Originally Posted by
Rich_bloor
warren, i suggest you buy a tank m8
you will be safer
nah i wont be any safer as we are talking about risks you cant control. If its a choice between going off the road into a ditch/tree versus taking the bastard trying to kill you with you in a head on then thats what i'll do. If it kills me so be it (but at least my family would get a massive pay out in court
) and if i live, quids in as its totally his fault.
At least on the road you can carry out a controlled emergency stop and with modern cars the safety cell will help a fair bit and knowing most "tosser white van man" if hes the kind of driver who dangerously overtakes, then hes unlikely to wear a seatbelt so he'll come off just as bad if not worse when his corpse is flung from the vehicle.
going off the road to the left into the unknown where there could be trees, solid walls, ditches to cartwheel you etc... no thanks!!! No where in the highway code or RTA does it say you should leave the road to avoid an accident. Yes its a natural reaction for many to swerve and leave the road but i wouldnt, certainly not when im in the right.
Originally Posted by
DanW@FastFord
I don't doubt that for a second - But with a kid in the car your priorities change!
the kid wasnt in the car......