Went out for great ride today. ..first one in weeks. Heated gloves keeping my hands toasty. Flask, sandwich and a mince pie and 5 hours of great riding through Sussex /Surrey and Hampshire. The only downside was a lady in an estate car pulling out right in front of me. ..had to make full use of the Ten's twin Brembos. I blared my horn at her and when she turned into the garage a mile down the road I pulled in next to her and said 'why'...did you not see me....? She said sorry , but when she turns left she can't actually look to the right because of her size....at this point I realised she was about 30 stone! So what happens at a junction then I asked. ? 'I try to time it so I never need to stop 'she said, 'or just try and look out of the corner of eye '! I actually couldn't think of anything to say and just rode off!. Tenere + Brembos + Distanzia's = great stopping abilities! Steve

Happens every day in the good ol UK.
Re tests throughout life perhaps, based on age, health, size.........??????

So should we feel sorry for her and then next time she may cause a death if she is aware that she could be the cause of a fatality and still continues driving then she is more than guilty. I would have no problem to report this at the very least to hopefully make her find a solution

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I believe retesting at license renewal (in the UK) should be mandatory for everyone. I've had this discussion with lots of organisations from the IAM, Police, Fire, Ambulance, even a test examiner. They all agree its a good way forward, but the examiner made another point, we don't have capacity to do it and cover the influx of new drivers. Sad when lives are put at risk because a politician is too afraid to say to drivers " you need to pay more for your test, so we can support a higher standard of driving".

I would at least like to see some sort of Highway Code retest at renewal, that would be easy enough to roll out.

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Couldn't agree more.
I recently did a speed awareness course for doing 37mph in a 30 area.
Well worth doing actually.
I learnt loads of things that had changed in the 25 years since I passed my test.
One of the things I learnt was it's your responsibility to know the updates in the Highway Code. This book is updated 8 times per year apparently.
I haven't looked at it in 25 years until now that is.