Can I come out with you then lol. Last year we had three fatalities in a very short space of time. And round my way it's all to common to come across close passes or near crashes between cars etc .
come on... Own up... Who is the other one?
Sounds a lot better than my last miss. The lorry driver past me as I was doing around 30mph I don't think he realised I would be tucked in behind him and that the traffic was slowing because of red lights. When he realised I was behind him he moved his entire lorry as much as possible towards the kerb. So I skipped onto the other side of the road checking for traffic and gave him a big wave as I passed. Can't believe you would shift 33 tones just to try and annoy one guy on a bike :s
he might of done that, not out of aggression but because he didn't want you to pass up the inside while he was sitting at a red light. I have heard of lorry drivers using this tactic at lights so that they don't have to worry about cyclists coming up the inside. Similar tactic to us taking primary position at lights to stop close overtakes and cars hooking left on us.
I'm inclined to agree. On the whole i get on ok, i have good communication skills and interact well with drivers. i rarely have trouble at junctions and when a driver makes a mistake i have so far foreseen it and been able to avoid. etc. However, when i do have trouble it is ALWAYS from close overtakes. They are mostly driver error but I've had aggressive ones. Anyone who says they haven't had a problem with this, even if it is only driver error, must live on a different planet.Anybody who says they haven't had a close pass or that they don't have a problem with(some) motorists is talking "bollox"!
that's coz they are! But they also have good experiences that outweigh the knobheads, so they carry on. On every ride to work i bet i get a least 3 close calls, after a good rant i forget about them bcoz i don't have room in my memory bank for them when its full of breathtaking views, sunsets and starry nights. On particularly bad days, when that escalates to ten, i do wonder why, but i also know that I'm unhappy when I'm not cycling, its not only how i keep fit and why my mood is lifted, its also a massive part of my social network.
Yes. It's what you do with that trivial baggage that matters though. I can yell rude words as well as the best when someone comes near to hurting me. It's just adrenaline, and it goes pretty quickly, and I'm not proud of it after the event. I don't want to get on my bike with a victim mentality every time I get on the saddle. It doesn't do me any good.Anybody who says they haven't had a close pass or that they don't have a problem with(some) motorists is talking "bollox"!
