The amount of hate for cyclists

[Drago]

If a car wanted to pull in between cyclists it should indicate, just as you would expect it between cars surely?

If there's another road user that would benefit from the driver indicating, then they should.

 

[ojoman]

I cycle, motorcycle and *gasp* drive. It matters little what mode of transport they take, nobbers will be nobbers. However, during large participation events, they spread like wildfire.

I was in a mass participation cycle ride one year and the standard of riding was... varied. Now, roads hadn't been closed off for this so it relied on some cooperation between cyclists and motorists. Needless to say, the total blocking of a single lane was commonplace which lead to understandable ill-feelings.

To top it all off, on the return leg a large cycle club decided to take the same route and their appointed group leader was yelling "Move aside, xxxx Cycle Club coming through!". Now I am not too sure why they didn't spare themselves the inconvenience of this and take another route for the day, or they were dubiously advertising their superiority and/or entitlement, but it seemed poor form. Much like a promising county runner entering Race for Life.

 

[si_c]

To be fair, some of us are complete nobbers.......................

Speak for yourself. I'm only a journeyman nobber.