Most tin box owners just wanna get from A-B, no interest in Roadcraft or vehicle handling skills, or even avoiding killing someone, it is not on their Radar.
That is why we get so many silly laws and speed limits, all to be seen to be doing something (other than insisting on better driving standards as that would probably upset voters and no Government would want that) about our safety.
Had one yesterday, behind a car about to turn left into a Garden Centre (Now IMHO all garden centres junctions should be treated as accident black spots) and there was a car wanting to come out (turning right).
I positioned myself well towards the centre of the road and made sure I had a good line of sight up to the car pulling out, in fact I could see over the car in front anyway so was well visible.
I knew the dozy old bag in the car would just pull out, she waited until the car was actually turning in at which point she lurches right out in front of me, had I either been going around the car (I know you should not, but many bikes often do this and meet a sticky end) or started to accelerate as the car in front cleared my path we would have collided.
As I kept my speed slow as the car turned in I was able to just roll off a bit as she pulled out and let he get clear. However if I had hit the old cow you can gaurantee all of the excuses would come out "He came out of nowhere", "He was Speeding", "His light dazzled me". Oh, and of course as I glared at her (or tried to) I noticed she had still not even registered my presence.
I am sure the coppers here get that a lot, someone who fialed to see a vehicle somehow managed to both be dazzled by it and observe how fast it was going as it "came out of nowhere"
I am not sure if riding around a car turning left is technically an overtake, but have seen a few accidents happen this way, it used to happen on the A40 near Cassington about once every 5-10 years, now they have put in traffic lights there and we have an accident every 5-10 days instead- Progress
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