summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
That one doesn't look good... Why dump you on the road just before a narrowing?
I’m regularly overtaken adjacent to bollards-saves seconds but is hazardous.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
No, that bit is a dropped kerb for the pedestrians. Cyclists get dumped back onto the road a few yards further on. I'll do a screenshot from the other direction ...That one doesn't look good... Why dump you on the road just before a narrowing?
On the right is where the short cycle path re-emerges onto the road. On the left is where cyclists coming down a fast downhill section of road are supposed to slow down to leave the road for a few seconds!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
For some reason, I've a mental image of deterring repeats by giving them as a Christmas present a parrot that says something remarkably like "pieces of shoot" to do their cycling infrastructure design reviews.
sidevalve
Über Member
OOER !! Cyclists having to slow down. Sounds just like what everybody else is supposed to do when interacting with pedestrians.
puffinbilly
Veteran
What you really need is this - Newcastle City Council's attempt at cycle friendly - having regularly cycled along here in the past couple of years I've come to the conclusion that most drivers can't read polite signs.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9...Uj8_1JHBSrsFsRuJqlBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
PS How do I post a view from google street view?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9...Uj8_1JHBSrsFsRuJqlBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
PS How do I post a view from google street view?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I am typically doing 30 mph down that stretch of road along with the traffic and I have rarely seen a pedestrian actually crossing there. It seems a bit counter-productive to get cyclists to brake hard in front of cars in order to get out of their way so the cyclists do not slow them down ...
- Location
- Manchester
I agree, it is stupid when drivers try to overtake at pinch points, for the sake of a few seconds.
glenn forger
Guest
Does anyone else see a rider up ahead and know exactly when you will overtake them? I mean, you know the road, it's on your commute, so you see someone cycling ahead and can quite easily judge their speed so you think "ok, they're going at that speed, so I will overtake them just before the bend" or whatever. It's not difficult. Do it every day. It's easy peasy. Piece of cake. You just judge their speed. So how come so many drivers can't do it? Someone of this parish has a compilation clip of untold drivers doing dumbass shimmies and emergency braking cos they misjudge the overtake badly. You hear the engine note change, think to yourself "they're not, are they?" and lo and behold they slam the brakes on Cos they suddenly realise they're not going to make it. Barmy. I think the Blue Danube is played over the clips, it's like a rubbish driver waltz. So how come they get a pretty basic bit of driving so wrong? It's really not hard.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I think there are still some drivers out there who think cyclists are pootling at 4mph and don't think about the fact they are moving, just must get in front.
As for your first question I don't know where I might overtake them, as I or they may speed up (I've noticed that I can up my speed a little when I see someone going slower), but I know I will think about whether it's safe to do so before I attempt to overtake them and choose a spot where I think is the best place.
glenn forger
Guest
Assuming the speed doesn't change it is pretty easy to judge. Say you're walking towards a door and someone is approaching from the same distance, say fifty feet, and you can easily tell when you will both reach the door. But that's walking so maybe not the same. Along Thorpe Road in Norwich after the Pound Lane rb there's a long straight bit before another rb. Dead straight, perfect sight lines. A driver behind will slowly approach and go for an overtake just as we both reach the rb. How in the name of left-handed Greek buggery can they get it so wrong? It's blatantly obvious what's going to happen yet they still do it and jam the brakes on so there's squeeling brakes and aborted overtakes and completely avoidable stress and argy bargy.
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
It's the MGIF attitude that many drivers can't seem to shake off. Not a pinch point, but I have this T junction (below) on my commute at which I turn left. It's quite amazing how many drivers will try to overtake me from roughly the point where this pic was taken in order to beat me to the junction. The dumb thing is of course, they then fart about at the junction for ages slowing me up. Even V strong primary won't put the dumbest drivers off here.
I can only conclude that most drivers are really not very good at it.
I can only conclude that most drivers are really not very good at it.
glenn forger
Guest
Driver goes to overtake a cyclist, suddenly notices the bollard, smashes them, turns the car over, no further action:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-walked-away-flipped-car-10578102
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-walked-away-flipped-car-10578102
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No further action!?!?!?! I do hope that at least the highway authority recovers the cost of reinstating the road surface and central island from their insurer!
Would have been cheaper to hit the cyclist. 3 points and an £80 fine.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Don't tell them that.... it will become the next acceptable excuse for poor driving!
