BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
She was a terrible driver! I'd second the positioning thing though, if it's possible it's best to take the middle of the lane when sitting a car back to take the possibility away from them.
beanzontoast said:Mag - I'm not excusing the driver's behaviour either, but is it possible the fact you usually get away with doing what you did lulled you into feeling falsely secure? It's not the thousands of times it's worked without a problem that you have to worry about - it's the occasions when it doesn't work. Like an impatient driver. Or when a ped steps out between vehicles. Or when someone in that queue opens a car door. Or when someone doesn't use their mirror before moving...
The chance of close shaves is dramatically increased by getting into positions where at least some drivers (and there's no way of telling who they are) might not be expecting / wanting to find you - whether or not that positioning can be defended in pure cycling terms.
magnatom said:'bu@@er it, bl**dy cyclists! Try and get in front of me, will he....oh wait a minute I have to stop 20m further down the road...oh bu@@er...off he goes.'
Uncle Mort said:I'd have just gone to the front anyway.
LOGAN 5 said:I thought your positioning could have been better. You were inbetween the lanes and not in one or the other. You were inviting an close undertake/overtake.