Does cycling make you drive more slowly?

[Pale Rider]

I drove faster when I didn't cycle than I do now.

I'm not sure why, it has always been my policy to drive carefully and to avoid hitting anything.

Even more so if that thing is breathing.

All I can think is that the speed of a car now seems faster, particularly on roads that I also cycle on.

Has regular cycling altered your driving?

 

[vernon]

Has regular cycling altered your driving?

No but getting older and less impatient has.

 

[Beebo]

I drive slower than I did when I was in my twenties, but whether that is to do with cycling, or just getting older and wiser, who knows?

EDIT: Vernon beat me to it, he must be a faster typer, does that slow down with age?

 

[ColinJ]

I don't drive, so no, but I am very aware of how other people drive when I am in the car with them and tell them if I think they are not showing enough consideration for cyclists.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I drive more slowly now because I grew up and stopped driving with my penis. It's a shame many other drivers are going the opposite way.

 

[Cycling Dan]

I drive more slowly now because I grew up and stopped driving with my penis. It's a shame many other drivers are going the opposite way.

I think your suppose to drive with your hands and feet.
I can imagine it being hard when you were driving like that

 

[winjim]

I think your suppose to drive with your hands and feet.
I can imagine it being hard when you were driving like that

 

[Shadow]

Not necessarily. But it certainly has made me more aware of other road users (who are not motorists) - which reminds me that I should always drive appropriately for the conditions.

 

[Basil.B]

I'm a slower driver these days, used to ride my motorbike much quicker.
Now I just tootle along, driving a car is so boring. Going fast in a car doesn't give me a thrill at all.
Though been driven around Donnington circuit in a Lotus was great!

 

[Drago]

I'm a terribly slow driver, so slow even my Mum becomes impatient with me. Having a pick up truck with an engine that wouldn't impress Isambard Brunel doesn't help.

I don't think cycling is responsible for my turgid motoring habits, but it certainly makes more more solicitous of cyclists when overtaking, dippng headlights at night etc etc.

 

[young Ed]

do you think i drive tractors too fast?
Cheers Ed

 

[Cycling Dan]

I'm a terribly slow driver, so slow even my Mum becomes impatient with me. Having a pick up truck with an engine that wouldn't impress Isambard Brunel doesn't help.

I don't think cycling is responsible for my turgid motoring habits, but it certainly makes more more solicitous of cyclists when overtaking, dippng headlights at night etc etc.

Why on earth would you buy a pickup truck?

 

[vernon]

Why on earth would you buy a pickup truck?

To pick things up in?

 

[winjim]

When we encounter cyclists whilst driving, my wife and I discuss how they're riding, how other drivers are interacting with them, how we should be driving around them etc. But we tend to do that with other vehicles as well - we're both scientists who learned to drive in our thirties so we tend to be a bit analytical.

 

[vernon]

Not necessarily

Sheesh. Have you never seen a water bed before?