Graham1 said:
I supplied the number because I thought you had been treated unfairly by the driver in question. but just about every post is about being fed up with close overtakes by lorries no mention of cars or vans, it just sickens me to hear cyclists complaining about lorry drivers all the time surely you must get passed closely by cars and vans as well.
I have been out every day this week and believe me I have had more cars running close to me than lorries, But you have to take it in your stride because unfortunately that is the way things are.
Okay...I am fed up with close overtakes of all shapes and sizes! If you just look on my youtube page there are numerous close overtakes and they are done by road users of all shapes and sizes. I'd end up looking like a spammer if I posted a thread for each and everyone of them.
As for just bashing lorries.... I had a
similar experience to the Tesco lorry, which the first few times of watching really put shivers down my spine with with just how close the trailer was to me (if you watch it you'll have to slow-mo it yourself I'm afraid). That's probably the scariest thing I've had happen to me on the bike. The initial reaction is entirely genuine, the bit from the numberplate is for the benefit of the camera as I was going to yell it out to have a record of it.
After more or less the same thing happened again, with the trailer coming too close of the Tesco's lorry, I think it is reasonably fair that I've become a little wary around lorries and maybe I am over precautions. I know, yes, I have had close overtakes by other road users, but if either of those lorries trailers had actually hit me I'd be a lot less likely to be posting now than if some tit in a van or car had hit me.
The only reason I'm 'fed up with lorries' is I've lost some trust with what they're going to do. I know incidents like the Tesco's one and older one are very infrequent, but they're a lot more nerve racking than your standard close overtake and maybe feel more frequent to me as I have less lorries going past me than cars.
In the scheme of things, I think proper lorry drivers (not inflated vans like the Muppet from the other day) are probably some of the better drivers on the road. At least lorry drivers seem to have a clue - soo many car drivers can't think more than a step ahead and can't really appreciate why people might do something (such as lorries turning right, before turning left...and why cyclists might not be going over massive pot holes or be peddling an inch from the kerb).
I have been treated very well on the roads by some lorry drivers...the other day I had a fantastic tipper lorry driver behind me. I was expecting it to squeeze past or cut in (heard some stories about them on here, even from lorry drivers). Instead, he very patiently stuck behind for a bit and overtook completely on the other side and didn't pull in until completely past. He was almost too generous if there is such a thing, so I gave him a big thank you and thumbs up.
Graham, you can overtake me any time
..No hard feelings - When I'm back on my bike, should anything happen that doesn't include lorries I'll make a post (or anything positive about lorries I'll post that) to help balance it out a bit
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other times it tell the driver that you've seen them and it OK for them to push through, 'it's ok the bike can swerve out of the way, into a massive pothole, parked cars, etc 
. You just can't win sometimes 
