My first (really, really) close pass

[abo]

Thanks to Franks Factory Flooring I suffered my first really close pass. Coming up to a traffic island in the road said company van was behind me. I held my right hand out a bit to tell him to back off but through he came, nearly clobbered me with his wing mirror and I ended up crashing up the kerb, more a panic reaction than anything else.

This traffic island is shared use for peds and cyclists, with a cycle track either side. maybe he was expecting me to take the track. Maybe he was just a feckwit.

Lesson learned: take primary, and early...

 

[ianrauk]

Thanks to Franks Factory Flooring I suffered my first really close pass. Coming up to a traffic island in the road said company van was behind me. I held my right hand out a bit to tell him to back off but through he came, nearly clobbered me with his wing mirror and I ended up crashing up the kerb, more a panic reaction than anything else.

This traffic island is shared use for peds and cyclists, with a cycle track either side. maybe he was expecting me to take the track. Maybe he was just a feckwit.

Lesson learned: take primary, and early...

Yup!

 

[Hip Priest]

He loves carpets him.

But not the highway code.

 

[david k]

did ou get his number? i need a new carpet

 

[abo]

Ironically I used to fit carpets once upon a time, for a short while. But not for them

 

[Jezston]

You contacted them about this of course?

 

[Chris S]

Is there any particular reason you didn't use the cycle track?

 

[david k]

why would a carpet fitter in his van use a cycle track?

 

[Fnaar]

Q: What does a Mexican carpet fitter shout?
A: Underlay! Underlay!

IGMC

 

[abo]

Is there any particular reason you didn't use the cycle track?

Yeah, the cycle track actually crosses the road I was riding on. I'll link a google map when I get to my pc

 

[abo]

Ariel view

street view

 

[Davidc]

Just looked at the street view. The junction's specially designed to kill cyclists* - the only response is to use primary.

*As are most places with islands like that in the road.

 

[dand_uk]

Looks like a sustrans route crosses greens Lane. No reason to take cycle track if you are heading along Green's Lane.

As previously said claim the road before heading past island.

 

[abo]

Yes we definately be more lane claiming from me in the future. I'm getting more confident with it; I rode into town yesterday (my car was in for it's MOT; bike in the back, drive to garage, ride home. Never thought the bike would be so handy ) and I was mixing it with the traffic on a couple of busy roundabouts and everything, I was dead chuffed lol. It has to be said that most people have been really courteous, even a taxi driver held back before doing a nice wide pass