Ignorant of highway code and lights on bikes law

[TVC]

No but i'd say it would be wise of them to cycle carefully in dark wet conditions. Not hurtle down a road at a roundabout where anything could happen. This twonk on a bike wasn't going to stop for anything.

So why did you proceed then? and if you saw him before he arrived at the junction then whether he had lights or not is irrelevant to the outcome.

 

[Accy cyclist]

So why did you proceed then? and if you saw him before he arrived at the junction then whether he had lights or not is irrelevant to the outcome.

I went round the roundabout slowly,precautiously like i always do. I thought by driving slowly with my headlights on he would've seen me. He obviously did but didn't bother to stop. Are you suggesting that i should stop for every road user who looks like he/she might be about to do something reckless

 

[TVC]

I went round the roundabout slowly,precautiously like i always do. I thought by driving slowly with my headlights on he would've seen me. He obviously did but didn't bother to stop. Are you suggesting that i should stop for every road user who looks like he/she might be about to do something reckless

Yes. With special attention to the most vunerable road users.

 

[User10119]

After all, sometimes those vulnerable road users will misjudge your intentions and take a chance, won't they?

 

[Accy cyclist]

[QUOTE 5264878, member: 45"]Yes. Absolutely.[/QUOTE]
Then we'd be stop start,stop start all the way!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I went round the roundabout slowly,precautiously like i always do. I thought by driving slowly with my headlights on he would've seen me. He obviously did but didn't bother to stop. Are you suggesting that i should stop for every road user who looks like he/she might be about to do something reckless

If they "Look like they are about to do something reckless" you'd be an idiot not to.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Are you suggesting that i should stop for every road user who looks like he/she might be about to do something reckless

If you encountered the same roundabout scenario again, what, if anything, would you do differently?

 

[gavroche]

I went round the roundabout slowly,precautiously like i always do. I thought by driving slowly with my headlights on he would've seen me. He obviously did but didn't bother to stop. Are you suggesting that i should stop for every road user who looks like he/she might be about to do something reckless

Because you were going slowly, maybe he misjudged your speed and thought he had time to proceed?

 

[flake99please]

We need someone with a magic deciding coin...

Or perhaps.....

 

[Ticktockmy]

Not being a lawyer as some seem to be on this thread, as I read the situation. Whilst the OP was driving well as in law with due care and consideration for other road users. The fact he had seen the cyclist riding towards him without lights, means in my mind he had a duty of care to insure that he did not continue in a fashion which would have further endangered the cyclist. However, if because the cyclist did have lights then if the OP had not seen him, then he could have a good argument for running him down.

 

[theclaud]

However, if because the cyclist did have lights then if the OP had not seen him, then he could have a good argument for running him down.

There's no such thing as a 'good argument' for running someone down - there are only mitigating factors.

 

[potsy]

There's no such thing as a 'good argument' for running someone down - there are only mitigating factors.

What if @User was the cyclist?

 

[theclaud]

What if @User was the cyclist?

HBF

 

[theclaud]

[QUOTE 5265398, member: 45"]I wasn't sure what that meant, so I Google it. I'm hoping you didn't mean the acronym that I found.[/QUOTE]
Harsh But Fair. Obvs.

 

[Mugshot]

Harsh But Fair. Obvs.

I guessed, He'd Be Fine.