Contacting Tesco by email to complain...

[rusky]

.. about this
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvDK9uKetGE

 

[downfader]

.. about this
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvDK9uKetGE

Looks like an 80 degree angle of view. So he's pretty close.

 

[gaz]

naughty naughty... good luck.

 

[rusky]

Yup, closer than I would like!

 

[Tinuts]

I was rather hoping for the Jane Horrocks voice over..........

 

[downfader]

You might like to look up the relevant HC stuff on overtaking, as its prohibited through junctions iirc. Good knowledge to have in your arsenal imo.

 

[Helly79]

Have you rang the local store direct and asked to speak to the delivery manager

 

[rusky]

Cheers. Will check HC & call the local store tomorrow.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Didn't seem too bad to me... but that junction looks like a nightmare!

 

[Tynan]

just about okish imho, those home delivery types are rather cowboy though from what i see of them around here

 

[Shut Up Legs]

It always gives me the sh!ts when motorists do that; it signifies a complete lack of respect for cyclists' safety and it typically only saves them 1 second (at most).

 

[BentMikey]

The supermarkets are so careful about social responsibility that the driver will almost certainly be bollocked on for that.

 

[rusky]

Didn't seem too bad to me... but that junction looks like a nightmare!

Funnily enough, the junction is fine, have a look here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=uSzR41qY1-Teo6k9hc9bCw&cbp=12,60.14,,0,15.76

 

[hackbike 666]

That seems to be becoming more and more common because people think it is ok to drive like that.

 

[downfader]

Didn't seem too bad to me... but that junction looks like a nightmare!

You have to remember the driver has decided its "better" to overtake than to wait 2 seconds. IIRC from the blindspot diagram - once that cab has gone past the cyclist the driver will also lose sight of the cyclist for a moment.

It also represents another risk in that the driver may well be concentrating on the overtake and not take possible oncoming traffic into account. Even at the lights you have a risk of emergency vehicles (who dont always seem to have the sirens on thesedays - dunno why that is)