Ok cyclists - is this reasonable behaviour?
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From: Bod on 29 Mar 2010 11:53 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. Bod
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 12:00 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hoqhjg$ckn$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:22:28 +0100 > "David" <none(a)selectfire.co.uk> wrote: >><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>news:hoq47n$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$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>>>>Would I be correct in inferring there was an advanced stop line? >>>>> >>>>> There was >>>> >>>>Conveniently failed to mention that did we? >>> >>> Its of no consequence. An advanced stop line is just that , its not a >>> "block >>> the traffic once the lights have gone green" line. >> >>He was blocking the traffic no more than any other vehicle. If you knew >>how >>to drive you'd know that you have to pull into the adjacent lane to over >>take. Whether it be a Ferrari, a bicycle or a milk float. > > When there was oncoming traffic? Yeah, that would have gone well. Muppet. > So you were planning to squeeze between the bicycle and the oncoming traffic?
From: boltar2003 on 29 Mar 2010 12:03 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:45:33 +0100 "David" <none(a)selectfire.co.uk> wrote: ><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >news:hoqhjg$ckn$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>He was blocking the traffic no more than any other vehicle. If you knew >>>how >>>to drive you'd know that you have to pull into the adjacent lane to over >>>take. Whether it be a Ferrari, a bicycle or a milk float. >> >> When there was oncoming traffic? Yeah, that would have gone well. Muppet. > >Have you ever heard of waiting until it was clear to overtake? You every thought of learning to read? B2003
From: Adrian on 29 Mar 2010 12:04 boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>He was blocking the traffic no more than any other vehicle. If you >>>>knew how >>>>to drive you'd know that you have to pull into the adjacent lane to >>>>over take. Whether it be a Ferrari, a bicycle or a milk float. >>> When there was oncoming traffic? Yeah, that would have gone well. >>> Muppet. >>Have you ever heard of waiting until it was clear to overtake? > You every thought of learning to read? That's a "Yes"
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 12:08
<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hoqhpd$cu4$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:50:28 +0100 > Clive George <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >>I think you've just discovered why they were riding where they were - to >>stop you doing a dangerous overtake. > > The lane was quite wide enough for cars to overtake safely if they'd moved > over to the normal position bikes tend to take. This was a main A road to > the > M25, not a country lane. > "Wide enough" according whose criteria, yours or a cyclists? It sounds as if you wanted to squeeze between the tandem and the oncoming traffic, in which case the cyclist was protecting himself by prevent you from doing so. |