20 cm away from death

[BentMikey]

I do think a few of those truck driver.net comments were fairly ignorant, but most were good. I suspect they don't understand why cyclists need to take the lane and often shouldn't be riding in the gutter.

 

[gaz]

Anyone who questions magnatom's cycling needs to read the highway code..

Rule 185 of the highway code:

When reaching the roundabout you should
give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless directed otherwise by signs, road markings or traffic lights
check whether road markings allow you to enter the roundabout without giving way. If so, proceed, but still look to the right before joining
watch out for all other road users already on the roundabout; be aware they may not be signalling correctly or at all
look forward before moving off to make sure traffic in front has moved off

 

[BentMikey]

Plus comments on him not looking to his nearside - quite obviously he does given the camera movements. Plus some don't realise that your eyes move much more than the camera does.

 

[magnatom]

You know, one day I think I'll write a book about all of this. I've certainly got plenty of material! I'm stuck for a title though....I'll open it to the floor!

 

[steve52]

tax issues

why do so many erm, knuckle headed morons sums them up best, use the charge them (cyclist) road tax argument? Hey morons i pay tax for a car that i have to use sometimes, as i suspect a lot of other cyclist do! grr grr and double grr.

 

[magnatom]

grr grr and double grr.

Sounds like your car needs a service!

(I'm just finishing off a Chardonnay!)

 

[Norm]

You know, one day I think I'll write a book about all of this. I've certainly got plenty of material! I'm stuck for a title though....I'll open it to the floor!

Your life in their hands?

Life without Road Tax

Actually, I do have insurance

Dealing with f**kwits (this might need a bit of work before WH Smiths stock it)

 

[Bollo]

It's always going to get a little sectarian when cycling and truck forums cross, but on the whole most people are reasonable enough to realise that this was not a clever piece of driving.

Without putting words into magger's mouth (my voice isn't high enough and I don't know enough swear words) I'm sure that he'll get no pleasure from the fallout from this incident. Even if the police do nothing, there's a reasonable chance that this guy might lose his job. It may be deserved, but its not funny. In the same way, I doubt that most of the gentlemen (and ladies?) of trucknet would sleep well if they killed a cyclist, no matter what the circumstances and balance of blame.

 

[gouldina]

I've not looked at the forum mentioned, not yet, but I can guess.

It's an anonymity thing, isn't it. Like this forum, I suppose, on some threads, though thankfully not on this one. People assume there'll be no comeback, no way of tracking them down, so they flap their mouth any old how. Same as goes on on the DM 'comments' pages. Insist on posting names and addresses - and employers - and it'd soon be a different tune!

Happily there are a lot of folks around above this sort of thing.

Hilariously, there's a comment on there by a trucker saying "he should cycle on the pavement like I do".
Right, I bet if we all cycled on the pavement, everyone would be happy.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I don't understand their comments about your position on the roundabout. It would have been the same result if you had in what they consider the correct lane for turning right.

 

[longers]

That was very well put Bollo.

 

[stevo]

glad you OK mate.
hes supposed to be a professional driver,he should loose his license for that.
that was defo dangerous driving.
he should not be driving anything.

 

[BentMikey]

And for the trucknet users reading here, I hope you'll see some balance from us cyclists, for example:

Richard Burbidge excellent driving - I wrote to the company.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwhOTK5AHA


Also Sainsburys, though no video. And Westway Coaches.

And Thomas's recent topic:
https://www.cyclechat.net/

The carrot is much more effective than the stick, and I and a lot of the cyclists on here are reasonably quick to email a company and thank them for some good driving.

OTOH I have no problem at all with reporting bad driving - better report it and change that driver's attitude, or at least bring consequences to him/her before they kill/injure another road user.

 

[Bollo]

You know, one day I think I'll write a book about all of this. I've certainly got plenty of material! I'm stuck for a title though....I'll open it to the floor!

"Jocks, Lies and Videotape"

Oh my god, I've gone all racist!

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Unfortunately a lot of drivers just DON'T look properly when entering a roundabout.

Here's the side of my car after an incident involving a cyclist's (helmet-protected) head going straight into my back wing (despite what it looks like, it wasn't me pulling out!)

I was waiting at a roundabout. I SHOULD have gone as the car to my right SHOULD have waited, as opposite me a cyclist was coming onto the roundabout, at a speed where clearly he was not going to turn right, but go straight ahead, the car to my right SHOULD wait, making it clear for me to proceed also.

Those alarm bells where something just isn't right were sounding in my head and I hung back...good job I did. Car pulls straight out, bike just manages to avoid going over the bonnet, instead strikes the front bumper which sends him careering over to my side of the road and into my back wing. If I'd gone, I reckon cyclist would have been the filling in a sandwich.

The angle pretty much deflected a lot of the impact, cyclist and bike were fine bar a few scrapes.

The REALLY annoying thing is that bike had some scratches and neede new bar tape etc. My car got a dent that pulled out but was always creased on the line above the stripe. Mr Magoo's car that caused the whole thing however, had nothing bar perhaps a tiny scratch on the corner of the bumper.