Nearly got wiped out today

[Riding in Circles]

So was there enough space to pass on the inside? If so then it is totally crazy, if not then she is obviously a very impatient twonk,

 

[fossyant]

I've had that happen once only, fortunately. Road near home on the housing estate, just been through two width restrictors on a small bridge, right in the middle of the lane, signalled right, moved to the centre of the road..... hang on why are the car headlamps on the 'other' side of the road, glanced back, and some idiot came flying past on the wrong side of the road.

Glad it wasn't worse there Mickle

 

[Rochenko]

Glad you're OK, just reading that was scary enough. Sounds like after you got through with her, she was suitably shaken too. Is it the only way to bring home to some people how vulnerable cyclists are, next to a tonne of speeding metal? Possibly.

I find this happens to me very infrequently, but when it does... I remember once, about 3 years ago, I was cycling with our two kids in the bike trailer, turning right to go up the hill near home, when I heard the sound of sudden acceleration behind me and the Range Rover which had been following us suddenly zoomed past on the right. There were parked cars on the left, but there was certainly enough space to pass comfortably.

What I recall most clearly is the face of the passenger - smiling indulgently as she looked down at the kiddywinks in the trailer as the car shot past- missing them by about two feet.

 

[Matthames]

I had an idiot who decided to overtake me whilst I was turning right on a fairly busy road. Just as I was pulling into the refuge he overtook and then found he was out of position for his next manoeuvre going into the petrol station which was on the left. Had I been going straight on, he would have left hooked me. Because of his stupidity, he came very close to rolling his car on to its roof.

 

[mickle]

It's a fair question CT. Actually I didn't do a 'lifesaver'. And I know very well what a lifesaver is and do it all the time - on the bike and in the car.

Since there was enough space to drive a bus up my LH side and the cars in the oncoming lane had literally just gone by it didn't cross my mind. She really threw her car into that opening gap between me and the passing cars. It didn't cross my mind that (a) a car could even fit in there (b) someone would be so dumb as to try.

I've been crossing this junction in exactly the same way every working day for two years - no one has ever pulled this move on me.

Should I do so from now on? I probably should, just to take account of the one moron in a million.

It really gets up my goat that we are obliged to adapt our behaviour to account for their effing idiocy.

Grrr and Grrr.

 

[jugglingphil]

scary. very scary.

So she's in such a hurry that she can not slow for a couple of seconds to allow you to right-turn, but can stop for minutes afterwards. Goes to show how little forethought goes on when people are driving. I think this is especially worse on common journeys like commuting.
Also why is it OK in the driver's mind to nearly kill a grown man, but you need to mention kids before the horror of situation sinks in!
I'm surprised you didn't keep her contact details, but then the amount of adrenalin flowing must have been huge.

 

[Riding in Circles]

It's a fair question CT. Actually I didn't do a 'lifesaver'. And I know very well what a lifesaver is and do it all the time - on the bike and in the car.

Since there was enough space to drive a bus up my LH side and the cars in the oncoming lane had literally just gone by it didn't cross my mind. She really threw her car into that opening gap between me and the passing cars. It didn't cross my mind that (a) a car could even fit in there (b) someone would be so dumb as to try.

I've been crossing this junction in exactly the same way every working day for two years - no one has ever pulled this move on me.

Should I do so from now on? I probably should, just to take account of the one moron in a million.

It really gets up my goat that we are obliged to adapt our behaviour to account for their effing idiocy.

Grrr and Grrr.

There is nothing to gain from being in the right if you are dead, as a cyclist you have to accept that you are a vulnerable road user and act accordingly.

 

[funnymummy]

Glad you are Matey xxx What silly stupid driver xx

 

[mickle]

I've long thought that this particular stretch of road should be 30 - Fulford Road from the ring road. They barely slow into the 40 zone and carry on @ 40 into the 30 zone, and there are houses for much of its length. There's just no need. And actually it's even worse in the other direction because as soon as they get a sniff of the 40 zone the start to speed up for it - even two three hundred yards before it.

It feels most threatening when traffic is light and they can put their collective feet down and a huge percentage of the people who cycle from this end of town choose to pedal the long way round up a narrrow pedestrian footpath to avoid the danger.

The difference between thirty and forty really makes a difference to the sense of taking one's life into one's hands when pedalling that road.

I've taken to driving pretty much everywhere at twenty mph in the thirty zone and thirty in the forty zone. I'm like a rolling road block.

 

[mickle]

There is nothing to gain from being in the right if you are dead, as a cyclist you have to accept that you are a vulnerable road user and act accordingly.

You're absolutely correct, but I reserve the right to feel bitter and resentful about it.

 

[Amanda P]

It's a fair question CT. Actually I didn't do a 'lifesaver'.

Yeah, I've been there. After this, you will do a lifesaver.

 

[Riding in Circles]

You're absolutely correct, but I reserve the right to feel bitter and resentful about it.

Life's too short for all that, glad you are ok, now smile and have a bacon sandwich.

 

[SportMonkey]

You should have stayed there and called the police. Drivers like that NEED to be given points and fines. They won't do it again if they lose their licence.

 

[mickle]

Life's too short for all that, glad you are ok, now smile and have a bacon sandwich.

I'm a vegetarian.

 

[vernon]

You should have stayed there and called the police. Drivers like that NEED to be given points and fines. They won't do it again if they lose their licence.

And what is the evidence base on which the points could be awarded?