Near Miss of the Day 354: Range Rover buffoon (includes lots of swearing)

nicmason wrote:

So he/she passed them  safely and then needed to turn right over 100 yards up the road and got a mouthful of verbal.  If I'd been in a car would I have been throwing a hissy fit because he dared to overtake and then had to run right. No I'd have braked and waited . And I would have braked a lot earlier than the cyclists .

Its another case of people obsessed about their own journey and not appreciating they are part of traffic.

The driver turning right may not have known how soon the right turn was coming up or any number of reasons for that turn.

 

 

Oh, it's you again.

vonhelmet wrote:

nicmason wrote:

So he/she passed them  safely and then needed to turn right over 100 yards up the road and got a mouthful of verbal.  If I'd been in a car would I have been throwing a hissy fit because he dared to overtake and then had to run right. No I'd have braked and waited . And I would have braked a lot earlier than the cyclists .

Its another case of people obsessed about their own journey and not appreciating they are part of traffic.

The driver turning right may not have known how soon the right turn was coming up or any number of reasons for that turn.

 

 

Oh, it's you again.

And you. Well done.

nicmason wrote:

So he/she passed them  safely and then needed to turn right over 100 yards up the road and got a mouthful of verbal.  If I'd been in a car would I have been throwing a hissy fit because he dared to overtake and then had to run right. No I'd have braked and waited . And I would have braked a lot earlier than the cyclists .

Its another case of people obsessed about their own journey and not appreciating they are part of traffic.

The driver turning right may not have known how soon the right turn was coming up or any number of reasons for that turn.

I think you're losing the plot.

The overtake was excessively fast and a bit too close for comfort - pretty much the opposite behaviour that's required around vulnerable road users. Can you imagine if they'd done that to a horse and rider?

The driver then initiated verbal abuse for no discernible reason - again not what you want from people in charge of a couple of tonnes of speeding metal.

And yes, I agree that the driver was most likely completely clueless about the layout of the road and how to drive safely and responsibly on it.

hawkinspeter wrote:

nicmason wrote:

So he/she passed them  safely and then needed to turn right over 100 yards up the road and got a mouthful of verbal.  If I'd been in a car would I have been throwing a hissy fit because he dared to overtake and then had to run right. No I'd have braked and waited . And I would have braked a lot earlier than the cyclists .

Its another case of people obsessed about their own journey and not appreciating they are part of traffic.

The driver turning right may not have known how soon the right turn was coming up or any number of reasons for that turn.

I think you're losing the plot.

The overtake was excessively fast and a bit too close for comfort - pretty much the opposite behaviour that's required around vulnerable road users. Can you imagine if they'd done that to a horse and rider?

The driver then initiated verbal abuse for no discernible reason - again not what you want from people in charge of a couple of tonnes of speeding metal.

And yes, I agree that the driver was most likely completely clueless about the layout of the road and how to drive safely and responsibly on it.

fast but not close at all.

You drive slowly past a horse and rider because of the horse.

You may find if you drive down a road you've never driven down before you'll be fairly cluseles about the exact layout.

nicmason wrote:

fast but not close at all.

You drive slowly past a horse and rider because of the horse.

You may find if you drive down a road you've never driven down before you'll be fairly cluseles about the exact layout.

Of course it was close - the car was still in the same lane as the riders on a narrow road.

So you slow down for horses, but not for humans?

If you're clueless about a road's layout, the last thing you do is keep your foot in.

If you're going to come and troll a cycling website, at least come up with some reasonable arguments.

By the way, I spent yesterday testing my racecar at a circuit, so I'm not anti car. I'm anti selfish driving that puts other people in danger.

srchar wrote:

nicmason wrote:

fast but not close at all.

You drive slowly past a horse and rider because of the horse.

You may find if you drive down a road you've never driven down before you'll be fairly cluseles about the exact layout.

Of course it was close - the car was still in the same lane as the riders on a narrow road.

So you slow down for horses, but not for humans?

If you're clueless about a road's layout, the last thing you do is keep your foot in.

If you're going to come and troll a cycling website, at least come up with some reasonable arguments.

By the way, I spent yesterday testing my racecar at a circuit, so I'm not anti car. I'm anti selfish driving that puts other people in danger.

Not trolling but you may be amazed to findthere's more than one point a view. And btw I do ride a bicycle.

And "testing your racecar" oooh get you.

nicmason wrote:

Not trolling but you may be amazed to findthere's more than one point a view. And btw I do ride a bicycle.

And "testing your racecar" oooh get you.

I appreciate there's more than one point of view, it's just that your point of view values animals above people and forgives dangerous driving due to unfamiliarity with the road. This is why you are being ridiculed. This bicycle riding of yours - it's once a year, in Centerparcs, yes? Because I don't see how you can ride a bike on the roads and think this driving is fine.

By the way, racing costs less per annum than running a Range Rover, in my reasonably cheap series at least. It provides bigger thrills in an environment where everyone is aware of the danger. I wish more people would race, or even do track days - they wouldn't then feel the need to treat utility driving as a race, putting other people at risk.

srchar wrote:

nicmason wrote:

Not trolling but you may be amazed to findthere's more than one point a view. And btw I do ride a bicycle.

And "testing your racecar" oooh get you.

I appreciate there's more than one point of view, it's just that your point of view values animals above people and forgives dangerous driving due to unfamiliarity with the road. This is why you are being ridiculed. This bicycle riding of yours - it's once a year, in Centerparcs, yes? Because I don't see how you can ride a bike on the roads and think this driving is fine.

By the way, racing costs less per annum than running a Range Rover, in my reasonably cheap series at least. It provides bigger thrills in an environment where everyone is aware of the danger. I wish more people would race, or even do track days - they wouldn't then feel the need to treat utility driving as a race, putting other people at risk.

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