What a p*****k 12

Ed Chilada laid this down on his screen :

The reasons for your obsession with this leave me more than a little baffled. I did say my last submission was my last word, but seeing as you have gone to so much trouble and expense......

I was not overtaken on the roundabout, I was overtaken in the narrow exit and it clearly shows up as such in your recording. I turned off the roundabout into that road from L1. He turned off slightly behind me and overtook me within that narrow restricted part - Can you imagine anyone being so daft as to try to do that, relying entirely upon an unknown drivers skill to avoid him?

Which was where he initially took off and I had no inclination to give chase, the guy was obviously a nutter. However as the bends came up he was literally all over the road, tyres screaming in protest. His cornering was much worse than I would achieve with a set of completely flat, bald tyres on a wet greasy road - it wasn't it was perfectly dry and sunny - it had to be seen first hand to be appreciated.

I certainly could and would, if I were trying. On the reported occasion I wasn't trying to gain on him - I was trying to keep as far away from him as I could, due to his horrific mis-handling of that vehicle.

limit for the road, far from it. I said the whole thing took place at much less than the posted limit.

I didn't get the surveying equipment out, I simply drove the road - however thank you for at least conceding that it is a very tight bend, not one on which to blindly overtake horses.

Under normal circumstances, no.

Either it is straight, or it is bendy - it cannot be both at the same time.

The car transporter driver had the advantage of height to be able to see over the hedges for hazards, thus allowing him to maintain speed which he would not otherwise be able to.

What I said was that it all took place at well below the limit for the road of 60mph, all well within any reasonable drivers ability to take those bends. This driver was clearly NOT a normal driver. I used no exceptional skill at all to catch him up, quite the contrary I was having to hold well back from the speed I would normally take along that road.

That is and will remain a matter of opinion. A couple of seconds delay can and did make a great difference to how far you-I can see around a bend.

Why was he trying to loose me, I wasn't chasing him, racing him, or otherwise competing with him?

I don't understand, they have every right to be riding down that road or any other road side by side. I have done so myself. It neither increased nor diminished the danger they were in. It was a country road, upon which you should have been taught to expect horses, cattle, walkers, cyclists and other similar hazards.

BTW.... that would not be a spot I would choose to engage in a three point turn.

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Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L)