Bus stops hit and run driver

[steveindenmark]

I think the bus did the right thing, the driver did the wrong thing but what the hell did the cyclist think he was doing?

http://www.vingle.net/posts/423880-Hit-and-Run-Driver-Trapped-by-a-Bus

If it doesnt work cut and paste the link.

Steve

 

[Scoosh]

I think the bus did the right thing, the driver did the wrong thing but what the hell did the cyclist think he was doing?

http://www.vingle.net/posts/423880-Hit-and-Run-Driver-Trapped-by-a-Bus

If it doesnt work cut and paste the link.

Steve

According to the text accompanying the video - exactly what he should have been doing ...

 

[Sara_H]

I think the bus did the right thing, the driver did the wrong thing but what the hell did the cyclist think he was doing?

http://www.vingle.net/posts/423880-Hit-and-Run-Driver-Trapped-by-a-Bus

If it doesnt work cut and paste the link.

Steve

What do you think the cyclist is doing wrong?

 

[jefmcg]

I think he means after the crash. 1) I wouldn't judge anyone's behaviour immediately after being knocked down 2) I think he may have been flagging down the police car.

 

[albion]

Old video and old new law which was "Pennsylvania. A state law that took effect at 12:01 a.m. requires motorists who pass bicyclists to give them at least 4 feet of buffer space. "

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/st...ct-to-protect-bicyclists/stories/201204020300

We need that here, emergency like. I'd love to get even a 2 foot distance !!!!

 

[Origamist]

What do you think the cyclist is doing wrong?

No idea.

 

[Accy cyclist]

A nice outcome! Well done bus driver and following motorist!

 

[marknotgeorge]

Old video and old new law which was "Pennsylvania. A state law that took effect at 12:01 a.m. requires motorists who pass bicyclists to give them at least 4 feet of buffer space. "

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/st...ct-to-protect-bicyclists/stories/201204020300

We need that here, emergency like. I'd love to get even a 2 foot distance !!!!

I do think that a concrete figure like, say, 4 feet instead of 'as much space as you'd give a car' would be a positive thing. I think too many motorists misinterpret the latter as the foot or two you'd give a moving car on a country lane.

 

[albion]

I'm not at all sure some interpret anything, apart from 'I'm not slowing down for anyone'.

 

[doug]

I misread the title as meaning that a driver was hitting bus stops and running

 

[steveindenmark]

If the driver had given this cyclist 4 feet he would have been riding in the opposite carrigeway. The cyclist is riding far closer to the centre Line than the kerb. I appreciate there maybe drains, but he is so far away from the side of the road.

There are 2 footpaths at the side of the road and one is totally empty. These may only be for pedestrians but I know where I would be riding.

I know this is a cycling forum but I cant believe that everyone thinks that this cyclist is riding correctly. My initial thought was that he was leading a parade and the second was that he had more chance of being knocked off than staying on.

Steve

 

[jefmcg]

He's taking the lane. Maybe closer to the centre line than you would have been, but then you don't know the drivers there. I was riding on a 3 lane dual carriage way in Australia, in secondary, at 8am on a Sunday morning. There was little traffic, but what there was didn't bother to move into the next lane. I had to take very strong primary to make them use either of the unoccupied lanes.

If the driver had moved to the other lane, there wouldn't have been a problem. If the rider had been closer to the concrete barrier, it's likely they would have been forced into it.

 

[Lanzecki]

Unlike proper countries our American cousins side while sitting in the left side of the car. The cyclist was riding in their view. IE even if the driver didn't look a the gutter for a cyclist as the OP seems to think he should be, The cyclist will be directly in front of the driver.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I do think that a concrete figure like, say, 4 feet instead of 'as much space as you'd give a car' would be a positive thing. I think too many motorists misinterpret the latter as the foot or two you'd give a moving car on a country lane.

There are some signs in Leicester that ask drivers to give 5ft of room to cyclists

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPqIoZ2nvQR99mZISARkz6g!2e0

 

[jefmcg]

There are some signs in Leicester that ask drivers to give 5ft of room to cyclists

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPqIoZ2nvQR99mZISARkz6g!2e0

that's a very strange sign: I've never seen another road sign in the UK that uses metric distances. I assume it was put up by someone unfamiliar with UK road sign guidelines.