Nearly drove over cyclist in my car :-(

[Bill-H]

I was driving at about 35 in a 60 as road is narrow and twists and turns when a out from a side road came a flying cyclist no checks straight out into primary just infront of me causing a sudden brake and a severe brown pants motion
Sometimes I understand why drivers find us annoying

 

[Bill-H]

I was traveling right to left

 

[ianrauk]

There's divs in all walks of life unfortunately.

 

[djb1971]

And we all have brain farts every now and then.

 

[billy1561]

Good job you were driving sensibly and alert to it Bill.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

There's divs in all walks of life unfortunately.

<geek>Especially in web design</geek>

 

[sidevalve]

Best try to forget it. A similar thing happened to a work mate of mine years ago except sadly he hit the guy. Fortunately injuries were slight and the old bloke involved even admitted "just riding out, done it for years". My mate however was never quite the same again and ended up losing his job as a sales rep. As said above numpties come in all walks of life, some may drive, some may ride and the results of accidents aren't always visible.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Knock the clown off his bike, then get hours of verbals from him and forum sites about how the nasty car hurt him.

Car drivers , cyclists , dictators there is always a few bad ones

 

[sidevalve]

Knock the clown off his bike, then get hours of verbals from him and forum sites about how the nasty car hurt him.

Car drivers , cyclists , dictators there is always a few bad ones

So true.

 

[Saluki]

I nearly collected a woman on a bike the other day. Really scared me. I rounded a bend on the B1108 road from Norwich to Watton and there she was! No lights at all, dressed in black riding along on an unlit road. I was only doing about 40mph as it was pitch black, raining & a twisty bit of road under a 'tree tunnel'. I only missed her by about 3 feet.

Even though she was invisible, it would have been my fault if I had hit her. I dread to think what would have happened if I hadn't known that road and been so aware of my surroundings. That woman is a statistic waiting to happen.

 

[Hip Priest]

These things happen. I've mentioned this before probably, but my father-in-law is a very keen roadie, yet managed to knock a cyclist off. He was mortified and practically wrote the unfortunate cyclist a blank cheque to get his bike fixed up.