HOW SAFE IS YOUR DRIVING?
A frosty morning: a sprinkling of snow; frozen puddles on the lanes, some concealing potholes.
Then round the bend sped an oncoming Audi TT. Confronted at about head height by the iron girder of a bumper on my old Defender, the androgynous driver slammed on the anchors and veered this way and that until seeking refuge on the verge.
Fortunately, I was doing less than 20mph and we missed by inches.
Near misses, albeit less dramatic, are a feature of everyday driving. During a recent 1,500-mile round trip between one end of the country and the other, much of it on motorways, I was struck by how often one is just a couple of feet away from the thundering wheels of 40-ton trucks. If one…
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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025