cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
I was cycling along this single track road..
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When i car came the other way really fast kicking up clouds of dust, i hug the edge of the road as i can see there is no way he is going to slow down and as he passes with maybe a foot to spare i shout "slow down".
I carry on up the hill and i can see and hear a car behind me so i continue up the hill where a farm entrance is that provides a safe passing point and pull over .
The car pulls along side and a hooded man starts ranting at me so i get off the bike and proceed to ask him why he passed at such speed so close to me.
"Its a national speed limit road so i can do 60, i was doing 45 "
I ask him if he would do 45 mph if another car was coming the other way ...
"Maybe , if it is safe"
I ask him again if he would do that speed with another car coming on this road...
....Silence .....
I then ask him what is the recommended safe passing distance
" i didn't knock you off so it was safe "
I inform him about the 3 foot rule and ask him how close he thought he was...
After much niggling he admits he was certainly less than a foot but still maintains its a 60 mph road.
We get onto road tax .... shot that one down
We get onto Insurance.. shoot that one down with BCF/CTC membership
Rights on the road... check the highway code i have as much right as you , see road tax not paying for the roads.
I go on to say that it is not a car vs bike thing, it is a good road user trying to be safe and i ask him if he thinks he feels good if he knows how his driving made someone else feel unsafe ?
" I am a good driver i pay insurance "
Yes i think we covered that one and i add that most other cyclist have insurance via their household policy .
I can see he is grasping at straws here as we have gone from him threatening to run me over to rolling out the usual arguments , at no pint does he get out of the car or take his hoodie off.
At the end of our "conversation" he is looking a little confused and i have answered every retort with facts and drilled home the point that he should not go around driving at the speed limit just because it is there and should take more care .
I shake his hand to end on a positive note and he drives off .
Maybe it will not sink in , or maybe with have 1 less driver who will cut us us in the future.
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When i car came the other way really fast kicking up clouds of dust, i hug the edge of the road as i can see there is no way he is going to slow down and as he passes with maybe a foot to spare i shout "slow down".
I carry on up the hill and i can see and hear a car behind me so i continue up the hill where a farm entrance is that provides a safe passing point and pull over .
The car pulls along side and a hooded man starts ranting at me so i get off the bike and proceed to ask him why he passed at such speed so close to me.
"Its a national speed limit road so i can do 60, i was doing 45 "
I ask him if he would do 45 mph if another car was coming the other way ...
"Maybe , if it is safe"
I ask him again if he would do that speed with another car coming on this road...
....Silence .....
I then ask him what is the recommended safe passing distance
" i didn't knock you off so it was safe "
I inform him about the 3 foot rule and ask him how close he thought he was...
After much niggling he admits he was certainly less than a foot but still maintains its a 60 mph road.
We get onto road tax .... shot that one down
We get onto Insurance.. shoot that one down with BCF/CTC membership
Rights on the road... check the highway code i have as much right as you , see road tax not paying for the roads.
I go on to say that it is not a car vs bike thing, it is a good road user trying to be safe and i ask him if he thinks he feels good if he knows how his driving made someone else feel unsafe ?
" I am a good driver i pay insurance "
Yes i think we covered that one and i add that most other cyclist have insurance via their household policy .
I can see he is grasping at straws here as we have gone from him threatening to run me over to rolling out the usual arguments , at no pint does he get out of the car or take his hoodie off.
At the end of our "conversation" he is looking a little confused and i have answered every retort with facts and drilled home the point that he should not go around driving at the speed limit just because it is there and should take more care .
I shake his hand to end on a positive note and he drives off .
Maybe it will not sink in , or maybe with have 1 less driver who will cut us us in the future.
