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[Closed] so youre riding along and about to pass a parked car and

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as a motorist do you not realise the cyclist is not going to bunny hop the car,

the cyclist has to give room for a door to be opened,

and the overtaking car should give 3 foot space to the cyclist,

as well as realising through experience or having a crash that a bus coming the other way will seriously reduce the road space, and that buses are big and full of lots of witnesses.

Because there are some thick and stupid drivers out there tonight.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:43 pm
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Did the cyclist look behind, make sure it was safe, signal and then make the manoeuvre?


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:44 pm
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Me the cyclist was passing a row of parked cars with spaces, i have no idea if the motorists concerned checked their mirrors for a motorcyclist or fellow nutter overtaking them before making the manouvre.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:47 pm
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Uh...what actually happened?


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:54 pm
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What car was the cyclist expected to bunny hop - the one that had just overtaken him?


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:55 pm
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Row of parked cars, spaced along a road, me passing the first few cars, car behind decides i should not be there, so overtakes me almost hitting oncoming bus.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:56 pm
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Newsflash. Its not just tonight the thick and stupid drivers are out.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:58 pm
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Meh - I'm still confused about the bunny.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 10:59 pm
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So did the driver give you enough room?


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 11:00 pm
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the bunny was crushed under the bus


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 11:09 pm
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I didn't give enough room for a car door to open once, many many years ago.

The car door opened,

I hit it, hard.

I fell into the road in front of a bus. Thankfully it stopped.

I gave the woman a volley of abuse, sorted my Raleigh Scorpio with cow horn handlebars out and saw the woman try to close her door. It wouldn't close.

How I laughed.

Probably not as much as people probably laughed at me with a Raleigh Scorpio with cow horn handlebars on but I think they saved my neck that day.


 
Posted : 28/02/2012 11:20 pm