SafeSpeedv2 wrote:
I am pondering if the hand wave that they gave you was the 'I know that I shouldn't be doing this' but 'as there is an inch of space, I have leapt out into it, and I know that I should not have' scenario, so 'I have been really cheeky, and slightly dangerous, so if I wave and smile nicely' you may hit your horn, but I am likely to get away with no more than that !
In City driving - and I assume we are talk your local City here
then I have certainly had this occur to me.
Of course, and at many busy junctions you anticipate it, but this was a fairly quiet road with no need for any pushyness, which is why it was more unexpected.
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The 'false flash' problems, are most interesting.
It is a really dangerous phenomenon and nothing to do with Road safety and yet another reason against the bumps and tables !
I often go over the bumps and tables at an angle so one front wheel goes slightly before the other which I hope makes this 'flash' less, plus I try to go quite slow and steady too. I have debated which wheel should go first and I reckon the o/s one BUT some bumps / tables have either not enough space to do this but I aim for this. The point being that the car is facing away from on-coming traffic (slightly) when approaching making it the safest angle / facing direction for all eventualities, other than people stepping out - but even then I could argue that the vision has already been taken and path plotted for best optimal route.
Often not possible, many road tables also incorporate pinch points, plus a diagonal approach itself can be mis-interpreted as a clumsy intent to turn...
I guess one option could be to turn the headlamp levelling to it's maximum-down position in built up streetlit areas when you don't really need the illumination so much