What is the correct protocol for waiting in traffic or at lights in terms of road positioning?
I tend to be about a cycle lanes width away from the kerb, just so that I have room to move if cars overtake me too closely when we move off etc. However I have found a large number of cyclists then shoot up the inside of me, which isn't too bad when I'm stationary (I don't tend to go up the inside of large vehicles), but when I'm moving off it can be a bit disconcerting if I havn't heard them coming. I just worry that I'm going to have someone off their bike because I haven't seen/heard them.
This makes it sound like I sit in the middle of the road, but it really isn't a large space, the issue is that if I don't leave that space and I sit on the kerb I then get tutted at by all those cyclists that would like to ride down the inside of the lorry/bus/coach that I have chosen not to and who then have to go around me instead.
This doesn't read very well but hopefully someone will get the gist!
I tend to be about a cycle lanes width away from the kerb, just so that I have room to move if cars overtake me too closely when we move off etc. However I have found a large number of cyclists then shoot up the inside of me, which isn't too bad when I'm stationary (I don't tend to go up the inside of large vehicles), but when I'm moving off it can be a bit disconcerting if I havn't heard them coming. I just worry that I'm going to have someone off their bike because I haven't seen/heard them.
This makes it sound like I sit in the middle of the road, but it really isn't a large space, the issue is that if I don't leave that space and I sit on the kerb I then get tutted at by all those cyclists that would like to ride down the inside of the lorry/bus/coach that I have chosen not to and who then have to go around me instead.
This doesn't read very well but hopefully someone will get the gist!