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Location: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK
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Nothing good ever comes of it. I've done it just once, going down a hill at a fair speed someone drove a car out of their drive, straight onto the road in front of me.
No indication, sign of moving out, or anything like that, just a sudden acceleration down the driveway onto the road.
I grabbed two handfuls of brake, slid a few yards down the road, then allowed the adtenadrento take over. Followed the car to the bottom of the hill and I was so pumped up I kept up until they stopped at a set of lights on the way into town.
I leaned down and hammered on the passenger window, and looked in to see a very frightened elderly lady. She shot off through the red light, and with the adrenaline dissipating I got the bike off the road and stood in a state of shame and shock at the roadside.
Lesson learned - I've not even shouted at anyone since, and I still feel ashamed of frightening a pensioner.