"Assumption is the Mother of Most Fuck-ups"

[slofox]

One of my regular customers gave me the above quote. An' 'e's right. As I found out this morning.

Heading south from the Tron, through Rukahia settlement (80Km zone). Get to the 100k zone and let the neddies out of their restraints a little. Round the corner and there in front is a tall white van turning right across my path. There's a line up of traffic waiting behind him for him to get out of their way. (The road's a bit narrow just there.). No drama so far - I just pull back a bit and line up to go round behind the van. BUT. As he turns, a large tandem trailer is revealed attached to the back of 'is van. And, needless to say, he's just creeping across the road from a standing start. By now I'm pretty close - a bit too close in fact, so have to put the braking practice into effect. Tell ya what, that split second between reaching for the brake lever and pedal and actually getting the brakes on, is a bloody long time...

Anyhoo, all well enough in the end, apart from a jolt of adrenalin behind the knees and a little sphincter strengthening exercise...But it did remind me of the above quote.

Moral of the story?

Never assume nuffin'

[Maha]

Would have thought there should have been a arm waving someone to let people know of the pending doom ahead?

[MIXONE]

You know the old saying "To assume makes an ass out of you and me".

[javawocky]

Why just the other day heading home in traffic with sun strike at just the right angle. Got behind a massive truck in a que, got impatient, so thought I would just go around. Looked to the right and saw the wide double lines of a median strip so thought, yeah I will just squeeze up next to the truck.

Just before I squirt around the truck a contractors van comes right across my nose. Me thinks, what an idiot travelling so fast down the median strip, till I realised it wasn't a median strip, but rather a white line with a tar snake (or what ever those crack fillers are) about 1.5 meters parallel to it. In the sun strike laden light it looked shiny.

Assumption makes an ass out of you and me.

[ukusa]

there are some dickheads on the road. Shoulda star 555 'd the prick for dangerous driving.

[slofox]

there are some dickheads on the road. Shoulda star 555 'd the prick for dangerous driving.

Errrmmm...actually I thought I should have been more careful in the circumstances...

[Katman]

there are some dickheads on the road. Shoulda star 555 'd the prick for dangerous driving.

You're kidding, right?

[ukusa]

You're kidding, right?

coulda sworn I'd read something about someone doing a u turn on the open road just around a bend.

[slofox]

You're kidding, right?

Nah - he was suggesting I ping meself...

[ukusa]

oops, not u-turn, just turning. Still, shouldn't they pull to the left & wait for clear road?

[Katman]

oops, not u-turn, just turning. Still, shouldn't they pull to the left & wait for clear road?

Sounds to me like the road was clear when they started turning.

[slofox]

oops, not u-turn, just turning. Still, shouldn't they pull to the left & wait for clear road?

Welll...the road is pretty narrow just there. I think when he started his right turn the road would have been clear. I just happened along just when he thought it was safe to go. Bit late for him to stop. Hell of a place to have an intersection TBH.

Edit: GMTA, huh Katman?

[Taz]

there are some dickheads on the road. Shoulda star 555 'd the prick for dangerous driving.

Surely Javawocky and Slofox don't deserve that do they? They made an honest mistake

[javawocky]

Surely Javawocky and Slofox don't deserve that do they? They made an honest mistake

Hay! Don't lump me in with Slofox, I found the nearest Cop and handed my bike keys to him for safe keeping for 6 months just in case.

[Chooky]

I assume your talking about Narrows road..
Yea thats a prick of a turn, both turning in or out.
You just cant see the traffic coming round the corner..