Inconsidererate, aggressive, but not necessarily dangerous. Report?

modsandmockers

PDC wrote: »

Was it the BMW who hit the horn or the vehicle coming toward you who he nearly hit in overtaking you?

Either way an impatient and careless/dangerous manoeuvre.

PDC - it’s important to understand that there is no reason to believe that the driver going the other way was in any way ‘better’ than the overtaking driver. It is extremely possible that the other driver would have behaved in exactly the same way as the BMW driver. It is normal for road users to regard their own behaviour as totally correct at all times, whilst freely criticising other road users for doing things which they don’t like the look of, but which they have probably done themselves on many previous occasions, and will probably continue to do in the future.

Norman_Castle

tight_scotsman wrote: »

You are still an arrogant pratt. What happens when you come across a driver who is just that little bit more arrogant than you ?

Let me tell you.....you end up DEAD

Your road position may be the best one for you but you might still end up in the ditch.

I won't be commenting any more on this thread. It's a waste of time both sides of the argument think they are right. So it's just going round in circles.

Cyclists understand the risks of sharing the roads with larger vehicles. They expect others to act appropriately. Try adding cycling to your road experience. You will see many motorists, however well meaning, are oblivious to the risks they pose to cyclist from their driving.

The pictures showing the correct position for cyclists on certain bends is very valid and needs to be understood by motorists. I've witnessed as a motorist, a cyclist being overtaken on a smaller road than shown. Fortunately the speeds were low enough to avoid a head on car crash or a cyclist being pushed off the road.
Many motorists simply view a cyclist as something that must be overtaken and forget any risk or danger posed by overtaking them. They just get tunnel vision.
A cyclist using the primary position at the correct time is showing a good understanding of road safety.

All road users are at risk from dumb, arrogant and dangerous road users.

modsandmockers

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Cyclists understand the risks of sharing the roads with larger vehicles. They expect others to act appropriately

Ha Ha - where do you get this stuff from?

brat

modsandmockers wrote: »

Ha Ha - where do you get this stuff from?

You've never ridden a bike, have you.

modsandmockers

brat wrote: »

You've never ridden a bike, have you.

Wanna bet?

brat

modsandmockers wrote: »

Wanna bet?

You come out with so much nonsense that you would never dream of saying if you had ridden a proper bike on the road.

fred246

They look like trikes not bikes.

frisbeej

fred246 wrote: »

They look like trikes not bikes.

He spends so much time looking in his mirrors and over his shoulder that he's just not stable enough on just 2 wheels.

modsandmockers

Is there anyone else who shares my doubts about Brat's credentials? For a serving police officer, he seems to have some worryingly fixed and aggressive anti-motorist opinions, even though he regularly implies that he is a fully fledged traffic cop. He also seems to have an awful lot of spare time.

armyknife

modsandmockers wrote: »

Is there anyone else who shares my doubts about Brat's credentials? For a serving police officer, he seems to have some worryingly fixed and aggressive anti-motorist opinions, even though he regularly implies that he is a fully fledged traffic cop. He also seems to have an awful lot of spare time.

No just you.

Besides his creditability here is founded on the substance of what he posts.

No surprise that you should attempt to play the man rather than the ball.