[Closed] Those ".... on board" things.

😀 @ Marmoset!

both times having been rammed into the person in front by the tailgater behind

too close then?

As above, I was hit from behind on the M5 a while back, pushing me into the car in front. Despite me being the sole occupant of my car, tailgater's insurance paid for both mine and the car in front. I guess I wasn't too close then?

I thought the emergency stop was more for the kid chasing the ball across the road from behind the car routine...you're supposed to be far enough behind the guy in front so as not to have to do an emergency stop aren't you?

Didn't need to mate, we had piebalds in the garden. Only learned to drive when I couldn't get my hands on one here.

S'pose piebalds are a bit slow for tar deliveries I reckon. How is the Terminal 4 runway contract coming along btw? 😀

So you were going to go and have a word with a driver who was following the HC?

No, not sure which version of the highway code you read/were taught, but mine suggested that if you were likely to cross the stop line in the process of stopping for an amber, it is better to continue. I see it still works that way today...

Rule 175
You MUST stop behind the white ‘Stop’ line across your side of the road unless the light is green. If the amber light appears you may go on only if you have already crossed the stop line[b] or are so close to it that to stop might cause a collision.[/b]

So I was getting out of the car to have a word with the person who slammed on, half a car length from the stop line, despite the fact that there was traffic behind in a 60 zone (only doing 40 at the time fortunately!) at a leafy, tree covered NSL cross roads. The driver stopped partly obstructing the junction, even more so when I hit the back of them after the chap hit me. This brought the whole junction to chaos. This is WHY you're meant to continue on on an amber if you're so close to the line that stopping before it is unlikely.

dd - yes, as I said, stopping at a junction is not what I'd consider an emergency stop, unless the object acts in a manner not expected (slamming on for a light while on top of the stop line, kid running out for ball etc).

Continuing the thread hijack - I can't believe someone hasn't run into the back of me already as I have a habit of stopping for amber lights, something I haven't noticed anyone else doing. The occasions where I've judged there's not enough time to stop before the line and carry on I get a pang of guilt until a quick mirror check reveals the car behind me (and quite often the one behind that too) doesn't seem quite so bothered about amber lights.

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Dont get me wrong, I don't advocate "running oranges" unless its necessary, and certainly never reds, but I think its safe to consider the amber light to be a period of time set aside for the human decision making process to occur, not an on-off switch for the brake. "will I stop by the line?...no...carry on". The person behind can then rightly assume that if you have reached a certain point you are then not likely to slam on in front of them and they can stop safely by the line.

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Continuing the thread hijack - I can't believe someone hasn't run into the back of me already as I have a habit of stopping for amber lights, something I haven't noticed anyone else doing. The occasions where I've judged there's not enough time to stop before the line and carry on I get a pang of guilt until a quick mirror check reveals the car behind me (and quite often the one behind that too) doesn't seem quite so bothered about amber lights.