No! It is longer.
Don't always blame the motorist.
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No! It is longer.
Next time you are up this way let us go out for a ride. I will show you many places where it is a good idea to single out.
I would certainly control the space, just not make it a larger space than required.
doog
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It is actually since 1969, so that is 47 years, not bad hey?
Thats good going and a cyclist as well you have the common sense to realise what is and isnt ideal road positioning under the circumstances..
Only you were there and as an experienced cyclist its a shame others simply cant accept your word...Im afraid its the nature of what this place has become...
Bianchi boy
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Ex Driving instructor thinks we should move over to allow a motorist to execute a dangerous pass
The end is nigh ,maybe they do not follow motoring laws as we assume they should
The end is nigh ,maybe they do not follow motoring laws as we assume they shouldEx Driving instructor thinks we should move over to allow a motorist to execute a dangerous pass
Where did you read dangerous, or is it just Chinese whispers.
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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Excuse me, when did I say I executed a dangerous pass?Ex Driving instructor thinks we should move over to allow a motorist to execute a dangerous pass
Bianchi boy
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If the road is narrow and only wide enough for 2 vehicles as stated then to attempt to overtake a cyclist would in my opinion be dangerous resulting in the potential for there to be 2 motor vehicles trying to squeeze past a cyclist
I do not think that was going on in the original post. I think the bit about 2 car wide was a description of the road width.
GrumpyGregry
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I don't always blame the motorist. But I do point the finger at the self-proclaimed cyclist with the motor-centric mindset.I was coming home from Giggleswick to the A59 earlier this afternoon, in my car, the road is twisty and just wide enough for two cars to pass each other. I was behind two cyclists who looked like husband and wife, judging by their jerseys. They did exactly what cyclists should not do, that is say, carrying on riding two a breast. I eventually overtook them quickly but was not impressed by their cycling ethos.
Two motor bikes were behind me and one of them signalled the cyclists to go on a single line. On this forum, we tend to be quick to criticise motorists but cyclists are no angels either and can do some pretty dangerous riding when two or more.
In what way precisely was their riding dangerous?
Bianchi boy
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"They did exactly what cyclists should not do"
REALLY???
REALLY???
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doog
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What's permitted or not isnt down to you or me my friend....perhaps you've yet to find that out so excuse me for actually reading the OP's post, agreeing with every word he says and then watching him being thrown to the wolves.
If im spoiling your fun then I apologise...
Jimidh
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Do you drive?
No one is going to overtake when another car is coming that would be dangerous whether riders were in single file or riding two abreast.
The world isn't a binary place where there is always a right or wrong way to use the road. A bit of common sense from all road users makes like better for everyone if we ride/ drive to the conditions.
Mugshot
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