If you really believed that you wouldn't cycle on the roads at all. At least, if you really believed that and you were more than 20% sane.
Right of way of sillies
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Tin Pot
Guru
No argument then.
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
But is it ok to ride in the door zone if you're wearing a hel.....
No, stop it Joe, you mustn't.
No, stop it Joe, you mustn't.
clockman
Über Member
- Location
- Mole Valley
In the context riding/driving, a right of way is given by someone else. If they decide to just go for it, you have to have planned that they will do just that and be prepared to slow or stop.
Priority is similar. If an oncoming driver decides to pass a vehicle on their side of the road, forcing you to stop, you should have had priority and the right of way, but they decided not to give way. Arrogance, ignorance, impatience, incompetence or just plain bad manners. Unfortunately, there is too much of all of these and not enough common sense! But you don't need that to use the highway, be you pedestrian, driver or rider!
Priority is similar. If an oncoming driver decides to pass a vehicle on their side of the road, forcing you to stop, you should have had priority and the right of way, but they decided not to give way. Arrogance, ignorance, impatience, incompetence or just plain bad manners. Unfortunately, there is too much of all of these and not enough common sense! But you don't need that to use the highway, be you pedestrian, driver or rider!
Not at all...
Next time you are on the road, count how many times that you have trusted another road user to behave properly
chewa
plus je vois les hommes, plus j'admire les chiens
Exactly. That's largely how the system works. We balance that trust with an awareness of risk and defensive riding. (of course I trust Audi drivers and mums in 4x4s less than others
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mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Essex
The whole interaction between any two road users is based on assumption.
When you are driving / cycling along a road and there is a junction, you simply assume that the driver on the other side is an idiot and act accordingly
As you approach a junction , you assume that the other road user will pull out on you.
It is the way it really works. Kept me safe.
Yes it does. I wouldn't be able to go out of my front door if it didn't - "the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another"
We all have different levels of experience and skills, as well as different levels of intuition
Watching where the vehicles wheels are positioned rather than where the indicators are telling you, listening to engine sounds and a plethora of other informationthat helps you "read" the traffic and make decisions.
This is one I have posted before.
I still can't tell whether it was as sixth sense, but lights were changing to red and I "knew" that this vehicle was going too fast, and pulled into the slip lane out of their way....
Watching where the vehicles wheels are positioned rather than where the indicators are telling you, listening to engine sounds and a plethora of other informationthat helps you "read" the traffic and make decisions.
This is one I have posted before.
I still can't tell whether it was as sixth sense, but lights were changing to red and I "knew" that this vehicle was going too fast, and pulled into the slip lane out of their way....
So you stop at every side road?
if the road is clear in front
