Hi to everyone, this is my first post on the site and i'm looking for some useful answers/advice on dealing with the same situation in the future. thanks
I am not a cyclist but my question is about a cyclist that I almost collided with this morning on the way to work. After coming off a busy roundabout to enter a dual carriageway which is about 300yards long. At the end is another roundabout. There is a slight bend just off the first roundabout, I was in the right hand lane and as I moved onto the straight part of the road there was a cyclists just a head of me. He was on my outside, in the same right hand lane I was in. This dual carriageway also has a cycle lane along the footway. As I was trying to pass the cyclist a car on my left hand side beeped and flicked me the V's and the cyclist called me a pr*&k. I had to break and the car behind me also beeped and flicked some V's. I kind of felt like I was in a no win situation here but i'm sure the cyclist should either be in the cycle lane or on the inside of the left hand lane. I have been a bit shaky since that happened an hour ago.
Is the cyclist allowed to ride like this on this side of the lane? What did I do wrong? I did cycling proficiency many years ago but never dealt with dual carriageways as far as I can remember.
Any help would be really appreciated.
thanks
I am not a cyclist but my question is about a cyclist that I almost collided with this morning on the way to work. After coming off a busy roundabout to enter a dual carriageway which is about 300yards long. At the end is another roundabout. There is a slight bend just off the first roundabout, I was in the right hand lane and as I moved onto the straight part of the road there was a cyclists just a head of me. He was on my outside, in the same right hand lane I was in. This dual carriageway also has a cycle lane along the footway. As I was trying to pass the cyclist a car on my left hand side beeped and flicked me the V's and the cyclist called me a pr*&k. I had to break and the car behind me also beeped and flicked some V's. I kind of felt like I was in a no win situation here but i'm sure the cyclist should either be in the cycle lane or on the inside of the left hand lane. I have been a bit shaky since that happened an hour ago.
Is the cyclist allowed to ride like this on this side of the lane? What did I do wrong? I did cycling proficiency many years ago but never dealt with dual carriageways as far as I can remember.
Any help would be really appreciated.
thanks