Sloth as a revenge toolenablersI saw the worst enabling today. First backed up right turn lane. Idiot in a BMW comes down the left turn lane (T intersection) and the dumb woman in the...
In England we teach drivers to back into the parking space, they are taught to drive past the space slowly in order to get a good look at the space and what might be in it, they are taught to do all-round observations of the surrounding area, i.e pedestrians, animals, cyclist, small children, moving vehicles in both directions etc, when full observations have been made then they can reverse slowly into the space, slow enough to make all-round observations, that means stopping occasionally if they are not sure it is clear. When driving out they are now in the best and safest position to observe oncoming traffic, pedestrians, who could be pushing a pram that cant be seen over the edge of the back window, it includes little Jane & Jimmy who have fallen behind mum and are small enough to walk behind your vehicle without being seen, they won't notice you at all until you hit them. All these things can be seen if you are driving forwards out of the space. It is part of the driving test and I think it makes good sense and although a large % of drivers are too lazy to bother it doesn't justify the injuries caused. I know I wouldn't want to be the one driver who thoughtlessly runs down a child just because I couldn't be bothered to look out for them that day. Sorry for the lecture, Hotfoot
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