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He's either attention seeking, on a windup, bored or was just plain drunk last night,
Is your driving s*** because of cycling?
- Thread starter KnackeredBike
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T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Maybe the problem is that you were driving a boat?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I didn't drive a car for a whole year. Then when i started driving again i found myself wandering into bus lanes. Only for a few seconds,then i quickly realised that i was in a car and not on a bike. I also found that i was not pulling out at junctions,thinking that the approaching vehicle was going too fast and was too close for me to pull out safely. When it WAS safe, as i was in a car that had the ability to accelerate away from the potential danger and approaching cars don't tend to intimidate other car users by getting up their backsides like they do with cyclists.
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bjeesus!
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
I think mine has got better, frankly. I use my mirrors a hell of a lot more, for starters.
I'm also very aware of how much room I need to give and I look about more before I pull out at junctions or turn left at traffic lights.
I've also slowed down a bit on motorways, but that's more to do with kids than cycling. I was never a fast motorway driver but I might creep to to 80-85 without thinking. I now stay at 65-70 most of the time.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
[QUOTE 4973387, member: 45"]Yeah, well, you know you shouldn't be driving anyway as you've said that your eyesight is too poor for you to be able to drive safely, and you're driving illegally and uninsured as you've not reported the deterioration in your vision to the DVLA.[/QUOTE]
The thread almost made it to 4 pages!
The thread almost made it to 4 pages!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
[QUOTE 4973387, member: 45"]Yeah, well, you know you shouldn't be driving anyway as you've said that your eyesight is too poor for you to be able to drive safely, and you're driving illegally and uninsured as you've not reported the deterioration in your vision to the DVLA.[/QUOTE]
How do you know this?! Do you have access to my phone calls,e-mails,medical records etc No you don't,so please stop assuming that you know things,when you clearly don't! As for my driving standards,i'd say they are very good. As i've said before,i drive like i'm taking my test and that's every time,not just when i feel like it. It damn well annoys me that some bleat on about my supposed what they'll assume to be poor driving standards,yet don't give a toss about all the self-gratification artists out there who don't indicate (that's the new national pastime by the way. Driving but not bothering to indicate),park more than half way on the pavement,then set off,disregarding pedestrians as if they shouldn't actually be on the bloody pavement(as happened to me yesterday),do 40 mph in 20 mph areas,drive with their f..k..g phones to their ear etc etc!
As i've said before,i'm seeing an eye specialist in October. He will decide about my future driving,not me or anyone on here!
I'm still ranting!
Yes motorists. Don't bother to indicate,you lazy gets, as i'll just guess where you're maneuvering to and feel free to mount the bloody pavement and expect me to dive out the way as i don't pay fecking "road tax",so i shouldn't be outside my house never mind on a damn pavement! Infact take the bloody lot! Just drive on the pavement,as you're oh so superior in your big self-gratification artist Audi or Chelsea tractor...tosser!!!
How do you know this?! Do you have access to my phone calls,e-mails,medical records etc No you don't,so please stop assuming that you know things,when you clearly don't! As for my driving standards,i'd say they are very good. As i've said before,i drive like i'm taking my test and that's every time,not just when i feel like it. It damn well annoys me that some bleat on about my supposed what they'll assume to be poor driving standards,yet don't give a toss about all the self-gratification artists out there who don't indicate (that's the new national pastime by the way. Driving but not bothering to indicate),park more than half way on the pavement,then set off,disregarding pedestrians as if they shouldn't actually be on the bloody pavement(as happened to me yesterday),do 40 mph in 20 mph areas,drive with their f..k..g phones to their ear etc etc!
As i've said before,i'm seeing an eye specialist in October. He will decide about my future driving,not me or anyone on here!
I'm still ranting!
Yes motorists. Don't bother to indicate,you lazy gets, as i'll just guess where you're maneuvering to and feel free to mount the bloody pavement and expect me to dive out the way as i don't pay fecking "road tax",so i shouldn't be outside my house never mind on a damn pavement! Infact take the bloody lot! Just drive on the pavement,as you're oh so superior in your big self-gratification artist Audi or Chelsea tractor...tosser!!!
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KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
Yaaay correct guess. 100 internet points for you.
The thread could have been better phrased as "Does driving seem really fast if you almost always cycle?". Because that is essentially the issue, especially with cornering I am struggling to adjust between car tyres and 23mm bike tyres.
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User6179
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On a bike you tend to stare at the road 10-20 yards in front of you, if you do that in a car at 50mph everything will come at you too quickly to be able to judge properly.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I think you should retake your test every 5 years.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
[QUOTE 4973586, member: 45"]illegal and uninsured.[/QUOTE]
No i am not! Take this is in. Once again...no i am not!!
Stop sitting there waiting for me to post the slightest thing about my driving, then posting your obsessional stuff about it. Get out there and get reporting the vehicles parked on the pavement,the self-gratification artists with phones to their ears,the gits going 40 in a 20 zone,the ones who turn then indicate,the ones who have bald tyres etc etc etc etc!!!!
No i am not! Take this is in. Once again...no i am not!!
Stop sitting there waiting for me to post the slightest thing about my driving, then posting your obsessional stuff about it. Get out there and get reporting the vehicles parked on the pavement,the self-gratification artists with phones to their ears,the gits going 40 in a 20 zone,the ones who turn then indicate,the ones who have bald tyres etc etc etc etc!!!!
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Accy cyclist
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- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Obsessional 
Jason
Senior Member
- Location
- Carnaby Street
Cycling has not only made me a better driver, but family members also. They take more care arounds peds/cyclists and think before overtaking.
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KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
Interestingly last night I was in a queue on a narrow country road behind a pack of about ten cyclists riding three abreast. Despite there being plenty of straights drivers were being very hesitant about overtaking, I don't know because of the fact it was impossible to give 1.5m clearance.
I assume the "etiquette" in that circumstance is to overtake at about 30mph (group was travelling at 20mph on my speedo), but I have never ridden in a group before so I don't know if that is good or bad.
