Reply to: Who's in the Wrong?

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

As a cyclist, I have to say you were a total bell end. Whenever doing any sort of overtaking/undertaking, even if it is legal, you have to be careful.

[BrilloPad]

Ok, so this morning I'm cycling in down the inside of a queue of slow moving traffic.

Car about 3 slots ahead of me suddenly takes a left turn & I have to slam on the anchors to avoid hitting him.

It was a very close shave but if the worst had happened, who would have been at fault?

Fortunately I have enough furniture up front to afford me some protection if it came to it.

As a cyclist, I have to say you were at fault. Whenever doing any sort of overtaking/undertaking, even if it is legal, you have to be careful.

[NickFitz]

It's never going to be safe when there's a constant stream of traffic in both directions.

Are you saying that the box van that was blocking your view is a permanent installation, or that the stream of traffic consisted solely of such vans?

[DaveB]

But being a pedestrian gives you carte blanche & it's always the driver's fault in incidents involving a car and a pedestrian regardless of the circumstances.

Cyclists are just as vulnerable as pedestrians so maybe should be afforded the same privilege as pedestrians?

No it doesn't and no it isn't.

http://findlaw.co.uk/law/accidents_a...ts/500048.html

Is a pedestrian entitled to step into a road at any time and assume that the traffic will give way to him?

A pedestrian (or anyone else who uses the road) has a duty to use reasonable care to avoid harm. An adult of normal intelligence who steps into a busy road without regard to car traffic will almost certainly be in breach of that duty. If he was struck by a car and injured, a court would likely apportion a substantial share of the fault to him.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Pedestrians don't block up every surface, made of tarmac, every ******* weekend though do they?

[LucidDementia]

Pedestrians don't block up all the single carriageway A roads every ******* weekend though do they?

[Martin Scroatman]

Just being on a bike doesn't give you carte blanch to go where you want and expect everyone else to get out of the way.

But being a pedestrian gives you carte blanche & it's always the driver's fault in incidents involving a car and a pedestrian regardless of the circumstances.

Cyclists are just as vulnerable as pedestrians so maybe should be afforded the same privilege as pedestrians?

[Pondlife]

Or maybe it's all bollux.

I miss Gricer.

[MrMarkyMark]

To be honest, I was kind of on autopilot as I didn't sleep last night & I was feeling the 5 glasses of Croft Original.

High and p*ssed out of your mind, then.
They should throw the book at you.

[NotAllThere]

To be honest, I was kind of on autopilot as I didn't sleep last night & I was feeling the 5 glasses of Croft Original.

Drunk in charge. Throw away the key.

[PurpleGorilla]

To be honest, I was kind of on autopilot as I didn't sleep last night & I was feeling the 5 glasses of Croft Original.

Probably still over the drink drive limit (Mr Cyclist).

[darmstadt]

To be honest, I was kind of on autopilot as I didn't sleep last night & I was feeling the 5 glasses of Croft Original.

Maybe you should not have been half cut, you might have had an accident and been breathalysed and over the limit

[DaveB]

Filter on the right when you have about 1 inch between you and the stationary traffic on your left & 1 inch between you the juggeringnaut that's heading right towards you?

Another thing I find with filtering on the right is that you can get stranded out there when the traffic suddenly starts moving & nobody will let you back across.

I'm begining to think cycling in towns is dangerous.

No, filter on the right when it's safe. Re-join the traffic in your lane when you need to. Take the lane when you need to. Pay attention and when it's not safe, wait until it is. Worst case scenario, that lorry driver is far more likely to see you if you are on the right and in front of him than the driver of the car that wants to turn left when you are on the inside.

Just being on a bike doesn't give you carte blanch to go where you want and expect everyone else to get out of the way.

[Martin Scroatman]

You could always try waiting until it's safe to proceed

It's never going to be safe when there's a constant stream of traffic in both directions.

[NickFitz]

Filter on the right when you have about 1 inch between you and the stationary traffic on your left & 1 inch between you the juggeringnaut that's heading right towards you?

Another thing I find with filtering on the right is that you can get stranded out there when the traffic suddenly starts moving & nobody will let you back across.

I'm begining to think cycling in towns is dangerous.

You could always try waiting until it's safe to proceed