magnatom said:
Jacomus
That has just raised a thought - a normal driver wouldn't have beeped you there, as you gave the cyclist the same room as they would give you... Mr Muppet beeped as he thought it totally unreasonable that you didn't skim the other cyclist with your elbow.
Everyone seems to be seeing what they want to see. If they would just look at the video they would see that I get honked just before I pass the cyclist. Yet if you read what the others are writing, I had already passed the cyclist. It doesn't matter that it is on video and that the facts are right in front of them!
Yep. The driver was a muppet and a danger. The only fault in your handling of the situation was not blocking his dangerous pass right infront of the bus... OR not firing your standard issue, handlebar mounted rocket launcher.
It is very hard to stay "in the way" when a driver agressively beeps you, so you shouldn't feel bad about not being far enough over.
col
Thats my point,i wouldnt have overtook while a vehicle is coming up behind
The gutter cyclist should not factor into this. The riding position that is IMO the correct one to chose for the bridge would be a very strong primary position, holding it until the danger of the bus in the opposing lane had passed.
The road position of the gutter cycist is such that they would have been overtaken
anyway by Magnatom when he assumed a strong primary to tackle the bridge. Waiting behind the gutter cyclist in the same position would have had the same effect on the moron in the car.
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Anaylising road position in video
Analysing Magnatom's road position in the video, times in mm:ss, followed by situation and
observed hazards
00:13 Approaching blind rise
Risk of vehicles overtaking on a blind bridge.
00:20 Bridge ends. Approaching parked cars.
Approaching risk of door zone
00:21 Next to red Astra Van.
Risk of door zone
00.22 Empty space in layby, cyclist in gutter.
Approaching risk of door zone
00:23 Next to white van. Beeped
Risk of door zone
00:26 Turning on LHS.
Risk of left hook and vehicles pulling out
00:29 Narrow road, cars parked on opposite side.
Approaching bus, vehicles swerving into Magnatom's lane from opposing lane.
00:30 Mr Muppet overtakes.
ONCOMING BUS
00:32 NO VEHICLES BEHIND BUS FOR 5 SECONDS
How would moving into secondary be safe along that stretch? At what point in the above time progression would it be safe to move into secondary in order to let Mr Muppet through?