A close shave tonight with a car :-(

[DaveReading]

This highlights why lane positioning is important. On tighter bends you should take a primary line which puts you as wide as possible, hugging the curb is a recipe for disaster, you can't see around the bend, and people can't see you coming around the bend.

Surely the above only applies to left-hand bends?

On a RH bend, the closer you are to the kerb (within reason), the better you can see what's round the bend (and be seen).

 

[Drago]

^^^ Correct.

One should also move further out for road junctions, driveways, car park entrances etc, so allow more visibility, more space to take evasive action, and maximise reaction times. One should also consider moderating ones speed somewhat unless one can clearly see into/across such side roads or entrances.

 

[si_c]

Surely the above only applies to left-hand bends?

As @Drago said, that's correct. I was only thinking about left hand turns when writing the post and should have been clear on that. For right hand turns you are usually in a good position for visibility, but care needs to be taken on narrower roads and under those circumstances I would slow down and take a more central line again, being conscious of stopping distances and visibility.

 

[johnnyb47]

Hi again .
I went past the nursing home again tonight and noticed a mirror had been put up on the opposite side of the road , but it's sadly been smashed by some vandals. Its obviously been barely a week since my near miss and that the mirror had been put in place, and very sad to see that some "low life" had smashed it.
Hopefully they will fit another with some strong metal wire across it next time to prevent the mindless idiots doing it again.

 

[mjr]

I went past the nursing home again tonight and noticed a mirror had been put up on the opposite side of the road , but it's sadly been smashed by some vandals.

IIRC from when I was approving payments to replace a mirror on a blind bend, they are also frequently smashed by vehicles, animals, trees swaying/breaking in high winds and - most often of all - debris thrown up by motorists cornering too fast. Even extreme cold can crack them, though I hope it's not that cold in Wales now!

Hopefully they will fit another with some strong metal wire across it next time to prevent the mindless idiots doing it again.

If the metal is close enough together to prevent it being smashed, it'll probably render the mirror useless. Maintaining one of those mirrors is basically a blank cheque and they need to be sited carefully to reduce the frequency of smashing.