another F@@@ S@@@ CRAP moment

[AndyRM]

You'll be receiving some colourful comments from YouTube users about this, I would imagine.

I have nothing to add beyond what has been said.

Next time, don't cycle like a plank! There's a big difference between aggressive riding and stupidity.

 

[kedab]

shouldn't have gone for the gap and should have jumped on the anchors, as has been said.

 

[clarion]

OK. After three pages, I guess he's got the message. The driver was incompetent, and the OP made a mistake, which he probably realises on reflection.

 

[green1]

When I was taught to turn left and right, I learned that you check you rear view and left side mirror, then the blind spot, and then indicate.

How do you do that then? Stop the car and get out to check?

 

[benb]

How do you do that then? Stop the car and get out to check?

Er, look over your shoulder? It's only the blind spot when looking in the mirrors.

 

[Cycling Dan]

How do you do that then? Stop the car and get out to check?

Turn your head presumably

 

[benb]

Anyway, it's easy to be a perfect cyclist in hindsight, and the OP should receive the criticism in the spirit with which it has been offered - which is mostly constructive, and a wish for the OP to remain amongst the ranks of the living.

Personally I think the original filter was OK, although I would have gone for primary in lane 2. The bus was obviously going to stay in its lane, so no issue there that I can see. However the moment the left indicator came on I would have hit the anchors, and let him go in front.

 

[RiflemanSmith]

Your fault.

 

[Gary E]

Your fault.

3 pages of replies nicely summed up in 2 words

 

[4F]

. The bus was obviously going to stay in its lane, so no issue there that I can see. However the moment the left indicator came on I would have hit the anchors, and let him go in front.

My concern there would have been if the bus had started to move without indicating.

 

[fossyant]

The OP has been very quiet, and the only ones blaming the driver are the two kids on here.

Saw another kid ride up the inside of a left turning lorry this lunch. Lorry was indicating, I pulled up 2-3 cars behind, bloody student (on a quality cannondale) goes up inside, between lorry and railings. Fortunately the driver slammed on at the last minute. The student on a bike carried on.

I thought about having a word, but no point arguing with an idiot. Riding like that he won't last long.

Driver's don't always look in their mirrors, and aren't really looking for an idiot to come up inside them when indicating FACT. The words 'but the driver should have looked' when you are six feet under don't mean alot !

Stay safe and don't ride like a nobber.

 

[PocketFrog]

Easy to say in hindsight (for all of us) but I don't think i'd have ever gone for that gap. I'd have took primary in the right hand lane behind the golf whether it was indicating or not.

 

[400bhp]

Stay safe and don't ride like a nobber.

That needs to go in your sig.

 

[fossyant]

I am giving this thread an award - just for you OP.

 

[benb]

My concern there would have been if the bus had started to move without indicating.

I think that even if that had happened, it would have kept to the same line it was already pointing on. I don't think it would have pulled out TBH.
The initial filter, to me, wasn't the issue. Not one I would have gone for, but OKish IMO.

It was the moment that the indicator came on, that I would have been hitting the brakes to let the car move across. IMO it was obvious that the car was going to move across regardless. One could argue that the driver should have checked, but with a bus to their left I don't think most people would have expected a bike to be there.

But we can all be perfect cyclists with hindsight, so let's not give the OP too much of a hard time. I'm sure every one of us has made mistakes along these lines.