One of those situations when not to get annoyed with a driver

[Oldfentiger]

Apparently, using hands free reduces your reaction times to the range typical of a drink driver.

Yep - I believe that.

 

[postman]

Sounds like old Welshy is in love

What footwear does a Welsh teenager wear on his first date.



A pair of wellies.

 

[Globalti]

Apparently, using hands free reduces your reaction times to the range typical of a drink driver.

Not just hands-free; any conversation takes up intellectual capacity and distracts you from driving. A scatty colleague of mine once drove down to Manchester airport to meet some business visitors then set off, talking animatedly, determined to create a good impression, to drive them back to our factory in Bury, just north of Manchester. After about an hour one of the visitors piped up: "Er..... ahem.... your factory is in Manchester isn't it? So why are we arriving in Leeds?"

 

[Vantage]

Yep - I believe that.

Me too.

 

[dfthe1]

The van came to rest against the backs of my legs and I found myself staring straight into the shocked eyes of the driver and his passenger.

Are you an owl?

 

[Globalti]

Since when did owls have long legs like humans?

 

[Dan B]

Apparently, using hands free reduces your reaction times to the range typical of a drink driver.

Nit picking: "increases" is probably a better word here than "reduces"

 

[ColinJ]

Since when did owls have long legs like humans?

But you can turn your head through 180 degrees to stare at vans which are behind you!

 

[Jenkins]

There's also the problem with 'A' pillar blind spots - going round a roudabout I've kept an eye on a driver waiting to pull out and realised that at no point had I been able to see them propery due to the thickness of the 'A' pillar so it's doubtfull they could have seen me clearly.

 

[Accy cyclist]

No one seems to

I was cycling past a minor junction in a residential street when a car pulled out right next to me, just missing me. I'm normally furious inside and often show it if I'm put in danger from bad driving, but in this case I wasn't angry and didn't react. Why? I saw her looking first but for some reason she didn't see me. It was an honest mistake and she looked very shocked, bless her. I don't get annoyed with this kind of bad driving, what winds me up is when drivers see me but still don't take care,

Were you wearing high viz,or dressed in hard to see black,may i ask?

 

[gbb]

There's also the problem with 'A' pillar blind spots - going round a roudabout I've kept an eye on a driver waiting to pull out and realised that at no point had I been able to see them propery due to the thickness of the 'A' pillar so it's doubtfull they could have seen me clearly.

Amen to that. My Astra has massive pillars, it did catch me out once when I'd just got it, looked, didn't see a blooming car so you realise a cyclist or pedal is even more vulnerable.
In a similar scenario to Welsh wheels, I had a Beemer nearly take me out at a R/A, he was only just moving yet didn't see me. I knew in that instant it was his pillars that'd hidden me so I accepted his instant hands up with a wry smile. As yellow saddle says, I belive most drivers do get a wake up call when something like this happens.

 

[Oldfentiger]

There's also the problem with 'A' pillar blind spots - going round a roudabout I've kept an eye on a driver waiting to pull out and realised that at no point had I been able to see them propery due to the thickness of the 'A' pillar so it's doubtfull they could have seen me clearly.

100% agree with this. I suppose having thick A pillars increases the NCAP score, so every car seems to have them these days.
Until recently I had a Maxda CX5. Whilst it was an excellent car in every respect, I could lose a whole car in that blind spot, let alone a bike!