Safe Speed Forums

So I'm driving through Swindon on Friday night. Nice wide residential road with hatched central bit. Cars are parked off the road. There's a 40mph limit in place. Up ahead there's a roundabout and, what's that yellow thing on the side just past the roundabout? I wonder. Check my speed, it's below 40. Still not sure what the yellow thing is.
Check my speed again. Oh f*ck, the roundabout - and someone's pulled into it from the right. Two fortunate things here. One - the other driver was awake, saw that I might not stop and stopped himself. Two - my brakes are good and I pulled up well before the stop line.
Now what was the cause of this? Well apart from my stupidity in getting distracted it was a BUS Shelter with a lit, bright yellow advertisement. I wonder who thought that was a good idea?

I wonder how many times this happens to other people, it’s what’s know as paranoia, I know how you feel as I’ve done it myself. All the same you have to give credit to the other guy for anticipating your moves.

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Yes, you sort of wonder whether it's a regular occurrence there.

I frequently think that about many things in Swindon....

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