Nice and clearly explained (lots of people on UA-cam simply irritate me with their "erms" and lip smacks before talking) I'm not sure many would pick up on this but I like how you briefly pause when you're focusing on a hazard, as I do.
Very interesting thoughts Mick - risk assessing position for a right-hand bend where there is a blind junction is so essential (and challenging), a vital part of the assessment must be safety, and, perhaps that essential skill of balancing dangers. Nice to see the Busa out too
If approaching a nearside junction and I am already giving safe stopping distance to the car in front I would consider moving from position 1or 2 to position 3 to give more space /distance between myself and any possible car emerging from that junction. Unusually sometimes by doing so I believe that that driver, perhaps having seen me [ or not as the case may be ] and sees the extra space that I am giving and wanting to exit that junction as soon as he can, in anticipating my passing him he sometimes moves out prematurely and that is not nice. So its something that I have found from my riding experience.. I think that it can occur at most junctions and particularly on roundabouts, other drivers anticipate your passing them so pull out prematurely. Sometimes ending with them paralleling you on your nearside and that is not only disconcerting but dangerous.
Further to that above if you move from position say 1 to position 3 you may inadvertently place yourself in a much too close a position to any oncoming traffic. So you end up giving plenty of safer space to your nearside and the possibility of something emerging from that junction and a possible collision at your speed of say 30 mph or with braking less. However that space in position 3 maybe now be 2 meters or more to that potential danger but you end up being closer to the mid line and then giving maybe only one metre of safe space to any oncoming vehicles and a possible head on collision with a combined speed of say over 60 mph there being no braking involved. As a result maybe position 2 would suffice but again one is still closer to the vehicle at the junction. One answer to that and again a fact mitigating the effects of any potential collision is to slow down but how many riders actually do that? Not many I am sure. Many a rider will give space, move position but not necessarily slow at all. They will continue at the same pace. You make your choice.
Good presentation and comments but I do think that your safety bubble ie the distance that you gave to that car in front was a little suspect. The roads were a mix of 30 and 60 mph and yet there was very little difference if any to your safe stopping distance behind it, and perhaps not in accord with according the the H. C. or the DVSA on safe stopping distances. One must admit that some riders believe that one can stop in less distance than those recommended but a lot of collisions do result because of that belief or rather miss belief. At one point you were continuing at say 30 mph in a 30 limited area with a junction on your nearside and a car waiting to enter At 30 mph your distance travelled per sec would be 44ft. or 88 ft in 2 seconds. As you said time is necessary and time equals space and both time and space are our friends. . Not just that, with space comes vision, increased vision as we no longer have an obstacle to our vision ie. the car in front obstructing our vision of the road ahead and of junctions but more importantly of the car driver at the junction and of their improved vision of us approaching that junction. With greater space we no longer need to look for another safety route should something un towards happen. Safe space is our safety. If we are too close to the vehicle in front and we brake hard but realise that we are unable to stop in time before colliding with that vehicle we may swerve to our nearside but in most cases being already in the offside position we may swerve to the offside and then into the path of any oncoming vehicle and that is deadly. Safe space is a must and although one may know from training and practise that one can actually brake in less distance than those distances in the H.C or by the DVSA when it comes down to being potentially involved in a incident. Lets face it our mind could be and sometimes is all over the place and serious time and safe distance is lost before we can make a move toward any braking. Time an distance are our friends.
Cheers for sharing Mick and always good to hear your commentary. Also great to see you out on the Busa, have you booked yourself in for a ride on the new one or could yours never be bettered?!?
Nice and clearly explained (lots of people on UA-cam simply irritate me with their "erms" and lip smacks before talking)
I'm not sure many would pick up on this but I like how you briefly pause when you're focusing on a hazard, as I do.
Enjoyed that Mick 👍 thanks for posting that. We could do with more short ,wise words’ videos.
Very interesting thoughts Mick - risk assessing position for a right-hand bend where there is a blind junction is so essential (and challenging), a vital part of the assessment must be safety, and, perhaps that essential skill of balancing dangers. Nice to see the Busa out too
If approaching a nearside junction and I am already giving safe stopping distance to the car in front I would consider moving from position 1or 2 to position 3 to give more space /distance between myself and any possible car emerging from that junction. Unusually sometimes by doing so I believe that that driver, perhaps having seen me [ or not as the case may be ] and sees the extra space that I am giving and wanting to exit that junction as soon as he can, in anticipating my passing him he sometimes moves out prematurely and that is not nice.
So its something that I have found from my riding experience.. I think that it can occur at most junctions and particularly on roundabouts, other drivers anticipate your passing them so pull out prematurely. Sometimes ending with them paralleling you on your nearside and that is not only disconcerting but dangerous.
Further to that above if you move from position say 1 to position 3 you may inadvertently place yourself in a much too close a position to any oncoming traffic. So you end up giving plenty of safer space to your nearside and the possibility of something emerging from that junction and a possible collision at your speed of say 30 mph or with braking less. However that space in position 3 maybe now be 2 meters or more to that potential danger but you end up being closer to the mid line and then giving maybe only one metre of safe space to any oncoming vehicles and a possible head on collision with a combined speed of say over 60 mph there being no braking involved.
As a result maybe position 2 would suffice but again one is still closer to the vehicle at the junction. One answer to that and again a fact mitigating the effects of any potential collision is to slow down but how many riders actually do that? Not many I am sure. Many a rider will give space, move position but not necessarily slow at all. They will continue at the same pace.
You make your choice.
Good presentation and comments but I do think that your safety bubble ie the distance that you gave to that car in front was a little suspect. The roads were a mix of 30 and 60 mph and yet there was very little difference if any to your safe stopping distance behind it, and perhaps not in accord with according the the H. C. or the DVSA on safe stopping distances. One must admit that some riders believe that one can stop in less distance than those recommended but a lot of collisions do result because of that belief or rather miss belief. At one point you were continuing at say 30 mph in a 30 limited area with a junction on your nearside and a car waiting to enter At 30 mph your distance travelled per sec would be 44ft. or 88 ft in 2 seconds.
As you said time is necessary and time equals space and both time and space are our friends. . Not just that, with space comes vision, increased vision as we no longer have an obstacle to our vision ie. the car in front obstructing our vision of the road ahead and of junctions but more importantly of the car driver at the junction and of their improved vision of us approaching that junction.
With greater space we no longer need to look for another safety route should something un towards happen. Safe space is our safety. If we are too close to the vehicle in front and we brake hard but realise that we are unable to stop in time before colliding with that vehicle we may swerve to our nearside but in most cases being already in the offside position we may swerve to the offside and then into the path of any oncoming vehicle and that is deadly.
Safe space is a must and although one may know from training and practise that one can actually brake in less distance than those distances in the H.C or by the DVSA when it comes down to being potentially involved in a incident. Lets face it our mind could be and sometimes is all over the place and serious time and safe distance is lost before we can make a move toward any braking.
Time an distance are our friends.
Cheers for sharing Mick and always good to hear your commentary. Also great to see you out on the Busa, have you booked yourself in for a ride on the new one or could yours never be bettered?!?
Too many memories with mine. dare not go to the dealer for the fear of getting tempted