Got one....!

[ComedyPilot]

Traffic Island

Riding out of the village, a car overtook me, and only just got back in before the pinch point.

Sadly, the green Jaguar following, impatiently trying his luck, wasn't so fortunate and skidded to a halt wheels astride the kerbing?????

 

[manalog]

Traffic Island

Riding out of the village, a car overtook me, and only just got back in before the pinch point.

Sadly, the green Jaguar following, impatiently trying his luck, wasn't so fortunate and skidded to a halt wheels astride the kerbing?????

It was yout fault, you made him do it! LOL

 

[ianrauk]

tsk tsk... must have been wanting to go to the loo to be so impatient.

 

[fossyant]

I'm still waiting for my first, had the odd one slam on, but it wouldn't half be funny to hear them smack a curb with expensive wheels.

 

[iendicott]

I have a number of these of my daily commute so what I tend to do is check what is behind me before I get there, pull out if safe into the centre of the lane to stop people trying to get past and then when I am past it I will check and then pull back in if safe.

 

[Moodyman]

That was plain stupid by the Jag man.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Aye Fossy, but they would instantly blame you for it!

The Jag driver was waving his arms around like an epileptic at a Rammstein concert but, like a true bully, would not step out of the vehicle to discuss the matter further?

I do try to see it from their view, I really do - driving through a village (fact), coming up behind a cyclist (fact), car in front overtakes and gets past (fact), pull out and follow (fact), can't get past due to traffic island and skid to a halt (fact).

The only responsibility of the cyclist was that it (I) was there at the time.

All the other responibilities were the driver's: speed, position, safety, consideration, mistake, consequence.

Yet he still seemed (if his manic arm waving meant what I think it meant) like he though it was all my fault?

 

[ComedyPilot]

I have a number of these of my daily commute so what I tend to do is check what is behind me before I get there, pull out if safe into the centre of the lane to stop people trying to get past and then when I am past it I will check and then pull back in if safe.

I have a mirror, and saw both of them coming, and was smack bang in the middle of the lane. 1st car got past (bit of a squeeze), nothing I could do about it. 2nd car (Jag) ended up astride the kerbing????

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

I'm still waiting for my first, had the odd one slam on, but it wouldn't half be funny to hear them smack a curb with expensive wheels.

Be careful what you wish for... The problem is - if its a choice between slamming into a hard damaging kerb or soft fleshy cyclists... it might not be that funny in the end!

 

[davefb]

would love to see his accident claim...

whats the speed limit and what did he expect you to do , stop at the side of the kerb to let him past ???

 

[davefb]

Be careful what you wish for... The problem is - if its a choice between slamming into a hard damaging kerb or soft fleshy cyclists... it might not be that funny in the end!

yeah, indeed, though if he's skidding, he's not in control ... I guess there must have been oncoming traffic ? ?

 

[ComedyPilot]

would love to see his accident claim...

whats the speed limit and what did he expect you to do , stop at the side of the kerb to let him past ???

30mph leading into National Speed Limit.

I think he just didn't want me there at all, or given that I was, he didn't want me encumbering his journey whatsoever.

 

[ComedyPilot]

yeah, indeed, though if he's skidding, he's not in control ... I guess there must have been oncoming traffic ? ?

No. Totally clear, but there is a 'keep left' on the island that he would have infringed.

 

[davefb]

No. Totally clear, but there is a 'keep left' on the island that he would have infringed.

so , no traffic, no peds.... why the hell didnt he drive round the thing the wrong way!! good grief !

just adds to my thoughts that drivers arent being aggressive or singling out cyclists for crap driving,, theres just a lot of drivers who are crap drivers who dont think when something 'a bit different' happens!!

 

[CopperBrompton]

This thread demonstrates the need to video cycle rides