cut me up on purpose !

[monkeylc]

Riding to work yesterday morning (sun,so hardly any traffic) pull on to the island and then this car comes out of nowhere (ok,came from behind and over took me) , straight across me about 6in from my front wheel!
Had my high vis jacket on so there is no way he couldn't have seen me.
must have done it on purpose
just unbelievable!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Riding to work yesterday morning (sun,so hardly any traffic) pull on to the island and then this car comes out of nowhere straight across me about 6in from my front wheel!
Had my high vis jacket on so there is no way he couldn't have seen me.
must have done it on purpose
just unbelievable!

Don't rely on high-vis clothing or even decent lights to make drivers take account of you, they are no substitute for a good awareness of what's around you and good cycle craft.

Unless it was being driven by Harry Potter, it's unlikely to have come out of nowhere.

Maybe your view was blocked by bushes, low sun, or he did something quite unexpected like exiting a one way street from the wrong direction. If neither of these then might it have been poor observation on your part?
I know you may think it harsh of me to even mention the possibility, but we cyclists are squishable and anything we can learn from a near-miss can be valuable. I've done it myself in the past and, difficult though it may be to admit it, we have to be honest with ourselves in evaluating incidents like this.

GC

 

[Hawk]

GC brings a balanced view point. Sometimes we get accused of blaming a cyclist for something that is clearly someone else's fault on these forums but I think we need to remember our added vulnerability and ride "above" the expectations the law puts on us. Although cyclists aren't to blame a lot of the time, such as in this case, there are things we can do to reduce collisions to near misses, and near misses like this one, to mere inconveniences :-)

 

[monkeylc]

right,
no magic involved or deep thinking needed,i heard the car approaching from behind me and he cut straight across my wheel.
He either wanted to scare or knock off,trust me ,i was there!

 

[Drago]

Cars appear from nowhere now?

 

[MrJamie]

Were you shoulderchecking much? I find that more than aswell as seeing cars from behind, it also makes me veer out a little bit which IMHO gets me a wider pass, not many people want to skim something thats moving about, but if youre riding a perfect straight line you look predictably easy to cut up.

Cars appear from nowhere now?

If they're fitted with a Flux Capacitor

 

[monkeylc]

figure of speech mate.
He went around me then pulled across.

 

[Hawk]

Imagine someone being pedantic over a metaphor on cyclechat

 

[Gary E]

I had a similar occurrence, a car overtook me just (and I mean just) before an island and then turned left. Result - broken collar bone and almost 3 months off the bike.
He definitely saw me because he pulled out enough to pass me (mostly on the opposite side of the road) despite the fact that I was riding in primary to prevent such a pass in the first place. I don't think he was out to get me (or at least I hope not) but he did show a complete disregard for my safety.
Unfortunately, as has been said above, cyclists are soft and squidgy and regardless of who's to blame will always come off worse
The only sure-fire way to avoid the risk (assuming you don't have precognition) is to stay at home.

 

[monkeylc]

 

[Andy_R]

Imagine someone being pedantic over a metaphor on cyclechat

to be pedantic, it wasn't a metaphor

 

[glasgowcyclist]

figure of speech mate.

It's a figure of speech that should be consciously avoided, particularly in the event of a collision, since it does its user no favours. It could be construed as an admission of a lack of awareness/observation.

The important thing is you're still around to tell the story.


GC

 

[Drago]

Not too pedantic - "came out of nowhere" will be interpreted by insurers as "I wasn't looking" and should be avoided. Clearly 1000kg+ of car doesn't just materialise.

 

[Gary E]

Not too pedantic - "came out of nowhere" will be interpreted by insurers as "I wasn't looking" and should be avoided. Clearly 1000kg+ of car doesn't just materialise.

You've obviously never seen Back to the future then have you?

 

[colly]

''Come out of nowhere'' is a perfectly acceptable figure of speech.

The meaning being in this context: I was riding sensibly, looking about me as best I can on a bike, riding in the correct manner as per highway code/good practice/common sense dictates when a car was driven so close to me that I almost got hit.

I can't understand why you are giving the OP such a hard time. You sound like a bunch of trolls.