I am lucky...

[Feek]

Hitting a rumble strip for the first time can be quite a surprise if you don't know what it is - I have a golden rule when I'm driving that if ever I touch one, I'm stopping at the next available place for a break because I've wandered off track so my attention must be slipping.

Glad you're OK

[Stelly]

glad that your ok dude

Stelly

[killerkebab]

Originally Posted by Desmo

Glad to hear you're all OK matey

Best advice I could give is to get back out driving ASAP. Straight back out onto the motorway and don't dwell on it. Also, drive over the rumble strip on purpose for a few seconds. You'll get used to the noise it makes and you can see how much road there is left before you're actually close to anything. At least this way, if you ever unexpectedly touch it again, you'll know what's going on and how much space you have left

But now I have no car to drive in

Being a lowly university student means I don't have much of a chance to use one anyway, even when I did own one...

[Wossi]

Originally Posted by Feek

Hitting a rumble strip for the first time can be quite a surprise if you don't know what it is - I have a golden rule when I'm driving that if ever I touch one, I'm stopping at the next available place for a break because I've wandered off track so my attention must be slipping.

Glad you're OK

I know that one. I do a lot of motorway driving for my job so I end up knowing the service stations up and down the M1 quite well. It's bloody scary when you realise you are doing about 70mph and not actually awake enough to concentrate fully. Shame I don't like coffee so it's always a mars bar and a coke before I'm off again.