wesa
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I saw an incident on the way to work this morning that made me laugh, it also got me thinking of the 'must get past cyclist' mentality. What stories do you have of how an attempt to get past a cyclist has delayed a driver more than holding back a couple of seconds?
This morning I was in the car, I was heading towards a T-junction where I was turning left into the joining road. Traffic coming towards me has a devoted right turn lane and a through lane. There was a car waiting to turn right. A cyclist was moving some (20+) in secondary towards me in the through lane.
The driver approaching the cyclist entered 'must pass cyclist' mode and pulled half into the right turn lane to pass; nearly along side the bike he finally noticed the stationary car waiting to turn right. He stopped the car just inches from the bumper of the turning car, as I turned into the junction I could see the driver trying to reverse to give himself space to get back in his lane; unfortunately the guy behind him had not expected to have to stop either and there was not much room. The queue of cars was building rapidly.
I could see the cyclist disappearing along the road.
This morning I was in the car, I was heading towards a T-junction where I was turning left into the joining road. Traffic coming towards me has a devoted right turn lane and a through lane. There was a car waiting to turn right. A cyclist was moving some (20+) in secondary towards me in the through lane.
The driver approaching the cyclist entered 'must pass cyclist' mode and pulled half into the right turn lane to pass; nearly along side the bike he finally noticed the stationary car waiting to turn right. He stopped the car just inches from the bumper of the turning car, as I turned into the junction I could see the driver trying to reverse to give himself space to get back in his lane; unfortunately the guy behind him had not expected to have to stop either and there was not much room. The queue of cars was building rapidly.
I could see the cyclist disappearing along the road.