Sara_H
Guru
I don't. I position myself in primary in what would be the left hand lane if the ASL was divided into lanes.Why position your self on the right if you are going straight?
I don't. I position myself in primary in what would be the left hand lane if the ASL was divided into lanes.Why position your self on the right if you are going straight?
I'm not. I'm going straight on.If I was on that route and going right then I'd position myself in the middle of the left lane, same if I was going straight ahead (even though it's a T-junction).
How do you know they have seen you? They could be traffic light watching and may not even look in front of them.
Best to go behind a vehicle which is a few from the front. Why? I hear you ask.
Drivers mentally have this thing where they just need to be on open road, if they look ahead of you and see an open road, they will try to overtake to get to it.
However if you have a vehicle in front of you and you are keeping up, then the driver behind is much less likely to try and overtake you as there isn't an open road in front of you and they don't get the same impulse.
The only time I filter to get to the ASL is if I think it will be considerably faster than if I don't. This usually means I go to every ASL in London, as the other cyclists are usually much slower off the line and hold the cars up, which would in turn hold me up. However being at the front means I can power away.
You are either very slow or invisible. Try to eliminate both of these possibilities.
Good point, but I will continue to do this. You can not account for every mistake others may make and my yellow coat in front of them + flashing lights in the dark, it would be very hard not to see me.How do you know they have seen you? They could be traffic light watching and may not even look in front of them.
Best to go behind a vehicle which is a few from the front. Why? I hear you ask.
Drivers mentally have this thing where they just need to be on open road, if they look ahead of you and see an open road, they will try to overtake to get to it.
However if you have a vehicle in front of you and you are keeping up, then the driver behind is much less likely to try and overtake you as there isn't an open road in front of you and they don't get the same impulse.
The only time I filter to get to the ASL is if I think it will be considerably faster than if I don't. This usually means I go to every ASL in London, as the other cyclists are usually much slower off the line and hold the cars up, which would in turn hold me up. However being at the front means I can power away.
Aaah sorry, miss-read what you said at the start.I don't. I position myself in primary in what would be the left hand lane if the ASL was divided into lanes.
Sage advice from Gaz and it's something I've learned to do better.
It does work.
In that case, look at the second part of my reply.I'm not. I'm going straight on.
Yes
Yes, I'm very slow. Don't see how this mitigates other cyclists positioning themselves left and the turning right into me.
I would STRONGLY recommend she does not hold to the left. The reason being is that if she keeps to the left of the lane she's then got the problem of motorists left hooking her as she's trying to go straight on. A far more dangerous proposition to get hit by a car than another cyclist.They notice you accelerated slow, so out-dragged you and swept across in front of you.
Sounds like you'll just have to put up with this until you position yourself on the left closer to the curb.