Winter just gone, I was on the way to watch my boys play Boston United. This dead flat and straight road that runs across Lincolnshire has warning signs all over the place about the very high number of deaths on that road. I had no idea why it was so bad for smashes, it was a dead straight, flat, 60 mph road.
Being quite aware of my speed (following a ticket weeks earlier), I passed a repeater sign (it was either a 60mph sign or national speed limit – can’t remember which), and duly slowed down as I was doing about 70ish.
At the lower speed I approached a side road on my left and caught sight of a car approaching me, signaling right (to enter the road on my left). I came off the gas to slow myself down a bit further and when I was about 40-50 yards from him, he decided that he would steer to his right, before stopping – the result being, he came onto my side of the road by about a foot.
Thank god I was paying attention and had slowed down – evasive action to the left followed to swerve round him, the left hand side of my car leaving the road down a very slight rut (I guess about 1-2 inches) and as I corrected this the car swung back to the right and missed a van waiting behind my foe by a matter of inches. All this happened at about 55-60 mph. I nearly shat myself.
It was then I realised why this was such a dangerous road. Because people from Lincolnshire can’t drive very well. :rolleyes:
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