Not Good Therapy
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- MellowYellow
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Not Good Therapy
Just beginning to get some confidence back when....
Ashton by pass (A370) into Bristol, drifting down the outside lane and closing on 2 cars on the inside lane. The front one of these suddenly tries a u-turn, can't get into the outbound carriageway and ends up broadside and stationary across one and a half lanes. Frightened me sick. Was scared to brake too hard.
Ashton by pass (A370) into Bristol, drifting down the outside lane and closing on 2 cars on the inside lane. The front one of these suddenly tries a u-turn, can't get into the outbound carriageway and ends up broadside and stationary across one and a half lanes. Frightened me sick. Was scared to brake too hard.
Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster is a maniac ?
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Re: Not Good Therapy
what happened then? don't leave us hanging..............
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Re: Not Good Therapy
My amazing eyesight combined with massive experience, razor-sharp reflexes and SAS strength & fitness managed to avoid both vehicles.
Set the brain back a couple of weeks though. Didn't need that.
Set the brain back a couple of weeks though. Didn't need that.
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Re: Not Good Therapy
plus combined with your extensive falling off practice runs.
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KTM 990 superduke R,
Zx10r trackbike, ktm 350 excf muddy
Suspension and bike work undertaken.
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Zx10r trackbike, ktm 350 excf muddy
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Re: Not Good Therapy
Well done proper result. Just goes to show if you can see stuff coming you have got a fighting chance to save it. Top jobMellowYellow wrote: ↑Oct 5th, '18, 14:27 My amazing eyesight combined with massive experience, razor-sharp reflexes and SAS strength & fitness managed to avoid both vehicles.
Set the brain back a couple of weeks though. Didn't need that.
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Re: Not Good Therapy
Well you did alright there then. Hopefully dumbo won't try that again.
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Re: Not Good Therapy
Did get an S.Q.I.R.M. on but the rear car had cleared the ass of tother one and I got inside. A bit of cadence this time.
Would not have liked it in the wet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... zZzGxReXmo
Would not have liked it in the wet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... zZzGxReXmo
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Re: Not Good Therapy
The main thing is you are ok mate , it will nor do your brain any good when things like that happen , i had a sudden recall of a bad accident i was involved in over 10 years ago now in the truck the other day a similar situation happened luck9ily this time the accident did not happen the other person saw what they where doing and backed off,
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Re: Not Good Therapy
You're looking at it the wrong way. Look at the positives.
You were looking ahead, using your hazard perception skills, spotted an impending disaster, and avoided it.
Usually you would probably have had your mind wandering off who knows where because of the mundanity of the journey, but thanks to recent events you were alert, paying attention and able to save yourself.
You were looking ahead, using your hazard perception skills, spotted an impending disaster, and avoided it.
Usually you would probably have had your mind wandering off who knows where because of the mundanity of the journey, but thanks to recent events you were alert, paying attention and able to save yourself.
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Re: Not Good Therapy
So sayeth the old soothsayer.TLS-Moose wrote: ↑Oct 6th, '18, 21:46 You're looking at it the wrong way. Look at the positives.
You were looking ahead, using your hazard perception skills, spotted an impending disaster, and avoided it.
Usually you would probably have had your mind wandering off who knows where because of the mundanity of the journey, but thanks to recent events you were alert, paying attention and able to save yourself.
In your particular case Larry, I'm with Mr Moose; recent events have conditioned your brain/reflexes- call it what you will - to be more alert than perhaps you might ordinarily have been; and you saved the situation. There's a salient lesson there for all of us - to expect the unexpected.
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