It is not always the motorist fault.

[TheJDog]

i'm sorry - but i just can't see why you would put yourself in this position and then blame the driver cause you nearly got squished riding up the inside of him. don't ride up the inside and then there is less chance of getting squished. Granted he should have indicated earlier

I'm glad you're sorry. I didn't put myself in danger, I was not far enough up her inside to make it dangerous. All I am doing is blaming the driver for not indicating in a timely fashion. Perhaps she checked if I was there, I didn't notice, and I'd stopped at that point anyway. If I were in a parallel universe and I had continued to ride up the inside to what was a red light expecting her to go straight on because she wasn't indicating, and she hadn't seen me, etc. etc., then I'd be sorry too. But that didn't happen..

 

[Frood42]

I'm glad you're sorry. I didn't put myself in danger, I was not far enough up her inside to make it dangerous. All I am doing is blaming the driver for not indicating in a timely fashion. Perhaps she checked if I was there, I didn't notice, and I'd stopped at that point anyway. If I were in a parallel universe and I had continued to ride up the inside to what was a red light expecting her to go straight on because she wasn't indicating, and she hadn't seen me, etc. etc., then I'd be sorry too. But that didn't happen..

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I have party rings, jam rings, bourbons or chocolate hobnobs, to go with it, I may be able to spare one each to you both?
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[GrumpyGregry]

I was doing my impression of a track stand to the lights, which involves wobbling around at around 2mph.

Ha!

My impression of a track stand to the lights sometimes consists of lying on my back looking at the sky and thinking "PLEASE DON'T RUN ME OVER!"

 

[Glow worm]

I didn't put myself in danger, I was not far enough up her inside to make it dangerous.

Also known as the Catholic method of filtering.

 

[raised by puffins]

I was late for something so rode down through Hyde park on a path that didn't allow cycling but it was 5.30 a.m. and there was nobody about apart from a jogger off in the distance. As we neared eachother I freewheeled and paddled along with one foot, as a gesture of consideration. We were about to cross and I locked in for a friendly nod of comradeship, but guess what readers, instead he came over and half-pushed me off into a bench. That's mad right? I thought joggers were on our team - splitters. I suppose I could have discussed the reasonable sense for my breaking of the rules and then maybe twang his headband to sign off our little meeting but I reluctantly felt it was a fair cop so instead I carried on, somewhat shaken by the insanity of it all. He looked almost 70.

 

[mickle]

When I'm using roads I try to avoid problems. I do it mainly by allowing big margins for error. I need to because many of my errors are big.

I'm not the best of drivers. Adequate but that's about it. The only collision I've caused was in a car park, but tere have been a few near misses elsewhere, often saved from the crunch by someone else's good observation and reaction.

I'm not the best of cyclists. Never have been. again, often saved from the crunch by someone else's good observation and reaction.

As a pedestrian I've tried to get squashed many times, often saved from the crunch by someone else's good observation and reaction.

The other side of the coin is that in all three cases my own observation and reactions, and allowing a good error margin, have often saved someone else from the crunch.

Anyone who believes they never make an error on the roads is, frankly, a self deluding idiot. What the OP says is right.

I don't think anyone is arguing that they never make a mistake whilst driving/cycling/pedestrianing. But that's not to say that we shouldn't always strive to be error free. My primary goal when out on the road is to be a flawless driver or cyclist - and consequently I rarely make mistakes. I'm not being big headed when I say that, it's the truth. And I learn from my mistakes - including the recent speeding ticket....

I think that the trouble with the roads is precisely that so few people take any pride in the quality of their driving.

 

[Linford]

I was late for something so rode down through Hyde park on a path that didn't allow cycling but it was 5.30 a.m. and there was nobody about apart from a jogger off in the distance. As we neared eachother I freewheeled and paddled along with one foot, as a gesture of consideration. We were about to cross and I locked in for a friendly nod of comradeship, but guess what readers, instead he came over and half-pushed me off into a bench. That's mad right? I thought joggers were on our team - splitters. I suppose I could have discussed the reasonable sense for my breaking of the rules and then maybe twang his headband to sign off our little meeting but I reluctantly felt it was a fair cop so instead I carried on, somewhat shaken by the insanity of it all. He looked almost 70.

The oler we get, the more riteous we become ....how old is the Pope ?

 

[jowwy]

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I have party rings, jam rings, bourbons or chocolate hobnobs, to go with it, I may be able to spare one each to you both?
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i have a bacon and egg sandwich and a packet of mini cheddars - and i'm not sharing any with you