I'm sure someone else has already posted this...
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BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Jimbo, you're wrong, and you're surviving in spite of your poor strategy because cycling is a much safer activity than most people imagine.
No-one has taken up my challenge to film a lap of Birmingham's No. 11 bus Outer Circle route.
Get yourself and your bike on a Chilterns at Marylebone and get off at Solihull.
Are there two hours of memory in your helmet cam, 'cus we don't stop for tea. We do 50k straight off with the first bus to pass the Westley Arms.
We should overtake 3 buses en-route 'cus the bus timetable is a 2 1/2 hour trip.
Get yourself and your bike on a Chilterns at Marylebone and get off at Solihull.
Are there two hours of memory in your helmet cam, 'cus we don't stop for tea. We do 50k straight off with the first bus to pass the Westley Arms.
We should overtake 3 buses en-route 'cus the bus timetable is a 2 1/2 hour trip.
Jiboalee, the proportion of rear end collision for cyclists is about 5%. I suspect that this is because drivers can, actually, see a cyclist directly in front of them. While there is a possiblity that a driver, looking to the right on approaching a roundabout, might hit soemone in front of them on the approach road, it is more likely that they will hit a cyclist who is on the roundabout. Please see Cycle Craft for the drawing of the driver's field of vision.
As for the chances of a PCSO being correct about the safest way to teach children to ride safely, I'd say they're pretty remote. And I speak as one who has had the task of teaching them how to do so on bike patrol.
Riding in the centre of a lane where there are parked cars, i.e. primary position is the correct way to do so, whereas riding more over to the left puts the cyclist in danger of being doored.
However, I'm sure the Bikeability people will be happy to take any of your suggestions, concerning the proper way to teach kids, on board
As for the chances of a PCSO being correct about the safest way to teach children to ride safely, I'd say they're pretty remote. And I speak as one who has had the task of teaching them how to do so on bike patrol.
Riding in the centre of a lane where there are parked cars, i.e. primary position is the correct way to do so, whereas riding more over to the left puts the cyclist in danger of being doored.
However, I'm sure the Bikeability people will be happy to take any of your suggestions, concerning the proper way to teach kids, on board
Alien8
Senior Moment
- Location
- (A little bit north of) Cambridge
jimboalee said:Incidentally on that theme, The human eye is more sensitive to bright flashing in it's peripheral vision, so if you have a flashing LED rear lamp that has a sideways LED, it is more likely to be noticed than a constant lamp right in the centre of viewing field….
Jim, I've got some straws here - would you like to clutch at them?
jimboalee said:
I'm really not, I'm just direct. You, however, have just used one of the classic 'passive aggressive' get outs there... I note you don't answer with the data requested in my subsequent posts, nor any coherent reasoning why riding passively really does make you as visible as riding positively.
Another thread hijacked by Jimbo's crusade
The document referenced in the OP is a good practical piece of guidance. Good to see police trainers getting input with from people who understand cycling, particulary the lot of the commuter cyclist. Let's hope it's widely circulated - and read with understanding - within the police community.
The document referenced in the OP is a good practical piece of guidance. Good to see police trainers getting input with from people who understand cycling, particulary the lot of the commuter cyclist. Let's hope it's widely circulated - and read with understanding - within the police community.
