i dont like road bikes, people should be honest about why they shave their legs, they would get a lot more respect that way 🙂
Maybe you'd like to come back when you've got your story straight, was it:
as i approach the junction and slow down he appears at my front left wing
or:
When i turned left i had stopped - this allowed said cyclist to come up side of me
?
Yeah, I'm a bit confused how you overtook him 350m before a junction and then he managed to just appear by the side of you. He was either insanely fast in which case you misjudged things, or you're a bit off target about the distances and speeds involved.
I'm fully prepared to accept that there are plenty of crap cyclists out there, I see them all the time. But at the end of the day, if something goes wrong, the cyclist will die, not the person in the car. This incident will affect all involved severly including the driver of the car.
It might just be worth accepting that the car is not king, cyclists do move faster than people anticipate and if a cyclist who you thought was behind you, appears in front of you, you probably misjudged something. It's not a slapping offense, you're only human but try and learn from it. Anticipation is probably the finest skill a driver can possess. It save petrol, brake pads and of course, lives.
Sleep tight!
I think the OP has a perfectly reasonable complaint. Roadies don't want to ride on the road and abide by the rules, they want to use the roads to train on, which makes them competitive and keep pushing on. I followed a roadie on the A217 who jumped a series of about six sets of lights last week.....need I say more!
I think the OP has a perfectly reasonable complaint. Roadies don't want to ride on the road and abide by the rules, they want to use the roads to train on, which makes them competitive and keep pushing on. I followed a roadie on the A217 who jumped a series of about six sets of lights last week.....need I say more!
and just for balance whilst waiting at a set of red lights whilst out for a ride during the week i had three cars drive past me to jump the light, and whilst driving to work during the week i lost count of the number of drivers speeding, parked illegally, overtaking cyclists dangerously, using phones to text, using the wrong lanes on roundabouts, applying makeup.......
Back to the OP, are you saying you were stopped at a give way, are you saying that the cyclist was filtering up the side of you, you are aware of advanced stop lines? not saying there were any in this case but it is actually quite normal for cyclists to filter to the front of the queue. It is partly so the dozy makeup wielding phone using car drivers are aware of your presence.
I'm confused by why you had stopped to turn left off a road?
You have changed your story to make it sound like you're correct, agree with others here; sounds like you just misjudged distances.
everyone knows that lots of road users break the law singling out roadies [ as if car drivers do not do the same or other road users] is slightly shortsighted.
I am also confused as to the story tbh but you can never just blame someone due to the mode of transport they were on be it a cycle or a car.
