Ok cyclists - is this reasonable behaviour?
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From: mileburner on 29 Mar 2010 12:43 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:81c0o9FafsU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 29/03/2010 16:19, mileburner wrote: >> "Bod"<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:81bs56F75cU2(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 29/03/2010 15:00, mileburner wrote: >>>> Derek C wrote: >>>> >>>>> Most cyclists are slow and quite narrow, so can be safely overtaken if >>>>> the road is wide enough and if they keep well over to the nearside. >>>> >>>> While this is true, many drivers will not leave the space they ought to >>>> if >>>> they can see there is a chance that they can squeeze through. Keeping >>>> well >>>> over toward the centre ensures that they will only pass if there really >>>> is >>>> enough space and if they do sidewipe, there is somewhere to go. Gutter >>>> riding is not an option if you want to stay alive and well. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Well I've managed it in about 53 years of cycling. >> >> My uncle lived until he was 93 and smoked 20 Woodbines a day from the age >> of >> 14. >> >> > > Good for him, I've smoked 20 a day since I was 14 as well. Some people just seem to be lucky. Others need to protect themselves.
From: Tony Dragon on 29 Mar 2010 12:46 boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:35:17 +0200 > "GeoffC" <me(a)home.invalid.com> wrote: >> boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >>> I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) >>> when a couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. >>> They stop right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights >>> go green me and >>> all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed >>> of 15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of >>> tossers move over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front >>> is laughing. I was sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how >>> funny he thought it was then. >>> >> So how do you know what he was laughing at? > > Well since he was looking at me its a fair guess what it was. > >> Do you often have a tendency towards road-rage? > > When people deliberately obstruct me for no good reason when I'm already > late picking someone up from Gatwick - yes. > > B2003 > If I was going to Gatwick, I wouldn't start from the A22. :-) -- Tony Dragon
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 12:48 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:81c2jaFkamU40(a)mid.individual.net... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>> Anyway - flights rarely arrive an hour or so early without plenty of >>> warning, if you can be bothered to look at the airport's arrivals info >>> on the web. > >> I had to pick someone up from a different airport recently. They landed >> about 45 minutes early. How does one look up the arrival info when one >> is driving to the airport? > > How long was the drive to the airport? An hour? Two? About an hour and three quarters. > If they're going to land 45min early, you'll find the ETA will reflect > that almost from the time their plane takes off. There was no update when I checked it before leaving home. > So - you look at the ETA an hour or two before you're due to leave, in > order to see if you need to bring the collection time forward. As long as the website is updated. >After all, a shorthaul flight doesn't make up 45min. This one did.
From: Tony Dragon on 29 Mar 2010 12:52 Adrian wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>> This was a main A road to the M25, not a country lane. > >> "Wide enough" according whose criteria, yours or a cyclists? > > There's at least one single-track country road leads straight off an M25 > junction, anyway... Not that I doubt you, but where's that? -- Tony Dragon
From: Tony Dragon on 29 Mar 2010 12:55
David wrote: > <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > news:hoq47n$j44$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:36:32 +0100 >> "David" <none(a)selectfire.co.uk> wrote: >>> <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>> news:hopt8k$65t$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>>> Would I be correct in inferring there was an advanced stop line? >>>> There was >>> Conveniently failed to mention that did we? >> Its of no consequence. An advanced stop line is just that , its not a >> "block >> the traffic once the lights have gone green" line. > > He was blocking the traffic no more than any other vehicle. If you knew how > to drive you'd know that you have to pull into the adjacent lane to over > take. Whether it be a Ferrari, a bicycle or a milk float. > > Is that a new rule? -- Tony Dragon |