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Originally Posted by basa
If he could 'whack' your car as you passed.....YOU WERE TOO CLOSE !!!!!!!!
It's difficult enough cycling in this weather, rain blinds you, gusty wind causes you to wobble, glass in the gutter (which is where we have to cycle !) causes you to avoid it, not to mention those 'local govt workers' who pull right over to the kerb when a car is turning right in front so you can't get past. Yeh like they are gonna get through !! 
Same scenario, only this time with motorcycle or car. Are you going to be able to read and remember a number plate in this weather ?? Unlikely.
Cyclists are generally amongst the safest of road users (with a few notable exceptions !) .....they have to be to stay alive. Think who comes off worst in an accident between car / lorry / bus and a bicycle ????
Only two days ago I had to swerve and brake because a car cut a corner on me. My front wheel hit an ice patch and now I sport a badly grazed knee, shin and pride plus one pedal is slightly out of 'skew'. Not much I grant you, but the driver was blissfully unaware of what they had done and carried on in their nice cosy car listening to the radio no doubt !!  |
I dont think the non-cyclists were generalising about all cyclists, but I hate it when I pull up to a traffic light and the cyclist comes up the inside and then pulls straight in front of me and stops with his right foot in front of my car. When the light changes to green I am then being held up by this cyclist who is now directly in front of me, he has gained nothing himself but annoyed other road users with his actions. I used to cycle but think that the roads are too busy and unsafe to do so these days, I also hate when they look over their shoulder at you and drive straight off the pavement they have been travelling on knowing that you will swerve or brake for them because the car is always in the wrong.
"Many" not all cyclists are like some pedestrians, they will not use any road/traffic sense and are certainly not considered to be in the wrong when they get knocked over by a car.
It's a cold fact that I always ask, How many pedestrians are knocked over whilst walking down the pavement. I also get annoyed when someone walks out into the road and gets run-over, the driver fails the breath test and it's his fault entirely. No way do I agree with drink driving, but no way do I agree with putting the blame on it in cases where a pedestrian just walked drunken possibly himself into the road.
I think too much pressure is put on motorists who are not to blame in road accidents involving Bikes or Pedestrians. If the vehicle driver was following the highway code he should not be made to look like some very guilty person, an accident is an accident and people should not look for easy targets to apportion the blame.