Shadow
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- Location
- edge of the south downs
I have a short commute of about 3 km from a semi-rural location to the centre of a large village, so generally do not experience much poor driving in the morning.
I was approaching a mini-roundabout in primary here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9...m4!1e1!3m2!1saHJfPU90uBCKmI2U86ZeoQ!2e0?hl=en
It was light and visibility was good. No foliage on the shrub on the left so I easily noticed the car approaching from the left. There was no other traffic around, fortunately. I had passed my 'Give Way' markings and thought I had made eye contact with the driver when I realised the car was not going to stop but it had slowed down. I had passed the centre of the RaB as the car continued on its journey, fortunately turning left not going straight on. I swerved to the right slightly to avoid contact. No harm was done.
I carried on and she stayed behind me until the top of the small rise you can see. She gave me a wide berth. At the temporary lights a little further on we had an extremely brief conversation. "I'm sorry. I did not see you at all" were her first words.
I was too stunned by this to ask her if she had actually looked. As I said, no harm done, although I realised once I arrived at work that it had shaken me somewhat, just wanted to share it on here. Be careful out there everyone.
What should I learn from this?
I was approaching a mini-roundabout in primary here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9...m4!1e1!3m2!1saHJfPU90uBCKmI2U86ZeoQ!2e0?hl=en
It was light and visibility was good. No foliage on the shrub on the left so I easily noticed the car approaching from the left. There was no other traffic around, fortunately. I had passed my 'Give Way' markings and thought I had made eye contact with the driver when I realised the car was not going to stop but it had slowed down. I had passed the centre of the RaB as the car continued on its journey, fortunately turning left not going straight on. I swerved to the right slightly to avoid contact. No harm was done.
I carried on and she stayed behind me until the top of the small rise you can see. She gave me a wide berth. At the temporary lights a little further on we had an extremely brief conversation. "I'm sorry. I did not see you at all" were her first words.
I was too stunned by this to ask her if she had actually looked. As I said, no harm done, although I realised once I arrived at work that it had shaken me somewhat, just wanted to share it on here. Be careful out there everyone.
What should I learn from this?