Trevor_P
Senior Member
- Location
- Hawkinge Kent
I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but I am saying the number of cyclists and car drivers that creep up the blind side of trucks at junctions and roundabouts is very high. Almost a daily occurrence. In my experience.
Are you saying lorry drivers don't turn across cyclists!!!
I was cycling in a Bus lane to the left of the line of traffic. Stopped in the ASL, lorry pulled up behind and in main line of traffic (right hand lane). When lights when green, both of us set off going straight on, and he decided to pull over into my lane to stop on double yellows. Luckily I was aware of the danger and realised what could potentially happen and stopped. Otherwise I would have been another accident statistic. I stopped to talk to him and he apologized and said he hadn't seen me. And there are plenty of videos on the web to show that lorry drivers make mistakes (as do cyclists), but it will be the cyclist who comes off worst in both situations. If you carried out a poll on here I suspect you would find that most cyclists had had problems with lorries at junctions even when the cyclist was correctly positioned.