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Originally Posted by bailey04
A question to everyone who said he was to close: If you see someone turning the corner do you slow right down and wait for them to go around the corner and maintain a safe distance until they are 30 meters around the corner before continuing? Most likely not, ...
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No, but we should! The 30m is unecessary! The thing you learn is the more you burn the safty margin, the higher the level of anticipation you need to maintain. We often make a right turn in front of approaching cars with a left indicator one too. Ever seen someone aimlessly driving around with an indicator flashing.
And in both cases you strike the vehicle or the vehicle strikes you at a give way sign and you cop the ticket, push comes to shove and the other driver will generally deny an animal being involved , a faulty brake lamp, or an indicator left on.
Mr plod wont care he'll write the ticket and like it or not you were contributing to the accident. mightn't be fair but no-one ever promised fair.
Lucklily in this situation the other driver told the truth, and no-one was physically hurt.