there are plenty of times on rides where Ive totally felt it is just an unending "life in your hands" avoiding drivers with no purpose beyond hitting you experience.
I had a tipper truck last week give me no more than 2ft of space, supposedly in a 30mph limit but it seemed to be going abit quicker than that as their aerodynamic wash pulled me towards their rear tyres, one of those supermarket delivery vans got even closer, I had a car dive through into a gap that was barely big enough just before a pedestrian refuge, and then took the very next immediate left anyway and that was just from one week. I had one just before Christmas the driver bailed out last second and went round the pedestrian refuge the wrong side into oncoming traffic...they gave me space I suppose.
and I could go on and on and on with examples just like that including every kind of vehicle and driver, including learners, you can think of, close passes, more like near flipping misses, and I do ride away from the kerb, noticeably further away than other riders who I see ride in the gutter, and I still get treated by drivers badly because you get a double dose from them, as you get the how dare you position your bike so I cant overtake you pass combined with the get out of my cyclist pass.
when I looked at Vines videos, when he was churning them out, Id be thinking, my rides Im often sort of like Furiosa dealing with stuff around me, and this guy is getting worked up because someones just pulled out abit onto a cycle lane 200 metres away with ample time to react, he isnt sitting there thinking Im glad I got home in one piece,, and not in the back of an ambulance, oh well got to do it all again tomorrow.
