Road manners

[swee'pea99]

I think that's probably the point, was it ignorance in a disrespectful way to others, ignorance to the Highway Code or simply shocking bad road observations/safety?
Whilst I waited for them to sort themselves out many wouldn't effectively endangering the cyclists safety

Another point I noticed on that particular drive was the amount of cyclists now donning a complete head to toe of black unreflective clothing.

I suppose I just want people on bikes to be safe and it's quite concerning when they place more emphasis on others to do that for them than they do themselves

I think it's more than safety - there's also the matter of courtesy, and consideration to other people. It's a bit like the yummy-mummies you sometimes get round here wheeling their vast pushchairs two abreast, scattering regular pedestrians into the gutters in their wake. It's just inconsiderate. In the extremely unlikely event that they were both deaf, they should have adopted a compensatory policy of glancing around every now and then, to make sure they weren't impeding someone else's progress. Not that you'd deliberately endanger them, just 'cos they're acting like twonks. But that doesn't mean they aren't.

 

[ColinJ]

It is quite possible that they didn't hear you - modern cars can be very quiet. I am slightly hard of hearing and other riders often tell me that a car is behind before I realise it is there.

I was recently in Scotland with a friend who is almost deaf in her offside ear. She had a car creep up behind her on a hill on a singletrack road and didn't hear it, nor did she hear me calling out to her to pull into a passing place. (I have suggested that she should consider getting a mirror, or at least looking behind more frequently. The same applies to me.)

I think the best solution would be a very short beep on the horn, though a few riders will react badly to that, misinterpreting it as aggression.

 

[theclaud]

I'm not defending them Big Nick they may have just been ignorant, however they may have been doing it deliberately in order to control you. I have a section which I travel along on a very regular basis it's around 1.5mile long and ranges between single lane, lane and a half and has passing places too. If I have a car coming towards me on a single lane section I'll make them stop even if it means me stopping in the middle of the road, if it's a lane and a half bit I'll make them slow or stop, as long as I'm controlling what they do I'll then go past them. However if they're approaching from behind I'll hold them there on both the lane and lane and a half bits then move over when I reach a passing place. I can't trust them not to hammer past me really closely if they're approaching from behind so do my best to make sure I'm in control not them.

I am. It's not clear from the OP that they are doing anything wrong at all. And as you say, it's the riders' call whether to let the car past. If the driver isn't being impatient, why get narked enough to start a thread about it?

 

[Mugshot]

I am. It's not clear from the OP that they are doing anything wrong at all. And as you say, it's the riders' call whether to let the car past. If the driver isn't being impatient, why get narked enough to start a thread about it?

Very true, and I guess the rest of my post is defending them really. We also don't have an indication of what speed they were doing to know how long it took to cover a whole half a mile.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Just wind down the window and shout. " You're not payin' any fecking road tax so git outa my way!"

 

[Mugshot]

By sheer coincidence THIS story is currently on my BBC page, it has a link to THIS page which has a rather interesting paragraph on overtaking.

 

[Mrs M]

i was driving along a narrow country lane yesterday in my car when I came up behind 2 cyclists riding 2 abreast meaning to squeeze past would be uncomfortably close to the outer cyclist.

I slowed down and sat behind......for around half a mile!

At that point a car came along from the opposite direction and the outer rider instantly moved into single file staying so long enough for me to then pass

Bad road manners from the cyclist or well within his rights?

Similar happened to us last Sunday, they knew we were there but just chugged along anyway. We were in no hurry and the amusing thing was, forgive me, but, the guy on the outside was wearing Gore tights that were WAY too tight and made me look "svelte", lol.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I never ride two abreast as i don't have any cyclist friends to ride with!