RCAF Driver Escapes After Fatal Accident

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Re: RCAF Driver Escapes After Fatal Accident

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Jerry Atrick wrote:A common driving tactic employed by rural motorcycle riders

1, be driving on rhs of road

2, want to turn left

3, slowly move to the extreme rhs of the road

4, make spakka type head movements without actually checking the road behind

5, abruptly turn at 90 degrees across both lanes at a rate of speed

6, if turn is negotiated without error then, and only then, glance to see if anything was coming from behind, after all
That's quite accurate.
The whole maneuver to the rhs in order to turn left, is one that boils my blood.

The other thing I notice, both in the city and the countryside, is that khmers will u turn anywhere, at the inconvenience of everybody else. They'd rather risk the lives of 30 people, than drive on to the next side street, and find a place to turn around safely. I suppose they don't learn 3 point turns when buying a car license, or culturally they can't cope with continuing in the wrong direction for 100m in order to make a safer turn.

*I'm not oblivious to the fact that I would not be aware of the drivers who *do* take the next side street or drive onwards in order to turn around safely rather than u turn on the spot, as it's only the dangerous drivers that stand out.
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