7 cyclist....3 wide no wonder we are hated.

[ufkacbln]

Yesterday I was travelling through Surrey, and there was a tractor.... far wider than three cyclist

Should I hate Tractors

Then there was the van parked in an suburban road reducing it to one lane making it difficult to het past

Should I hate vans

Then to cap it all there was a woman in a wheelchair travelling on the road to her car making it impossible to get past ine either direction

Should I hate the disabled?

Lets get some perspective?

 

[coco69]

Why use the word hate...thats a strong word thats never been used
Read the full thread please lol....i dont wear a helmet.. i use a 32 cassette. It must just be me

 

[Dave7]

Driving for 52 years without giving enough room to cyclists!

Read this: it's not too late to learn something.


As you can see from this photo [my above post], cars overtaking cyclists should be on the other side of the road, just as if they were overtaking a car. It's simple really but it doesn't seem that some motorists know or understand this rule, if they did, there would be far less cars passing extremely close to cyclists and less road rage between the two groups. Below is my illustration of how not to and how to overtake a cyclist:

And from you I would learn exactly what?.....what the law is ? or how to consider other people before yourself?

 

[growingvegetables]

Why use the word hate...thats a strong word thats never been used
Read the full thread please lol...

.... with or without the thread title?

Not only has it been used .... but by yourself

 

[coco69]

U

.... with or without the thread title?

Not only has it been used .... but by yourself

That was meant as a joke to bring some humour into this

 

[Dave7]

I'm shocked to hear that you as a cyclist would feel comfortable about a car overtaking you without the car crossing the white line, as it would have to do in the face of oncoming traffic.
An overtaking driver carrying out that sort of stunt certainly lacks common decency and regard for the safety of other road users.

Has anyone mentioned white lines ??
I said common decency.
White lines ???? Broken? Single? Double?
All I am saying is "think of other road users" instead of just you are legally entitled to do.

 

[growingvegetables]

U


That was meant as a joke to bring some humour into this

Pull the other leg. It's got bells on.

 

[mjr]

All I am saying is "think of other road users" instead of just you are legally entitled to do.

It's sounding a hell of a lot like "dear cyclists, put yourself in severe danger so as not to inconvenience the poor downtrodden incompetent motorists" by the time it's reaching your keyboard, though.

 

[mjr]

Pull the other leg. It's got bells on.

Nearly time for this again. http://www.kingsmorris.co.uk/events/

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Fascinating that a cyclist sat in the passenger seat of a motor vehicle cannot but think like a nobber driver.

Mr Toad rides shotgun.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I feel the same as @coco69 on this............single file and cars can go past without oncoming cars having to stop & let them through. Common decency IMO.

Why does common decency towards the folk in metal cages entitle you to endanger the more vulnerable road users?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Driving for 52 years without giving enough room to cyclists!

Read this: it's not too late to learn something.

As you can see from this photo [my above post], cars overtaking cyclists should be on the other side of the road, just as if they were overtaking a car. It's simple really but it doesn't seem that some motorists know or understand this rule, if they did, there would be far less cars passing extremely close to cyclists and less road rage between the two groups. Below is my illustration of how not to and how to overtake a cyclist:

Surely in Oslo that's a cyclist overtaking a drunk driver?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Oh yes, btw, there is no "we". In case you've not noticed nobber drivers are prone to treat each other, and even that rare bird, the alert, able, diligent driver, just as badly as they treat more vulnerable road users.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You could consider that overtaking 20 cyclists riding as a group 2 abreast is easier than overtaking a line of 20 cyclists singled out. Unless, that is, you are happy to overtake the line singled out in the same lane.

Are the cyclists shouting "just because you are indicating doesn't make it alright!"?

 

[coco69]

3 wide is a piss take ...for future reference the 7 cyclist should read the HC