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Originally Posted by basa
Your arrogance is breathtaking !! So I should walk if the weather is bad ?? Try telling that to lorry drivers whose vehicles weave and swerve on the motorway in high winds. Do you leave your car at home when the roads are icy ?? The point is you should give cyclists enough room anyway...READ the Highway Code !! You are NOT the only road users..cyclists like pedestrians have a legitimate right to go about their business. Get real !
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Pot to kettle!
Yes, if drivers of high sided vehicles drive in such a manner that wind causes them to weave over the road then they should be pulled over and charged with dangerous driving. Lorry drivers are taught that in such conditions you SLOW DOWN and therefore sidewinds are easier to deal with, negating the danger.
If the weather is too bad to cycle safely under control, then yes you should walk, isn't that simple common sense?
If the roads are icy, or wet from rain, then I drive slow enough to negate the danger, ensuring I leave more than enough space between myself and the vehicle in front.
If the roads are too icy to drive (which living near the sea is rare) then I will not drive.
Yes cars should give cyclists the same amount of space they give other vehicles, I give at least 1.5 door lengths when over taking, but if a driver feels they need to move over to the pavement before turning right, which *boo-hoo* holds you up for 5 seconds, well tough!
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Originally Posted by basa
I suppose I should wait for a gap in the traffic before I overtake parked vehicles ?? Why do ignorant and arrogant drivers like you think you own the road ?? I pay VED just like everyone else.
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If you a cycling along with the traffic, overtaking you (or perhaps not as many of my cyclist friends are able to cruise at 30mph), and you spot a parked car up ahead, well you look over your shoulder as a safety check, give a hand signal (no not two fingers!) showing that you intend to pull out, repeat the safety check, move out and over take (you know, I'm sure cyclits are taught this as part of their proficiency test)
What has VED got to do with it? Don't tell me your one of those "I pay my taxes I can do what I like" people?
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Originally Posted by basa
It obviously amazes you they are even allowed on the road !!! The irony is far from lost...they are trying to make a valid point that it is vehicles...too many of them...that cause congestion. Drivers going to collect their morning papers, mothers taking kids to school, single drivers going to work. THEY should all take the bus or walk, oh, or even CYCLE !!
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See? The irony is lost
Congestion in brighton isn't too bad UNTIL the cyclists invade!
Of course if they adheared to the highway code then they probably wouldn't cause so much congestion, but most of them aren't, they're all over the place, without signalling, ignoring vehicles's indicators etc.
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Originally Posted by basa
Oh and btw just because a car indicates to turn left it doesn't give them the right to carve up a cyclist whilst doing it .. they should slow down and turn behind the cycle not over it !!! I've had loads indicating as they pass me and just turn !!!
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Drivers who can't wait the few extra seconds following a bike for it to go past the junction before they turn and decide to over take, then swerve across the path of the cyclist have no excuse, but I wasn't talking about those gits.
I've been in a lane of slow moving traffic, seen a car in front indicating to turn left, only to have a cyclist fly past on the inside. Thankfully the motorist did check his mirror and hit the brakes, only to have the cyclist (who didn't see/ignored the indicators) hurl a load of abuse!