automatic_jon
Guest
dondare said:
That's me that is! I'm beginning to think that my hi-viz vest is actually a cloak of invisibility in disguise.
Nearly, oh so nearly x 2
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That's me that is! I'm beginning to think that my hi-viz vest is actually a cloak of invisibility in disguise.
mr_hippo
Living Legend & Old Fart
There are currently 7859 active members on this forum and only a very small proportion post videos of incidents; does this mean that other members do not have 'incidents'?
OP, 'Observation' is not the name of a UK Sunday newspaper but an act that you should be actively doing. Stop the video at about 5 seconds and what do you see? You have just passed a line of stationary traffic and in front of the dark blue car, there is a large gap and more stationary traffic. Why has the dark blue car stopped? I can't see any road markings, roundabout, traffic lights or a policeman on traffic duty. What I do see is a side road on the left and one on the right where the small van is. Do you think that he stopped there so that he would not block the junction?
You have two eyes, two ears and a brain, please start using them. Remember that there are old cyclists and bold cyclists but there are no old, bold cyclists!
OP, 'Observation' is not the name of a UK Sunday newspaper but an act that you should be actively doing. Stop the video at about 5 seconds and what do you see? You have just passed a line of stationary traffic and in front of the dark blue car, there is a large gap and more stationary traffic. Why has the dark blue car stopped? I can't see any road markings, roundabout, traffic lights or a policeman on traffic duty. What I do see is a side road on the left and one on the right where the small van is. Do you think that he stopped there so that he would not block the junction?
You have two eyes, two ears and a brain, please start using them. Remember that there are old cyclists and bold cyclists but there are no old, bold cyclists!
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
I don't have a camera - but to answer the question posed, I'd expect something genuinely dangerous (usually an overly close overtake or being swerved in front of in some way) about once a week, with a background level of less worrying incidents once or twice per commute.mr_hippo said:
(To help quantify that, I ride between 28 and 40 miles per day, riding in rural, suburban and city centre roads in the UK).
Matthames
Über Member
- Location
- East Sussex
I think I know what went on here, my guess it was the classic flash lights disengage brain scenario. I see this happening a lot on my journey so I just watch for patterns in the traffic to give an indication if this is going on and adjust my speed and position to suit. I always adopt an overtaking position rather than an undertaking one as it gives you both visibility and a possible escape route. If you see this happening and you are near the front, your best option would be to slow down and consider stopping.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
mr_hippo, yes the driver of the car has left the junction open but that is simply common courteously, something I always do in a car is leave the junction open untill there's space to get clear of the junction in my lane, what a stationary cat does not mean is that it's safe to turn right through the junction. Especially when you're turning right you wait until you have a clear view of the road then move through the junction. You certainly shouldn't just go through a junction unsighted because the car in front has decided to go.
I'm thinking of an incident where a friend of mine was in a collision, when driving a car, in similar circumstances. Someone turning right went through the junction, that was close enough & she was braking hard, but the car behind blindly followed through the first car. My friend having used up most of the available traction couldn't stop in time and the cars collided with each other, though this was at very low speed.
I'm thinking of an incident where a friend of mine was in a collision, when driving a car, in similar circumstances. Someone turning right went through the junction, that was close enough & she was braking hard, but the car behind blindly followed through the first car. My friend having used up most of the available traction couldn't stop in time and the cars collided with each other, though this was at very low speed.
GrasB said:
Mr_hippo will now argue that, even if the driver has made the manoeuvre, the cyclist should have anticipated this and ridden more cautiously. Ergo (and this is hippo's speciality move) any responsibility for injury or death lies with the cyclist.
Am I right?
Parker-Knowall
New Member
- Location
- In the living room
Origamist said:
I am, and quite possibly more so, but unfortunately I don't have a camera.
Otherwise you could learn so much from me.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Oh, he's mr Hippo? He of the undertakes a bus stupidity, IMO.
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The happy hippo is back ! Yay..... 
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
I've stopped using those narrow cycle lanes when there is queuing traffic, preferring to filter on the offside of the traffic, just as a motorcycle would. Feel much safer.
hackbike 666
Guest
So what you are saying Mr Hippo is my incident the other day was my fault?
