Following on from werewolf's thread the other day about his unfortunate off, got me thinking back to a few near misses I've had, be them my own fault or someone else's.
Last night (Friday), a group of us went down to the Ace Cafe for the performance night.
Hung around for a couple of hours then left, and headed to the petrol station over the road (unbeknown to me).
So we all race away from the lights (as you do), and suddenly a few of the guys turn right much to my surprise!
Lad in front on his Hornet slams on the anchors, and thankfully having left a good gap, I do too.
However, the brakes on his Hornet are fairly superior to mine (plus the extra 3 or 4 stone I'm carrying probably don't help), and hence the SV begins to lock up and slide.
Squeaky bum time!
I get enough speed down to pull off the brakes, and dart round his left-hand side.
A pretty close-call, and I hold my hands up to that one.
Had a couple of instances of people pulling U-turns on me when I've been filtering past stationary traffic too that have almost caught me out.
So what have you done or had done to you? So to speak...