Van swerve - advice please

[martint235]

Hi,

Have a look at

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VF3KmJ0NV0
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When it happened I thought I'd strayed over the centre of the road but the video seems to suggest otherwise.

I think this guy deliberately swerved at me , would you agree and should I report it?

If you think I was at fault, feel free to say so, I'm thick skinned!

 

[BentMikey]

I'm not sure he swerved at you going by the video alone, but I wasn't there. I would also have been very tempted to do what you did, but the safer option would have been to wait behind because of the parked lorry making oncoming traffic move over towards your side of the road.

 

[dondare]

It appears to me that he is giving the parked lorry a lot of room and not bothering about you one way or t'other.

 

[djb1971]

The truck driver was getting out so he moved over.

 

[jonny jeez]

Sorry Martin, I cant see anything odd.

However your choice to filter when there was a restriction on the opposite side of the road (with oncoming traffic in clear view) was... "brave" in my view... I would have hung way back.

 

[thomas]

It appears to me that he is giving the parked lorry a lot of room and not bothering about you one way or t'other.

I'd agree, it is hard to tell that he did it intentionally to you so I would just forget about it and maybe not filter when that kinda thing is a possibility.

 

[martint235]

I didn't see any evidence of the truck driver getting out... but having asked for advice I'll take it.

It seemed worse at the time though

 

[BentMikey]

It seemed worse at the time though

I'm sure it was, the camera seems to do this to incidents, as well as the gradient of hills.

 

[djb1971]

Just a suggestion as to why he moved over

The driver was probably anticipating it or someone stepping out from behind the truck. He was well within his rights to move over. You were starting to pull out into oncoming traffic which isn't good on a narrowing section of road with a white van coming the other way.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I think if he had a thing against cyclists he would have made a move towards the idiot scooting over the road in front of him.
What time is that ? Southwark Street looks quiet enough for you to have filtered down the inside.

 

[GrasB]

The van driver takes a fairly straight line but is turning into you slightly. I'd say just a bad filtering decision on your part & reduced space of the van overtaking the lorry makes it feel like a squeeze.

 

[hackbike 666]

I think if he had a thing against cyclists he would have made a move towards the idiot scooting over the road in front of him.
What time is that ? Southwark Street looks quiet enough for you to have filtered down the inside.

Ha...I thought it rang a bell...Those funny colour lights on the wall and the bridge says it all.They all drive like ar5e5 down there.

 

[jonny jeez]

I didn't see any evidence of the truck driver getting out... but having asked for advice I'll take it.

It seemed worse at the time though

Good attitude. (sorry if that sounds patronising).

Cameras do indeed lie as Mikey says, especially on the hills

 

[martint235]

I think if he had a thing against cyclists he would have made a move towards the idiot scooting over the road in front of him.
What time is that ? Southwark Street looks quiet enough for you to have filtered down the inside.

It was around 7.20. I don't filter down the inside on this bit cos the majority of the traffic turns left at Southwark Bridge Road due to Borough High Street being shut southbound.

 

[martint235]

Good attitude. (sorry if that sounds patronising).

Ta. I've occasionally read (and become involved in) rows on here where someone has asked advice then berated the people giving it. I genuinely asked for what people thought cos at the time it felt very close but it's unanimous that a. he wasn't deliberately targetting me and b. I'm obviously getting a touch over-confident with my filtering