Excellent professional tanker driver, impatient commuters.

[Ghost Donkey]

Part of my commute tales me along a shared bus and cycle lane. I came over the top of a hill riding faster than the crawling traffic but not too fast. A tanker driver saw me coming and indicated very early to let me know he was turning left across the bus lane into a petrol station forecourt. I had no chance of getting past him safely before he turned left so was greatful for the advanced warning. I slowed down to match the traffic speed and the tanker moved to the right slightly while indicating left to start the sharp turn into the forecourt. The car behind decided to try and undertake the lorry as it made the slight move to the right. Before the car can complete the lane change and undertake the lorry cab is turning left across the lane towards the bit of road the car was aiming at and the car has to hit the anchors. It makes you wonder what on earth they were trying to gain. When the cab pointed the right slightly the driver would have had a blind spot to the left the length of the trailer. At least they didn't knock me off in the process

. It was one of those moments I wish I still used my old handlebar camera.

 

[mickle]

Jeez. What are they like?

 

[Red Light]

Presumably going to try to undertake using the bus lane too.

 

[Ghost Donkey]

That's exactly what it would have been. A bit of a none-event in the end but could have been interesting. Fortunately it didn't get that far.

 

[Tynan]

strictly speaking the tanker shouldn;t be attenpting a manouvre that caused other road users to brake or change direction

 

[Norm]

strictly speaking the tanker shouldn;t be attenpting a manouvre that caused other road users to brake or change direction

I think you need to understand the scenario a little better before passing comment.

 

[Ghost Donkey]

The tanker was fine. It was a queue of slowely moving traffic which the tanker was in and turning left from. The car was driving behind the tanker. The road was two lanes wide, the inside lane being a part time bus and cycle lane and the outside lane being used by all other traffic.

 

[Crankarm]

T'was a tanker driver that nearly smudged out Magnatom .................

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

... a decent tanker driver, an observant cyclist and an idiot in a car - a normal day in sw london... (or, if they walked into a bar, the beginning of a joke i can't think of a punchline for yet, but I will)

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

How about a cyclist, tanker driver and then car driver walk into a pub. The barmaid says to the cyclist, “Who was first” and the cyclist nods at the tanker driver, who says “thanks mate” in return. As he starts to order car driver pushes his way between them both and shouts “Two pints of larger love, and hurry up” …

 

[Crankarm]

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And the non - sequitur award goes to.....Crankarm.
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When and where can I collect my award?

 

[Dan B]

When and where can I collect my award?

1004, good. Falling

 

[Norm]

When and where can I collect my award?

Cloudy with rain later (see what I did there? )