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@jd.linklater wrote:

It sounds like quite a few of us have had similar near misses waiting at junctions to turn right onto a main road and it sounds like most were due to poor signalling by another driver. I've been in the same position myself but these days I always wait until the road is clear.

 

I was once given some sound advice by a driving instructor which has served me well.

Assume that every other driver on the road is an idiot.

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I  have only been driving for around 20 years, didn't pass my test till I was 35, but in those I have had a good number of very scary near misses. I do have to say none my fault either.

The scariest was being in the fast lane on a motorway, obviously in a juggernauts blind spot when the silly driver starts over taking a vehicle in the middle lane with me alongside him in the third lane and my space is getting smaller and smaller. eeeekkkkkkkk.

I seriously do think that haulage drivers, if they don't, should be retested every few years.  I know that driving instructors have to have refresher tests.