Undercover police cyclists

Norman_Castle

prowla wrote: »

I had a thought today as I was driving home and passed a cyclist.
I thought to myself, I'm sure that was less than 1.5m from them.
But I was on the road and they were on the pavement...
I wonder what these new "rules" have to say about passing cyclists who aren't on the road?

You saw a cyclist on the pavement and thought, theres a petty excuse to moan about cyclists, because you like moaning about cyclists. I suspect its one of your favorite hobbies.

Norman_Castle

prowla wrote: »

I'm still struggling to figure out why the normal position a cyclist should be in is called the secondary position and the one they move to because of some obstacle or hazard is called the primary position, though.

The first choice for a cyclist is the centre of the lane, hence primary position. Cyclists move to the secondary position to allow easier overtaking. Its their second choice hence secondary. Cyclists will move back into the primary position if they feel it is safer for them.

On busy roads cyclists will spend most of their time in the secondary position to accommodate motorists. On quiet rods they will be in the primary position as there are no other vehicles to accommodate.

esuhl

prowla wrote: »

To clarify, I meant that I leave enough space so that if they wobble they don't scratch my car...

Then you should have said that.

But even so, such driving would fall below the standard required to be considered competent.

You need to leave to more room, and be more concerned about being found guilty of dangerous driving (or worse) than your paintwork.

custardy

https://twitter.com/Trafficwmp/status/782230222003462144

#Closepass Op Lawley Middleway, 16 offenders, 2 prosecuted, 14 immediate educational inputs. 2 walking home, no tax/insurance #addedvalue

Reading the tweets. All people pulled for close passes had an empty lane on the other side.

silverwhistle

Interesting. The percentage without tax or insurance on that sample was 12.5% as against a national average which I believe is less than 5%, but with hotspots of up to 8/10%.

Looks like dodgy attitudes to the law is mirrored in dodgy driving too.