Near Miss of the Day 336: Driver overtakes as another reverses into cycle lane

alansmurphy wrote:

ChrisB200SX wrote:

alansmurphy wrote:

Oh dear, here I go though, did the rider ever think of applying the brakes?

Oh dear, driver overtakes incredibly dangerously and you choose to highlight what the cyclist could have differently?!

 

99.9% of these I totally agree with the cyclist and in this case I still think the overtaking driver was wrong as they weren't in a position to complete the move or giving enough room (though slightly blinded by seeing 2 lanes as previously mentioned).

 

However, keeping momentum etc. shouldn't be the cyclists primary concern. They were looking to change lanes due to the reversing car and never seemingly thought of just stopping...

One of the issues with the cycle lane then. the driver was not overtaking. the cyclist was a in a different lane and should have given way.

alansmurphy wrote:

Oh dear, here I go though, did the rider ever think of applying the brakes?

Brakes ? Even stopping pedalling for 2 secs would allow him the option to evade behind the passing car.
Should not NEED to do so, but I'll opt for self preservation over "I'm right", although "I'm right" can stretch quite far sometimes.

StuInNorway wrote:

alansmurphy wrote:

Oh dear, here I go though, did the rider ever think of applying the brakes?

Brakes ? Even stopping pedalling for 2 secs would allow him the option to evade behind the passing car.
Should not NEED to do so, but I'll opt for self preservation over "I'm right", although "I'm right" can stretch quite far sometimes.

 

To me that looks like that's pretty much what he did. Obviously the rider was keen to maintain momentum, but certainly did slow enough to tuck in (just!) behind the left rear of the passing car.

The party most 'at fault' was the one reversing onto the road. Not actually illeagal to do so, but not advised either.

Highway Code 201
Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out if you can.

StuInNorway wrote:

alansmurphy wrote:

Oh dear, here I go though, did the rider ever think of applying the brakes?

Brakes ? Even stopping pedalling for 2 secs would allow him the option to evade behind the passing car.
Should not NEED to do so, but I'll opt for self preservation over "I'm right", although "I'm right" can stretch quite far sometimes.

Rider then proceeds to try to pass the car on the inside, not a wise move - once a car passes you you are forgotten, don't put yourself back in danger just to keep your speed up - the cyclist equivalent of the car driver's must get in front.

bikeman01 wrote:

Rider then proceeds to try to pass the car on the inside, not a wise move - once a car passes you you are forgotten, don't put yourself back in danger just to keep your speed up - the cyclist equivalent of the car driver's must get in front.

We call this filtering, personally I do it on the outside, sod the comedy infra

visionset wrote:

bikeman01 wrote:

Rider then proceeds to try to pass the car on the inside, not a wise move - once a car passes you you are forgotten, don't put yourself back in danger just to keep your speed up - the cyclist equivalent of the car driver's must get in front.

We call this filtering, personally I do it on the outside, sod the comedy infra

Me too.

dobbo996 wrote:

visionset wrote:

bikeman01 wrote:

Rider then proceeds to try to pass the car on the inside, not a wise move - once a car passes you you are forgotten, don't put yourself back in danger just to keep your speed up - the cyclist equivalent of the car driver's must get in front.

We call this filtering, personally I do it on the outside, sod the comedy infra

Me too.

You're both wrong.

The traffic was freely moving - he was undertaking.

alansmurphy wrote:

Oh dear, here I go though, did the rider ever think of applying the brakes?

What about the drivers of both cars obeying the law?

The volvo driver has already broken the law with their initial assault of the cyclist, the driver of the black vehicle also commits a criminal act and all you can come out with is about the cyclist applying their brakes!

For one thing they have multiple things going on at the same time, such that it's not easy to make a decision as to what to do, maybe they could have but these things unfold in a few seconds and with those two threats coming one after another the rider took what in some ways is a simpler if not looking like the less safer option.

There is nothing on the rider at all, both drivers should get NIPs as a minimum.