Defensive Driving?

[SpikyMikey]

It was an accident, FFS. She made a mistake. We all make mistakes sometimes. Nothing to see here; move on...

Good old Daily Wail. Apart from the fact someone got hurt, which is never a good thing, it's a non-story. Over the years I've seen several people do what she did. I almost did it once myself in an unfamiliar part of Central London. It was only as I went to turn into the adjoining one-way street that I realised all the parked cars were pointing the same way: the opposite way to my intended direction!
I fail to see the relevance the cost and performance stats. of her car either.
In a desperate attempt to find something newsworthy in the story, all I could come up with is her slightly comedic name.

 

[poormansporsche]

It was an accident, FFS. She made a mistake. We all make mistakes sometimes. Nothing to see here; move on...

This.

But I would also add she pleaded guilty.

Click bait £hite

 

[TC350]

My initial thought was why did she only look one way? Even when pulling out onto a dual carriageway I’ll look both ways. As had been said earlier, there are lots of idiots out there, and lots of people who make mistakes.

Many years ago I pulled out of a service station on the continent and drove off down the empty road on the left hand side. Seeing the back of a road sign on the same side of the road as me was the first moment.

 

[Bellow]

Whilst I agree to some extent, the woman was (apparently) looking the wrong way so could have pulled out at any point ... even when he was a very short distance away (with a completely clear road in front of him).

Biker's trick of looking for eye contact may have saved Mr Campon. Only a may though.

It would also be possible for any car parked by the side of the road to randomly and unexpectedly pull out ... so in theory you should slow to a walking pace before passing, just in case.

You can't act on every single potential hazard or you'd never get anywhere.

Quite. Getting rammed from behind to avoid an accident that then didn't happen ahead isn't a good look, Especially when the accusations turn to 'brake test'.
Covering the brake pedal with the left foot while maintaining progress with the right reduces the risk of impact - or at least slows the speed of it - without creating risk from behind. Zero apologies to those wedded to the notion that left-foot braking is dangerous.

 

[st13phil]

Biker's trick of looking for eye contact may have saved Mr Campon. Only a may though.

Another biker's trick is to glance at the road wheel(s) of a car waiting at a junction as it's much easier to see forward motion commencing by seeing a wheel start to rotate than it is to see the whole car moving as you approach.

On the eye contact thing, on occasion I've actually made eye contact with another driver while riding my motorcycle and they still proceeded to pull out. It was my sixth sense (something common to older bikers) that saved the day as I had an inkling they were about to do something stupid.

 

[Bellow]

On the eye contact thing, on occasion I've actually made eye contact with another driver while riding my motorcycle and they still proceeded to pull out. It was my sixth sense (something common to older bikers) that saved the day as I had an inkling they were about to do something stupid.

I've had similar. A guy waiting to emerge to turn to his right from a side turning on my left had an opportunity early on to make his move but didn't so looked like he was waiting for me to pass. Then at the last moment the bastard jumped and I had to kinda swerve around behind him to avoid impact. Then I looked up the road and saw the tractor coming that the guy wasn't keen on getting stuck behind hence the last moment lunge. Incorporated into my driving now is not only 'will they wont they?' but what might motivate them to?.

 

[st13phil]

Incorporated into my driving now is not only 'will they wont they?' but what might motivate them to?.

That's a variant of the "observation links" approach to hazard anticipation that a Met Police Class 1 licence-holding friend of mine taught me many moons ago. It works!

 

[TC350]

That's a variant of the "observation links" approach to hazard anticipation that a Met Police Class 1 licence-holding friend of mine taught me many moons ago. It works!

It was among very many ‘tricks’ I learnt during a week long ambulance driving course.

 

[JHS]

She was driving an EV, which was obviously why she only looked one way. If she had been driving an ICE then it would not have happened.
Just one more example of why EVs are dangerous!

 

[SpikyMikey]

She was driving an EV, which was obviously why she only looked one way. If she had been driving an ICE then it would not have happened.
Just one more example of why EVs are dangerous!

I'm just surprised it didn't burst into flames at the point of collision.

 

[E55BOF]

If it had been an American film car it would have...

 

[JHS]

I'm just surprised it didn't burst into flames at the point of collision.

It probably did but it is such a common occurrence that it was not worth mentioning.

 

[GrahamT]

He probably could, but if some idiot pulls out from where they shouldn’t you will go into them. No amount of defensive driving or hazard awareness can compensate for the unusual.

As drivers, we anticipate that the other vehicles are under sane control, and will more or less follow the rules of the road.

On a different point, it’s a shame that with all her income she cannot afford non ripped clothes.

You obviously don't know how much extra you have to pay for designer rips

Distressed fashion: making sense of pre-ripped clothes

The distressed look has come a long way since ripped jeans. Nowadays your clothes need to be shot, nibbled or covered in fake mud to turn heads. From Gigi Hadid to Ashley Graham, everyone’s at it. But why does it matter now?

www.theguardian.com

 

[GrahamT]

My initial thought was why did she only look one way? Even when pulling out onto a dual carriageway I’ll look both ways. As had been said earlier, there are lots of idiots out there, and lots of people who make mistakes.

Many years ago I pulled out of a service station on the continent and drove off down the empty road on the left hand side. Seeing the back of a road sign on the same side of the road as me was the first moment.

Can anyone honestly say they've never done this when driving abroad ?

 

[92Adam]

Can anyone honestly say they've never done this when driving abroad ?

Guilty as charged…
Add in the fact I’m classed as a professional driver

 

[markjay]

Based on the description of the location, this might be the service station:

And this is the exist (via B3089), from the other-driver's perspective:

 

[BTB 500]

Can anyone honestly say they've never done this when driving abroad ?

I can, so far. Satnavs like our TomTom are a help as they can be configured to remind you which side of the road you're meant to be on.

 

[BTB 500]

Based on the description of the location, this might be the service station:

And this is the exist (via B3089), from the other-driver's perspective:

So do we assume that if she hadn't been hit as she pulled out she'd have set off down the wrong carriageway, possibly causing a much worse head-on?

 

[markjay]

Can anyone honestly say they've never done this when driving abroad ?

I don't know about the lady, but if I'm correct and the screenshot from Google Maps is indeed the location of the accident, then the other-driver was approaching a junction without slowing down (or not sufficiently to avoid a collision, in any event), and wasn't looking-out for road hazards.

 

[BTB 500]

I don't know about the lady, but if I'm correct and the screenshot from Google Maps is indeed the location of the accident, then the other-driver was approaching a junction without slowing down (or not sufficiently to avoid a collision, in any event), and wasn't looking-out for road hazards.

As mentioned though if she'd been looking the wrong way she could have pulled out with the other car only a matter of yards away. The only way to avoid a collision then would have been for the other driver to have slowed to a walking pace, just in case. Is that realistic?