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To the fool in the black Rover behind me this morning....
discowoman:
--- Quote from: Sider on April 23, 2008, 18:32:02 ---
--- Quote from: Thrasher on April 23, 2008, 10:15:20 ---Witnessed this morning :
Busy junction with traffic lights, lights turn green, vehicle ahead indicates left. As he begins his turn a cyclist decides to go straight on - oblivious to the turning vehicle...vehicle slams on anchors and gets a rude hand signal from the cyclist. This little act obviously causes braking down the line of traffic.....luckily no bumps.
Sometimes I think cyclists need a test, or at least an understanding of turn signals and the HIGHWAY code. I'm stunned that my kids have not had to take cycling proficiency tests - what is the world coming to. Blame the car driver for ALL accidents?
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Nope, most of the accidents involving cyclists are "caused" by lorry drivers, who are, to the last one, unprofessional and poorly trained. At least, that's what some moron tried to convince me of. You should have seen his face when I showed him my driving license. Funnily enough, I have never seen him in the pub anymore.
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*coughs politely* and mentions the fact that hubby is a HGV driver/Motorcycle rider/4x4 owmer and driver - covers in excess of 75,000 miles a year and BOTH acidents he has been involved in - in the 20 odd years of driving were caused by the other party being oblivious to him (both times whilst driving HGV's) renault Laguna watching the Red arrows train in Lincolnshire - and female car driver blind to the fact that red bright lights and sudden deceleration mean the vehicle in front is stopping!!!!!!
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on April 23, 2008, 10:15:20 ---Witnessed this morning :
Busy junction with traffic lights, lights turn green, vehicle ahead indicates left. As he begins his turn a cyclist decides to go straight on - oblivious to the turning vehicle...vehicle slams on anchors and gets a rude hand signal from the cyclist. This little act obviously causes braking down the line of traffic.....luckily no bumps.
Sometimes I think cyclists need a test, or at least an understanding of turn signals and the HIGHWAY code. I'm stunned that my kids have not had to take cycling proficiency tests - what is the world coming to. Blame the car driver for ALL accidents?
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Was it a commuter (jeans, fleece???) cyclist, or someone on a decent bike in Lycra.
Most (but not all, I'm not going to truely generalise) commuters tend to think if themselves as infallible & immune from the niceities/legalities of the road.
Personally I'll not go near the near-side of a truck/bus at a junction, even if it's not indicating left.
Never have, never will!, I've seen the aftermath.
My 'pet-hate' is motorists who pass you, then immediately turn left in front of you, or (as happened a couple of weeks ago), pass you (me) at a roundabout & then turn left literally yards ahead- with no indication!!
There's a Mondeo somewhere in Castleford, with a Sidi shoe shaped dent in the passenger door, after really scaring me and forcing me to turn with him.
Plus, there's also the tw*t who thought it was funny to throw (I think it was??) a McDonalds box, with the remnants of the contents at me on Tuesday afternoon.
This was on the A162, between Monk Fryston roundabout (A63/A162 junction) & South Milford roundabout.
Very luckily for the passenger, the truck that held him up at the roundabout pulled away when I was about 100 yards from him.
Given the stupidity of that act, I would have seriously punched him! - even to the point of trying to break the side window to do so.
Why?, because the vehicle behind the car, & hence over my right-shoulder, was an artic!!!!!!!!!
If I'd swerved due to simply seeing an item coming at me, clipped the kerb & gone down.......................................
Joanne would have been writing an Obituary on here for me, & the trucker would have been a witness in the Coroners Court
As you can perhaps tell, I'm still mad about it :twisted: :twisted:
Thrasher:
It was a commuter. I always let cyclists cross junctions ahead of me when turning - if they are close....
Bush Tucker Man:
Okay Neil.
After the incidents reported by me above, I'm considering buying one of these Jackets/jersies :lol:
http://www.foska.com/acatalog/Test_Dummy_Training_Jacket.html
Or would it simply encourage the idiots to test the principle???
kizz81:
--- Quote ---then turn left literally yards ahead- with no indication!!
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i had this on sunday except i wasnt riding a bike i was driving the landy, it was raining and the guy in front in his modern car decides to slam on his brakes reverse slightly and turn left, now forgive me but whats the stopping distance of a 21 year old 90 in the wet on off-road tyres he soon shifted when heard me skidding towards him, it would have been my fault aswell wouldnt it because im spost to by magic see him and stop in time ( i was following at a resonable distance but my brakes just arnt as good as his my fault for not planning for this ) luckly i missed him
but it wouldnt have happend at all if he had indicated
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