Two 'oh fu*k' moments at one roundabout

[Oakie]

Typical huh? No near misses for months and then I get two in 5 seconds.

On my way to work and I approached the big roundabout at the intersection of Burwood Rd and QEII Drive (heading toward town on Burwood). A car entered from the opposite side indicating left and as nothing was coming from the right I started to roll on through ... keeping one eye on that car ... as you do. Thought it funny that the line he was taking wasn't the normal one for going straight through and sure enough just kept on coming around into my line. If I hadn't reacted he probably would still have missed me by a couple of metres but I gave the throttle a squirt and made it quite a comfortable gap. I then lined up my exit behind a van and noticed that the 4WD approaching from my left had started to roll through the start of the intersection although it all looked liked we'd merge nicely ... until the van in front jammed on his brakes. WTF! Surprised I didn't get whiplash with my head flicking to the left, to the front and back again several times to keep an eye on both vehicles as I jumped on the anchors to stop short of the van but not so short that the 4WD would t-bone me. Accomplished that. Turned out that a school kid had tried to run across the road making the van scream to a halt.
I suppose the moral of the story is that your 'incidents' aren't rationed out evenly. Just because you've had one close call doesn't mean the next ones not just around the corner ... so never relax your guard.

[quickbuck]

I guess you have left a couple of skid marks then

Seriously though,
When it comes to vehicles on round abouts, never assume anything.
Even thought the rules have been the same for years everybody (well many cagers) have all of a sudden gotten confused not it is chargeable not to indicate.
Also be aware of sheltering yourself from view using other vehicles, and when it comes to vans etc, try and look through them for dangers (kids on the road are very unpredictable).

Good on you though for avoiding two bins in a row, though.

[skidMark]

I suppose the moral of the story is that your 'incidents' aren't rationed out evenly. Just because you've had one close call doesn't mean the next ones not just around the corner ... so never relax your guard.

or on the same corner for that matter

[dnos]

skills man. yep that is a very good reminder that you shouldnt worry too much about the deposit in your pants till you stop cos ya never know whats gonna happen next.

[dawnrazor]

yeah there like buses that way, nothing for ages and then 3 turn up together...be careful out there.

[gamgee]

I just had two oh f*ck moments in a similar timeframe, went down to get the mail, on top is a police letter "oh fuck how much do i owe this time" open it up, phew it's just a firearms licence renewal, onto the next letter, one from the ltsa "oh fuck how much do i owe this time" unfortunately i have to pay that one