Having read all the posts on this blog, I must say that that by rockbeer deserves kudos for clarity, eloquence and sheer common sense.
I empathise in particular, with points 8 to 10 about anticipating what might happen and leaving space between you and the vehicle ahead. Virtually all so-called scrapes/shunts are as a result of drivers watching the car in front, and only the car in front. Attention must be paid to all other vehicles ahead, behind and to either side, and to the road ahead itself.
As one who walks quite a lot I am frequently forced to jump out of the way of the second and/or subsequent on-coming cars who are robotically tracking the bumper in front of them. The NRA report at http://www.nra.ie does not specify but I feel certain this behaviour is the cause of many pedestrian injuries and fatalities.
Well done rockbeer.
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I am avoiding Ray’s blog from now on. It has turned into a a slagging match between some posters.
It is undertandable how empassioned people would get on this subject and that tempers would flare, but this has gotten out of hand.