Not all cyclist's use their brain

[lee1980sim]

As the driver of a large vehicle I always give cyclists room and make sure I always check all around me and today I had the great displeasure of almost squishing a cyclist due to him pulling out on me on a roundabout purely because he couldn't be arsed to brake and wait, now imagine the outcome had I not been fully aware of my surroundings "HGV Driver kills cyclist" let alone how I would've lived with myself, or imagine if it had been the other way round and I'd pulled out on the cyclist (YouTube vids, pulling along side me at the next lights for a rant) what makes it worse is the person was wearing full cycling club attire, its a joke how there's hundreds of YouTube videos blaming every other road user for things which they do themselves

 

[Hill Wimp]

A lot of cyclist haven't a clue where the blind spots of a HGV are. Be worth their while finding out, bet they would be surprised and may save their life.

 

[Matthew_T]

I find cyclists runts too. I hate how they all just pootle along at 15mph and then catch up with me at the next set of lights with a smug "Didnt get you very far did it?" Sometimes I wish I could just smack them.
This is one of the closest near misses I have had with a cyclist, I still cannot understand how I missed him:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siweqp4eZXQ

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Every form of transport has its very own knobbers.

 

[lee1980sim]

A lot of cyclist haven't a clue where the blind spots of a HGV are

wouldn't be so bad if it was a blind spot incident but he pulled straight into my path from the roundabout entry as I was on it indicating that I'm going all the way round

This is one of the closest near misses I have had with a cyclist

pretty close there he seemed to take the junction at a weird-arse angle too, maybe if he'd took it properly then nobody would've had to brake

Every form of transport has its very own knobbers

this is true but there seems to be only cyclist posting daily vids moaning about everyones close passes etc only for the vid to show them doing close passes later on.... and running lights, very hypocritcal

 

[GrasB]

this is true but there seems to be only cyclist posting daily vids moaning about everyones close passes etc only for the vid to show them doing close passes later on.... and running lights, very hypocritcal

Fair number of motorists do this a well on petrol head forums.... including video of themselves completely disregarding the road traffic laws.

 

[lee1980sim]

we need to ID them and have them shot

 

[Phil Fouracre]

I'm afraid there are just as many idiots on bikes, as there are using other forms of transport! Probably more, as a percentage! What amazes me most is the confrontational attitude of some, they may be 'in the right' but, they are still the most vulnerable road users, so surely self preservation should be the default action, whatever the situation!

 

[classic33]

Fair number of motorists do this a well on petrol head forums.... including video of themselves completely disregarding the road traffic laws.

Some have even taken to boasting on twitter about what they've done.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Some have even taken to boasting on twitter about what they've done.

...and then tweeting insincere retractions saying "I didn't really mean that like it sounded!"

 

[HLaB]

As the driver of a large vehicle I always give cyclists room and make sure I always check all around me and today I had the great displeasure of almost squishing a cyclist due to him pulling out on me on a roundabout purely because he couldn't be arsed to brake and wait, now imagine the outcome had I not been fully aware of my surroundings "HGV Driver kills cyclist" let alone how I would've lived with myself, or imagine if it had been the other way round and I'd pulled out on the cyclist (YouTube vids, pulling along side me at the next lights for a rant) what makes it worse is the person was wearing full cycling club attire, its a joke how there's hundreds of YouTube videos blaming every other road user for things which they do themselves

Have you seen @gaz Youtube Channel

 

[gaz]

its a joke how there's hundreds of YouTube videos blaming every other road user for things which they do themselves

What's a joke is you saying that those of us who upload videos are responsible for the actions of other cyclists. Jog on!

 

[BigonaBianchi]

good to hear at least one hgv driver gives a toss about cyclists lives ....my experiences are that the majority of hgv drivers drive like homicidal maniacs when passing a cyclist.

 

[buggi]

good to hear at least one hgv driver gives a toss about cyclists lives ....my experiences are that the majority of hgv drivers drive like homicidal maniacs when passing a cyclist.

strangely, i find it the other way. most HGVs pass me very sensibly, and i return the favour by staying out of their blind spots. i hate UPS van though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Confronting an excuse for a cyclist when in a car or wagon is bad,but having one come at you while you're on a bike is far worse!