Why is that a problem?
Just plan your overtake accordingly.
Hence the "wait for a safe and opportune moment to overtake" part.The width of the road is the width of the road and thus common sense should dictate how one should operate. Like when fuck nut car drivers think their side of the road belongs to them. So if they see a car lorry bus tractor wide load coming they just hug that white line.
If a cyclist stays left(not kerb hugging before someone starts) it will give the motorist more room to overtake wider and often earlier. I mean cyclists would prefer to be rid of a vehicle behind yes?
I think this might stem from a position of vulnerability compared to a motorist and 'senses' are heightened when you are atop yer saddle with cars passing. There's one point on roads where I am particularly aware and that is where you have a central refuge often with a green lane at the gutter with a white bike sign. I think the set up is to warn drivers that it isn't particularly a good idea to overtake the cyclist at this point. But there's more than a handful that do! And you can touch the car if you had a mind to as it passes!
I tend to get a bit sensitive about people putting my life in danger, either through ignorance, stupidity or malice (yes some people are deliberately cnuts).I think this might stem from a position of vulnerability compared to a motorist and 'senses' are heightened when you are atop yer saddle with cars passing. There's one point on roads where I am particularly aware and that is where you have a central refuge often with a green lane at the gutter with a white bike sign. I think the set up is to warn drivers that it isn't particularly a good idea to overtake the cyclist at this point. But there's more than a handful that do! And you can touch the car if you had a mind to as it passes!
Hence the "wait for a safe and opportune moment to overtake" part.
I can count on one hand the number of times i've seen drivers give way to other drivers following behind them by "staying left" as you put it.
That's the thing mate, he was pedalling like he was being chased by a pack of wolves, I was casually cruising along 10 yards behind, if he hadn't jumped in like a twat he wouldn't have had to kill himself to keep his ego topped up. The pricks normalised themselves long ago.At least he pushed in front of you and then actually went fast
In conclusion, people are pricks.
You seem very sensitive to people criticising car drivers.Err the safe and opportune moment can come earlier, that was the whole point ya daft donk. God you have a blind side on this. It seems to even mess with your reading comprehension.
The closer a cyclist is to the kerb the more it encourages a poor driver to make a dangerously unsafe overtake. This is where a lot of inexperienced cyclists come unstuck. A driver isn't going to swerve into an oncoming vehicle if they screw up their overtake.The width of the road is the width of the road and thus common sense should dictate how one should operate. Like when fuck nut car drivers think their side of the road belongs to them. So if they see a car lorry bus tractor wide load coming they just hug that white line.
If a cyclist stays left(not kerb hugging before someone starts) it will give the motorist more room to overtake wider and often earlier. I mean cyclists would prefer to be rid of a vehicle behind yes?
As a driver and a cyclist I agree wholeheartedly.So the conclusion seems to be that some cyclists are idiots and some drivers are idiots but drivers are in a vehicle that is more likely to cause harm. Can we all agree on that?