gomezz
Well-Known Member
It does if they are riding single file. The rule of thumb always used to be the width of an open car door but I leave a much larger gap than that.
Owen Smith
Well-Known Member
How? On a narrow road even passing a single file cyclist is going to need a car to cross into the oncoming lane to give enough clearance.
Oh and the other reason I often cycle in the middle of the road is I expect any parked car to fling a door wide open with zero notice and I don't want to cycle straight into it.
Black Hole
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...which means we are held to ransom by cyclists.
Black Hole
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Sheesh. 60mph road following a car doing barely 40, complaining bitterly about me trying to overtake with hazard lights flashing and gesticulations out of the window. I couldn't get past, they made sure of that.
Owen Smith
Well-Known Member
Do they realise you can fail your driving test for doing 40 in a 60 limit? If there is no good reason for doing 40 eg terrible weather, it is deemed unduly impeding other traffic not to do the limit or close to it and can be a test failure.
EEPhil
Number 28
You didn't specify what type of road the 60mph limit was on. Yes, I assume it is a single carriageway national speed limit road, but is it a wide road with few blind bends or is it one of those pesky narrow country lanes with high hedges and blind bends and a very good chance of meeting a horse rider round the next bend? I've driven on one of the back roads out of Melton Mowbray which has the national speed limit, but 40mph is probably too fast.
Black Hole
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Good road with 60 easily achievable, sweeping bends but straights not quite long enough when a car comes into view just as you accelerate!
Indeed, but I couldn't exactly pull them over to point out their inconsiderate driving!
EEPhil
Number 28
So long as you don't do what some plank did to me. I went into a right hand bend at a reasonable speed to find some &£@# about to hit me head on. The pillock was overtaking when s/he couldn't see far enough to make that decision. I did an emergency stop and forgot the clutch so I stalled. The prat just managed to get back to the proper side of the road. Squeaky bum time!
Black Hole
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It's the bikers that scare me, especially through a left-hander (right-hander for them, hugging the line and banked over into my flightpath).
"Think bike" the signs say, but they ought to say "bikers are effin' stupid" and I don't see why the rest of us should make allowances.
"Think bike" the signs say, but they ought to say "bikers are effin' stupid" and I don't see why the rest of us should make allowances.