Sorry, but this really got on my wick yesterday morning. (and if you're the cyclist involved you nearly got both barrels from me!)
To anyone who knows Lancaster, they will know what a complete pain in the backside it is to drive (and cycle) round. In any case, I catch a very early train in the morning and was driving to the station when I was approaching a set of lights - I had slowed down as they had only just changed to green and I was anticipating them still being on red when I got there. I was due to turn left at those lights and was indicating to do so though I had noticed a cyclist coming down the main road at a fairly decent speed. I decided as I was already almost stationary and as it was 5 in the morning with nothing behind me, id let him carry on and then make my turn rather than forcing him to stop - you know, do the decent thing. I had turned over my shoulder so he could see that I had spotted him and I waved him through, he however slowed down - he must have thought I was still going to turn left. He came to an almost stop at the back of my car, saw that I was still letting him through and then looked through the window and mouthed some abuse, before cycling off down the main road waving his hands in the process. Now I was calm at that point but I was seconds away from aborting the turn, carrying on down the hill after him, doing a swerving stop in front of him and giving him a proper dressing down for being an inconsiderate, bad mannered tw@ and if he wanted to be rude, he could do it with me out of the car in front of him. The fact that I was just about on time for my train saved him from this.
Perhaps next time, il just carry on making my turn and he can then complain on here that another a$$ motorist took a left turn knowing a cyclist was behind him. Or am I wrong in this one?
I think good manners are just what they are. I'm a careful, considerate driver and I respect the rules and all other road users when I'm on my bike. I just wish everyone else could do the same!
To anyone who knows Lancaster, they will know what a complete pain in the backside it is to drive (and cycle) round. In any case, I catch a very early train in the morning and was driving to the station when I was approaching a set of lights - I had slowed down as they had only just changed to green and I was anticipating them still being on red when I got there. I was due to turn left at those lights and was indicating to do so though I had noticed a cyclist coming down the main road at a fairly decent speed. I decided as I was already almost stationary and as it was 5 in the morning with nothing behind me, id let him carry on and then make my turn rather than forcing him to stop - you know, do the decent thing. I had turned over my shoulder so he could see that I had spotted him and I waved him through, he however slowed down - he must have thought I was still going to turn left. He came to an almost stop at the back of my car, saw that I was still letting him through and then looked through the window and mouthed some abuse, before cycling off down the main road waving his hands in the process. Now I was calm at that point but I was seconds away from aborting the turn, carrying on down the hill after him, doing a swerving stop in front of him and giving him a proper dressing down for being an inconsiderate, bad mannered tw@ and if he wanted to be rude, he could do it with me out of the car in front of him. The fact that I was just about on time for my train saved him from this.
Perhaps next time, il just carry on making my turn and he can then complain on here that another a$$ motorist took a left turn knowing a cyclist was behind him. Or am I wrong in this one?
I think good manners are just what they are. I'm a careful, considerate driver and I respect the rules and all other road users when I'm on my bike. I just wish everyone else could do the same!