The problem with impatience

[iZaP]

I'll be honest, when i saw the first vid, i thought "that ain't too bad, what's he moaning about" but if you watch it again, actually it is quite close, and why should you be forced off your line?

quite often these videos are posted, and some of us say "i don't think that was too bad"... but is this because we get worse close passes that are literally cm's away, so much so that we become tolerant to other close passes that are more, say, 1 - 2ft off your handlebars?

Because if you look at the illustrations in the highway code, the distance they recommend is much more than 90% of drivers give me. Basically, the recommendation is to give the same room as you would give a small car. That doesn't mean the 1 foot space that drivers give to other car users, it means to treat us as if we are the width of a car, and then add the 1 foot space as well. Technically, they should not even be in same lane!

Definitely this, but try telling it to the drivers...

Also, technically, our economy should be all right as well

 

[ComedyPilot]

Definitely this, but try telling it to the drivers...

Also, technically, our economy should be all right as well

They're right, we shouldn't be there, we don't pay road tax............





yawn

 

[Bigsharn]

At 30mph approach speed that should give you about 0.02 seconds to take action.

Maybe so, but it'd work as an indication for if a car came too close to you. I find a lot of helmet cameras have different viewing angles so if the light went on, you know it's <1ft (which is far too close to call a safe overtake unless at VERY low speeds)