What would you do??

[Banjo]

On a route i ride quite a lot there is a long winding uphill section on an unclassified road where cars cannot safely overtake a cyclist , About halfway up there is a layby if traffic is building up behind i usually pull in and ride as slow as I can along the layby or stop briefly to let the road clear.

This is often rewarded with friendly waves or toots of thanks , hopefully I have spread a little goodwill on the road.(I must admit I am glad of the rest ) Am I too soft or would others do the same?

 

[Smokin Joe]

So do I.

Not only because it is courteous, but who the hell wants to be worrying about a car sitting on their arse while they're grinding their way up a climb.

 

[Moodyman]

Me too. Common courtesy.

Plus don't want them see me huffin n puffin

 

[ianrauk]

I would pull in.... common courtesy

 

[Midnight]

Good manners ...and an excuse for a breather

 

[BSRU]

I would pull in as well.

I think the Highway Code states you should pull in certain circumstances, also applies to cars towing caravans and slow farm vehicles.

 

[addictfreak]

Yep, same here.

 

[Spinney]

+1 here too

 

[Ticktockmy]

Count me in for being a good boy...:-)

 

[Plodder]

Voted Yes, everytime. Not only is it polite but it's much safer to pull in. I would feel pretty uneasy (but this comes from a driver doing 45,000+ miles a year) as a single individual holding up a queue of traffic which may have 5, 10, 20 or whatever number of people, including professional drivers needing to be there to earn a living.

Anyway, you would expect a tractor to pull in and offer the same courtesy, yet he is working and cyclists aren't (unless you're a bike courier, bike tester etc!).

 

[Fran143]

I'd pull in....whether a car was behind me or not....I like a wee breather!

 

[ThePainInSpain]

Completely the right thing to do.

In California it is law that you must pull in if more than 5 vehicles are queued behind you.

Here in Spain there is no such law, so the moron tractor and JCB drivers trundle along main roads with sometimes over 2kms of vehicles behind them. I'm sure they do it on purpose.

It's actually very dangerous because drivers who have been stuck behind, trundling along a 15kmph, start to take risks in overtaking.

The roads in question have very few passing places but loads of places to pull in.

So well done to you, and anyone else who shows consideration for other road users.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

pull in. you know it makes sense.

 

[barongreenback]

Pull in. Tractors are equally courteous most of the time so we should be too.

 

[mr Mag00]

yup