If i start driving like this ... shoot me!!

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Cycling through gayton in kings lynn earlier, waiting at a red light ... light changes, i pull away.
Car behind doesn't pass, and stays on my tail round a left bend.
Then continues to follow, for about 200 yards ... until he realised he could safety indicate and move over to the other lane to pass.

*Because it was a dual carriageway*

Did he honestly think a car could come from the other way around this blind left bend
on this dual carriageway??

I'm a great fan or looking beyond the "vehicle" and seeing whats actually in control, and yep,
sure enough ... it was someone in his 80's with big hairy ears and a flat cap!

(I have nothing against old drivers ... my mentor at the i.a.m was well past retirement age).

 

[BigonaBianchi]

seems to me he was driving withing his own capabilities ans simply had your safty at heart. I wish more drivers would behave like that around here they'd just mow you down...even at age 80.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Personally i hate having a car up my rear unless they are more than two car lengths back,
besides ... the over 80's have more accidents per mile driven than the under 20's.

 

[Night Train]

Possibly the driver hadn't noticed it was a dual carriage way for a moment and treated the two lanes as a single carriageway. The driving was safe givien the circumstances I guess. Certainly better then getting the mistake the other way round.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Possibly the driver hadn't noticed it was a dual carriage way for a moment and treated the two lanes as a single carriageway. The driving was safe givien the circumstances I guess. Certainly better then getting the mistake the other way round.

The dual carriageway was well signed ... maybe his eyesight was poor, which is extremly worrying.

 

[Night Train]

The dual carriageway was well signed ... maybe his eyesight was poor, which is extremly worrying.

Well, that's fair enough, he didn't see a sign.

He still drove in a safer way then some who failed to see a sign. I'd rather he stayed behind then to try a 'risky' overtake instead.

 

[col]

We are all heading there eventually, hopefully.

 

[Moss]

Cycling through gayton in kings lynn earlier, waiting at a red light ... light changes, i pull away.
Car behind doesn't pass, and stays on my tail round a left bend.
Then continues to follow, for about 200 yards ... until he realised he could safety indicate and move over to the other lane to pass.

*Because it was a dual carriageway*

Did he honestly think a car could come from the other way around this blind left bend
on this dual carriageway??

I'm a great fan or looking beyond the "vehicle" and seeing whats actually in control, and yep,
sure enough ... it was someone in his 80's with big hairy ears and a flat cap!

(I have nothing against old drivers ... my mentor at the i.a.m was well past retirement age).

Learn to share; and be aware that age is just a number; as your now young, a NUMPTY ONE you'll learn more as you get older!

And it comes very quickly believe me.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Learn to share; and be aware that age is just a number; as your now young, a NUMPTY ONE you'll learn more as you get older!
And it comes very quickly believe me.

Time speeds up as we get older, i started noticing that when i reached 30!

 

[gaz]

Maybe he was/is a cyclist and was just trying to get an extra look in at your bike.

 

[col]

Maybe he was just trying to remember where he was going? We've all done it, well er I have.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Maybe he was/is a cyclist and was just trying to get an extra look in at your bike.

Hahaha!! Funny. He was probably wondering how all the stickers held the frame together.
(This was a hybrid until a few weeks ago).