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From: Mr Pounder on 24 Jan 2010 10:09 "Zaz" <zaz(a)zaz.zaz> wrote in message news:b0K6n.1855$AJ7.149(a)newsfe17.ams2... > On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one. > I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout, > use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. > > I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to > overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited > the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40 > yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they > both stopped at the same time. I always thought it was illegal to overtake on roundabouts. Mr Pounder >
From: Brimstone on 24 Jan 2010 10:30 "Mr Pounder" <MrPounder(a)RationalThought.com> wrote in message news:xoZ6n.31013$Ym4.17200(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > > "Zaz" <zaz(a)zaz.zaz> wrote in message > news:b0K6n.1855$AJ7.149(a)newsfe17.ams2... >> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one. >> I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout, >> use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. >> >> I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to >> overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited >> the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40 >> yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they >> both stopped at the same time. > > I always thought it was illegal to overtake on roundabouts. > That's another of those popular misconceptions, unless doing so would endanger another road user obviously.
From: Steve Firth on 24 Jan 2010 10:36 Chris Bartram <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote: > > I'm an occaisional cyclist myself, and the ignorance of these twats was > amazing. Same here. I'm not a pack animal so I don't join these large, exclusively male, gangs and thus have no insight into what makes them tick. However obstructign farm vehicles during the harvest seems to me to be bloody minded to an extreme. I'm an experienced tractor driver and I ahve helped mates in the area with their harvest. I've previously posted about how the gangs of cyclists obstruct the passage of farm vehicles which have to work to precise schedules, and also about the charming behaviour of one group that decided it was really funny to block my "gian planet killing 4x4" as I knocked off harvesting to go home and get a meal. Again, on a fairly tight schedule and constrained by the width of the road which the cyclsits filled from side to side. The rear of the queue had three blokes who deliberately zig-zagged to block an overtkae and who kept staring back at me doing the "coffee beans" handshake and laughing at me. I couldn't understand the behaviour. I was keeping well back from them but had used my indicator to let them know I wanted to pass. I do wonder at the mentality of the organisers of these events. We have two problem areas. The A31 is used as a cycling racetrack most summer evenings. This wouldn't be too bad except the organisers make very little attempt to use marshalls and the cyclists simply don't look out for traffic. They are so focussed on racing that they get their heads down and pump along as fast as they can. The road narrows at one place from two lanes to one lane with bollards to restrict the width. Cyclists simpl swerve across the lanes, paying no attention to vehicles. At roundabouts they sweep around, no indication of course, and swerve across vehicles to exit. No doubt it anyone is ever injured the motorist will be blamed. The other problem area is the use of narrow lanes which the organisers seem to see as picturesque playgrounds, not the essential transport link between fields, barns and grain dryers that they are.
From: Mr. Benn on 24 Jan 2010 11:04 On 24/01/2010 15:36, Steve Firth wrote: > Chris Bartram<news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote: > >> >> I'm an occaisional cyclist myself, and the ignorance of these twats was >> amazing. > > Same here. I'm not a pack animal so I don't join these large, > exclusively male, gangs and thus have no insight into what makes them > tick. However obstructign farm vehicles during the harvest seems to me > to be bloody minded to an extreme. I'm an experienced tractor driver and > I ahve helped mates in the area with their harvest. I've previously > posted about how the gangs of cyclists obstruct the passage of farm > vehicles which have to work to precise schedules, and also about the > charming behaviour of one group that decided it was really funny to > block my "gian planet killing 4x4" as I knocked off harvesting to go > home and get a meal. Again, on a fairly tight schedule and constrained > by the width of the road which the cyclsits filled from side to side. > The rear of the queue had three blokes who deliberately zig-zagged to > block an overtkae and who kept staring back at me doing the "coffee > beans" handshake and laughing at me. > > I couldn't understand the behaviour. I was keeping well back from them > but had used my indicator to let them know I wanted to pass. I don't understand what is going through their heads either. I can only assume that these are what I would term "militant cyclists" who are not your average law-abiding cyclist but ones who see cycling as a political ideology and who carry a chip on their shoulders about users of motorised transport. These are same type of cyclists who take part in critical mass in London each month where they set out to deliberately block roads to other traffic. A few of them live in uk.rec.cycling.
From: Tim on 24 Jan 2010 11:17
Zaz wrote: > On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into > one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the > roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other > drivers. > > I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to > overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the > exited the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for > about 40 yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too > narrow they both stopped at the same time. Whenever there are two lanes exiting a roundabout that reduce to one lane, I think an *awful* lot of aggro could be alleviated by the use of "Merge in turn" signs. Tim |