Great driving to the blind man in the Silver Merc on the A3

[edo]

Somehow he failed to see a bloody great Black Cayenne in broad daylight. Moved into lane 2 of the A3 Just before the Hindhead tunnel for no reason without indicating as I was half way past him. How I managed to avoid him I have no idea.

[slippery]

Chances of said person being a PHer? Even if he is, chances of him seeing this thread in the Advanced Driving section? If he didn't even spot your SUV, you've got no chance of him seeing this.

[edo]

fair point, just wanted a moan!

[Ki3r]

slippery said:

Chances of said person being a PHer? Even if he is, chances of him seeing this thread in the Advanced Driving section? If he didn't even spot your SUV, you've got no chance of him seeing this.

And no chance of him admitting it xD.

[Benrad]

Perfectly excusable, he was just trying to rid us of the horror that is the front of a cayenne

Good on that man, he's performing a public service. I heard that there's hunting packs of these vigilantes roaming the country. Your days are numbered OP...

[edo]

I'll let you off as you put a smiley.

(I concede the first gen was ugly, but I think the current shape looks great). All personal taste and all that

[DevonPaul]

Benrad said:

Perfectly excusable, he was just trying to rid us of the horror that is the front of a cayenne

Good on that man, he's performing a public service. I heard that there's hunting packs of these vigilantes roaming the country. Your days are numbered OP...

If I ever win the Euromillions I'm going to spend most of it beautifying the world, by carrying out a large series of crash tests between Cayennes and PT cruisers.

[7db]

Benrad said:

Perfectly excusable, he was just trying to rid us of the horror that is the front of a cayenne

Ironic given that he was blind it probably offended him less than most.

[edo]

DevonPaul said:

Benrad said:

Perfectly excusable, he was just trying to rid us of the horror that is the front of a cayenne

Good on that man, he's performing a public service. I heard that there's hunting packs of these vigilantes roaming the country. Your days are numbered OP...

If I ever win the Euromillions I'm going to spend most of it beautifying the world, by carrying out a large series of crash tests between Cayennes and PT cruisers.

What about your own Toyota Carina?

[DevonPaul]

edo said:

What about your own Toyota Carina?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Besides, that is a family heirlooom, bought at 6 months old by the in-laws, and given to us when someone punted my wife across a junction at a Give Way and did a runner, leaving her unconscious in a wrecked car in the middle of the road.

We decided to keep it until something major went wrong that cost over £100 to fix. 9 years later, we're still waiting. It's is also handy for leaving in town overnight when you go out for a beer.

[defblade]

edo said:

Somehow he failed to see a bloody great Black Cayenne in broad daylight. Moved into lane 2 of the A3 Just before the Hindhead tunnel for no reason without indicating as I was half way past him. How I managed to avoid him I have no idea.

Ironically, depsite claiming to have "no idea", you have nailed the answer in the topic title.

If you were half way past him, you were square in his blind spot. Whilst he should have done a shoulder check, you simply can't rely on the "average" driver realising you can lose something as big a 4x4 completely in the mirror's blind spot. Also, he probably didn't know you were coming up as he'd not checked his mirrors for the last 30 minutes - only as he started to move, at which point there was nothing to see in them.

Always nasty in a car; as a motorbike rider you have to be VERY aware of this - go past or hang well back - never dither, and NEVER hover in the blind spot.

[abbotsmike]

defblade said:

Ironically, depsite claiming to have "no idea", you have nailed the answer in the topic title.

If you were half way past him, you were square in his blind spot. Whilst he should have done a shoulder check, you simply can't rely on the "average" driver realising you can lose something as big a 4x4 completely in the mirror's blind spot. Also, he probably didn't know you were coming up as he'd not checked his mirrors for the last 30 minutes - only as he started to move, at which point there was nothing to see in them.

Always nasty in a car; as a motorbike rider you have to be VERY aware of this - go past or hang well back - never dither, and NEVER hover in the blind spot.

Funnily enough, I thought this the other day, when moving to overtake, I noticed that the discovery I saw in my mirror a second previously had disappeared, and was in fact hovering in my blindspot. Obviously I did see it because I do check for these things!

Sadly the only safe solution is to pass at a minimum of double their speed, to minimise the time spent in said blindspot!

[edo]

hear what you are saying folks, but to be clear i was passing at at least 15-20mph more than him, so no "hovering" in his blind spot. he didnt check over his shoulder AND I am pretty sure he didnt check his mirror either....