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So it just appeared out of thin air?
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So it just appeared out of thin air?
Not sure if you are the other driver @cj1 or the reverse parking police?If you reversed parked you would of had a better view of approaching traffic but you didn't. Just because you didn't see the other vehicle doesn't mean it wasn't there. You parked in a manner that made it difficult to check for cross traffic or make effective observations whilst exiting the space. Then came to a public forum to complain about another vehicle even including there number plate. At no point did you stop to think what could I have done differently or What can I do to stop similar happening in future?"
I didn't say you could see through neighbouring cars in every instance, did I?So how do you look through vans or cars with tinted windows? How many cars can you see through? Would you see a small child walking along?
If there is room for the car to pass then still fairly early on in the reverse so should give way. Although not denying it is polite to give way and allow vehicle to complete their maneuver.
Cotton top is trying to make out they are 100% in the right and did absolutelynothing to contribute to said incident.
The original complaint was about the corsa not giving way but good drivers know "priority" is given never taken. But from what was said on the original post it was cotton top that should give way as there was still space to pass.
Why has this been posted in this unrelated thread there are better threads out there if they really feel the need to post.
Perhaps cotton top would benefit from watching some of Ashley Neal's driver education videos on youtube rather than post about there near misses in the wrong thread. Perhaps cotton top and the Corsa driver could watch them together. As looking at the original it's another case of 2 drivers who both could of done better.
One of the benefits can be that rapid evacuation is a lot quicker, if things are already pointing the right way. Also, manoeuvring a car with a cold engine to back it out of a space is a bit more wasteful than nosing it out and driving off. And you can reverse into a tighter space than you can nose into. Apart from the aggro of idiots driving up behind me, it is my preferred method.We have to reverse into spaces at the office, and get in trouble if we don't. Although nowadays you can quite often just drive through to the neighbouring space. It's helped my reverse parking no end!
So sometimes you just blakout without knowing if it's safe to do so?I didn't say you could see through neighbouring cars in every instance, did I?
So reversing blind could be dangerous?How do they know the reversing driver has even seen them?
So again reversing without checking it's safe could be dangerous?Worse still if a car in the spaces behind me had started to move out of their space the idiot driver would have ploughed straight into them
A driver going too fast does not remove your responsibility to operate your vehicle safely. Good driver fixes the mistakes of the bad.the speed he was going and how close he was to those cars.
Nobody has "right of way" but a car exiting a parking bay should not force other vehicles to change speed or direction they should wait until it's clear/safe to do so.Just because there is room for a car to pass (on the wrong side of the direction of traffic in my case) doesn't mean they have right of way.
No, Tesla and BMW but he is a fully trained driver instructor who also teaches other driver instructors to be instructors.Does Ashley Neal drive a Corsa by any chance?
Stop talking complete and utter bollocks @cj1.So sometimes you just blakout without knowing if it's safe to do so?
So reversing blind could be dangerous?
So again reversing without checking it's safe could be dangerous?
A driver going too fast does not remove your responsibility to operate your vehicle safely. Good driver fixes the mistakes of the bad.
Nobody has "right of way" but a car exiting a parking bay should not force other vehicles to change speed or direction they should wait until it's clear/safe to do so.
No, Tesla and BMW but he is a fully trained driver instructor who also teaches other driver instructors to be instructors.
This should have been your first and only response.Correct you may need to stop at any point to allow people past. Nice people will wait for you but can't rely on politeness you must be ready to stop.
If only that was all you were saying but it wasn't was it?All I'm saying it's better for complete all-round observations to reverse in and drive out. If you choose to reverse out you should stop and wait for other road users to pass includes pedestrians or be sure they are giving way for you to complete your reverse. You may be required to stop at any point in the exercise to allow other road users pass. Failure to do this on test would result in a fail.
Explain pleaseIf only that was all you were saying but it wasn't was it?