths in
from of me. Fortunately I am street-wise, but probably couldn't pass
an 'advanced' test, nevertheless I escaped - entirely due to *my*
skills - without collision or injury.

Full-beam headlights on bikes bother you? Get real.

 

Wind down the sunroof, and throw empty beer cans at the tailgater. Make sure
you don't use one with beer in. It would be a waste.

Pete.

 

Would cars using full beams bother you - thought so!

MRBitsy.

 

Same here :-(

What did you do?

MrBitsy

 

You're the advanced driver - you tell us.

 

You've missed the point, again.

 

As I thought, they would bother you.

MrBitsy.

 

What did you do?

MrBitsy