Cars edging out at junctions or to change lanes

Schrodinger's cat

>
> I think we should all carry aerosol-style fog horns, mounted to the
> handle bars. A quick blast from that would let drivers know you're
> there.

Well it certainly works when you hit the horn hard as you pass a cyclist.
;>)

Nuxx Bar

On Jun 10, 9:14*am, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> This happened on London Bridge this morning, middle lane stationary so
> a black cabbie edged out into my lane. I can still undertake and do
> so, then he squeezes past much too close just to get to the jam up
> ahead. Pointless barging and bullying, cars edge out and carry on even
> after they've seen you and know a cyclist is there.
>
> *You're not supposed to pull out unless the road is clear but this
> edging, creeping forward at junctions is getting more common I
> reckon. *Some of the twonks do that dead-ahead blank stare if you
> remonstrate.
>
> "I'm not looking at you, so you can't see me, right!"

Making more things up are we? I hope you're taking every one of your
different pills each day. They're for your own good (and ours).

Ken

"bornfree" <justyouandme@xemaps.com> wrote in message
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> On 10 Jun, 09:14, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> snip
> I think we should all carry aerosol-style fog horns, mounted to the
> handle bars. A quick blast from that would let drivers know you're
> there.

http://stores.biketac.com/-strse-2/...iren/Detail.bok

Highly recommended.

Ken

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Nuxx Bar
<derderderder619@hotmail.com> said in
<7d1cc8ee-8af6-413f-ba0f-ee39fd87a179@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>:

>Making more things up are we?

So you and Spindrift are making things up? I can live with that.
Your fantasies are more delusional than his, though.

Guy
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spindrift <newtyres@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 10, 9:25 am, Jonathan Schneider <j...@jschneider.tenreversed>
> wrote:
> > spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> writes:
> > > You're not supposed to pull out unless the road is clear but this
> > > edging, creeping forward at junctions
> >
> > I find it's not so much the way ahead being unclear but red lights and
> > advance stop lines. It's as if some cars are unable to simply
> > stop. They keep creeping and you get the feeling if they were
> > distracted they might flatten you without even knowing. I really think
> > the plod should come down hard on this.

> I meant junctions, as you filter you come across a car halfway out of
> the junction, blocking the whole lane. This is an offence.

Increasingly, I think we ought to look into giving priority to the left.
As a motorist, I regularly block a lane when turning right out of my
street as the alternative, all too frequently, would be not to go to
work as there are days when the traffic is incessant. Indeed, I often
adopt a similar approach to the right turn out of my street when I'm
cycling.

I also often cede priority to people who are indicating to turn right
out of side roads. I know there are people on here who think this is
foolish and dangerous. I would disagree: I observe what is going on
around me and drive sufficiently cautiously that traffic still flows:
more often than not, within a quarter of a mile or so, I find that I
have caught up with the vehicles ahead.

Cheers,
Luke


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