I’m not experienced but....

What seems like a "shortsight, and inexperience" on your part.. was just the opposite.

It was close.

The little knowledge you've gained so far you USED and it saved you.
Had you not done exactly as you did, someone would have been hurt and you'd most likely be out a job.

Remember it. Learn from it.
We ALL have close calls that we avoid because of some little thing we did because we noticed something.

That's exactly what happened here.

Could you gave done better?
Certainly. You got better today.

 

I wanted to give you kind words first.. because you DID avoid an accident using foresight.
There will be some on this forum that will blast you for not doing this, or that... and they'll be partly correct... but they're also guilty at some point of the same shortcomings.

Just use it to build your foundation as an experienced, safe operator.

Trust that gut

 

Good judgement comes from bad experience .

 

In this business the biggest or smallest experience you have is all learning and will be useful tools that you will always have for future situations! The learning never stops out here but will make you a better driver!!! I have 20+ yrs out here and still learn stuff

 

I generally try to stay ahead of people mentally when driving something.

Just the other day I had a older gentleman fail a turn left into a tobacco store lot. Ditches threatened to eat his car, his right steer was hanging over it. His head was swiveling around and big eyes... what do I do now kind of face on him.

He blocked oncoming traffic to me. I am coming on.

At that moment I said "Don't you back up...." and my foot was already moving to the brake pedal as I started stage two calculating pathways I must take to avoid hitting. In short I already was in battle not to get into a accident long before he even moved backwards. And boom he did move back quick.

My ex who teamed with me on the big road with a semi has long learned since day one that when I start talking like that to nothing in particular and particulary the focus of the developing problem child... She knows what's fixing to go down and works off that really quickly.

Once i start seeing something coming on.. Im already working out what has to be done mentally really fast. There is literally no time to think sometimes. I just do. And for that the vehicle, whatever it is even a horse (Even better....) has to be part of me.

And it resolves itself. usually.

Sometimes not quite the way I like it to and there develops a story for future telling.

 

you say your an inexperienced driver.

did you mean CDL driver or new to driving anything?

that kind of situation is one you come across whether CDL or 4 wheeler driving.