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This one?
This one?
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What a pr@t, he couldn't wait behind 'Number 14' for 2 secs but he could stop and argue for nearly 2 minutes !
Like others have said a strongerline would hopefully have discouraged the manoeuvre but you always get pr@t though as a few opposing drivers who have nearly had a head on will testify! or that central Island WVM hit a few weeks back
This one?
Quite.
Number 14 could have been further out and this might have discouraged the overtake, but note the manhole cover to his right as he comes through the junction and consider that some drivers might think he was planning to turn right if he was closer to the centre line (and one of the consequences of leaving that amount of space to the left can lead to an even more imbecelic undertake).
I actually think he did well to swerve left when he saw the Fiesta coming or heard the beep. What was far, far poorer was a driver overtaking when coming through a junction in the face of oncoming traffic and forcing a cyclist to take evasive action. To cap it off, there also appeared to be veiled threats at the end.
I've been further out along this road before but that then raises the risk of oncoming vehicles overtaking cyclists and presenting me with a close-up of their offside headlight cluster. Drivers don't look for oncoming cyclists in that position, especially around here. Where I was in the video is a happy medium for the door zone - feet and front chainring first into anyone who opens the door is a bit safer than over the handlebars.
They weren't veiled threats - he was pretty admant that we had an appointment for this morning. Unfortunately I was there at the appointed place at the appointed hour but he didn't show up.
Never mind, there's always tomorrow, or the day after, and ....
I've been further out along this road before but that then raises the risk of oncoming vehicles overtaking cyclists and presenting me with a close-up of their offside headlight cluster. Drivers don't look for oncoming cyclists in that position, especially around here. Where I was in the video is a happy medium for the door zone - feet and front chainring first into anyone who opens the door is a bit safer than over the handlebars.
I hadn't seen the second video when I posted last. There's no point in chasing after someone if they've stopped - indeed, it's probably more satisfying to whizz past giving him the 'self-gratification artist's sign.
But my reservation remains. Don't get involved in anything you can't win.