Moped rider nearly took me out
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jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
You do seem to be in primary for no reason that I can see, doesn't excuse the closeness but it's possible he/she thought you were going to move slightly left...and started to overtake in anticipation.
He/she doubtless had a few vehicles riding his/her (blimey typing that each time is tiresome) rear and was also under some pressure to move on...maybe
You seem to continue in primary too..for a while...is there a pinch point that I can't see on my tiny phone screen
He/she doubtless had a few vehicles riding his/her (blimey typing that each time is tiresome) rear and was also under some pressure to move on...maybe
You seem to continue in primary too..for a while...is there a pinch point that I can't see on my tiny phone screen
Dual carriageway where there isn't room for a safe overtake within the lane? Exactly the place where someone should take primary, don't you think?
Where I set off from is 3 lanes, I was in the left one. Shortly afterwards the left lane and middle lane merge, and if you don't take primary you get people overtaking you while the lanes are merging, which is a bit hairy.
Red17
Guru
- Location
- South London
Don't see anything there to be concerened about - typical London driving.
Not to be concerned? Really? In the dark and wet, in traffic, a much to close a pass and you say it's nothing to be concerned about?
Totally crap riding by the moped rider.
Hip Priest
Veteran
Terrible pass. I always find motorists are at their most impatient when it's dark & wet.
Judging where to be in that road layout is always tough, especially in the wet, and dark, and where everything is moving.
Far enough into the lane to absolutely prevent some nerk in a car trying to overtake means anyone on a powered two wheeler can get through the gap, but (as here) will be too close for comfort (and as he tried, they might even go for the undertake). Far enough over to the left that a PTW can get through safely means leaving enough room for a car driver to chance it. No easy answer, and every turn of the pedals means the situation has changed again.
Even if you are alert enough to realise there's a PTW there, and you make room for them by going slightly left, that move might be misinterpreted by a car driver as an invitation to overtake right behind the PTW, and that's not good. And you've got to be keeping your eyes front, and it's wet, etc etc. I'd place myself exactly where you did, slap bang in primary.
He was too close without a doubt.
Far enough into the lane to absolutely prevent some nerk in a car trying to overtake means anyone on a powered two wheeler can get through the gap, but (as here) will be too close for comfort (and as he tried, they might even go for the undertake). Far enough over to the left that a PTW can get through safely means leaving enough room for a car driver to chance it. No easy answer, and every turn of the pedals means the situation has changed again.
Even if you are alert enough to realise there's a PTW there, and you make room for them by going slightly left, that move might be misinterpreted by a car driver as an invitation to overtake right behind the PTW, and that's not good. And you've got to be keeping your eyes front, and it's wet, etc etc. I'd place myself exactly where you did, slap bang in primary.
He was too close without a doubt.
Whatever. The moped was no more than 20cm away from me. If that doesn't concern you, well it should.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I view that as a punishment pass from the moped for not riding in the gutter. Toad.
Crandoggler
Senior Member
Close, yep. Why you're not dressed over to the left in that traffic is beyond me.
Because then I'd also have car drivers squeezing past in the same lane.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Blimey, do traffic conditions dictate which side of his shorts he puts his cock now?
GC
On the outside, usually.
