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  • February 8, 2019 at 11:21 am #29355
    OldRidgeback

    I had a really pleasant ride to the station this morning. It started well when a bus driver stopped to let me cross the pedestrian crossing as I cycled up to it, though he didn’t really need to as I was riding not walking. Then when I turned off the main road, a woman in a Jeep hung back rather than cutting in front of me and she stayed behind, even though she could’ve squeezed past.

    I thought I had to mention it. Some drivers do give a shit and do take care.

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  • February 12, 2019 at 3:21 pm #935247
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    montocat

    The Argos van driver who cut

    The Argos van driver who cut straight across my bows this morning in Brighton was very apologetic when I caught him at the lights.

    February 12, 2019 at 1:26 pm #935245
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    PRSboy wrote:
    On a ride at the weekend I approached some horseriders on my bike, gave a cheery ‘Morning!’ so as not to startle the horses when passing.  I moved right into the opposite lane, and a car came into view… no drama, he slowed down to give me time to pass wide and slow, I waved, he waved, and the horseriders waved and thanked everyone.  Almost Utopian!

    My wife and I, in our car, were behind about six or seven cars ‘patiently’ waiting behind two horse riders the other week.  We could just see the top of the riders’ shoulders.  

    ‘Wow!’ said my wife.  ‘Those drivers are being really nice!’

    ‘Hmm, they are, aren’t they…’ I muttered.  

    Eventually, we were at the head of the queue, and all was revealed.  The word ‘POLICE’ on the back of the riders’ hi-viz.  

    February 12, 2019 at 11:53 am #935243
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    PRSboy

    On a ride at the weekend I

    On a ride at the weekend I approached some horseriders on my bike, gave a cheery ‘Morning!’ so as not to startle the horses when passing.  I moved right into the opposite lane, and a car came into view… no drama, he slowed down to give me time to pass wide and slow, I waved, he waved, and the horseriders waved and thanked everyone.  Almost Utopian!

    February 12, 2019 at 11:01 am #935241
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester

    What do you call a driver who

    What do you call a driver who obeys the law?

    A car thief.

    February 12, 2019 at 9:33 am #935239
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    whoishJ

    Narrow B roads are usually

    Narrow B roads are usually quite good for considerate drivers; I’ve had a few occasions where large MPVs or 4x4s have pulled into passing places and waved me through. I’ve had this in Essex/Cambridgshire as well as Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire.

    I always try and give a wave of thanks and a thumbs up!

     

    February 11, 2019 at 6:16 pm #935237
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    Dnnnnnn

    I find almost all drivers at

    I find almost all drivers at least OK but last Thursday’s on Dorset lanes were almost embarrassingly considerate. The number of oncoming drivers who pulled in to let me past, and following ones who waited until there was loads of room to pass was remarkable (at least to my metropolitan mind).

    I did find myself sometimes thinking “on come on, there’s loads of room!” but settled for a cheery wave or a thumbs-up instead.

    February 11, 2019 at 5:48 pm #935235
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    HoarseMann

    and that was me just over a
    and that was me just over a year ago, lovely sunny ride into work, lots of considerate drivers and I thought to myself, things are getting better. Then a mile down the road a white van tries to run me off the road…

    February 11, 2019 at 5:17 pm #935233
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    alansmurphy

    As has been mentioned you

    As has been mentioned you often get a following driver taking the lead of the first; if the first one slows and gives you space the others usually do. You can’t help but be in despair when someone in that chain breaks it though.

     

    I’ll often hold up a hand to the patient ones and even try and move left a little or wave them past around a bend if i can see the road ahead first. Again you feel those seeing this think of you as a fellow commuter rather than “a wanker that’s delaying me”. Also whent hey give you the hazards to thank you for thanking them it makes you feel loved, though a bit socially awkward if you wave again then they do… That’s more of a relationship than i have with my parents! 

    February 11, 2019 at 4:17 pm #935231
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    StuInNorway

    Despite how it feels reading

    Despite how it feels reading the comments on any story in our local paper that even hints at a cyclist, most drivers here are pretty decent.  (Still enough poor ones that I managed to get my own episode on the paper’s “Traffic central” program they ran online a couple of years ago though)
    After a new operator took over the bus services here, there was a marked change in their driving. The old leap frog from bus-stop to bus-stop with busses passing in between each seems to have stopped, they seem to have figured out it’s easier to follow us to the next stop and never see us again. 
    My best experience was heading down a long gentle decline, holding a decent speed, but nothing like the 80km/h limit. As I hear a familiar rumble behind me of a Harley Davidson (one of the local Hells Angels type groups have a club house nearby) which then slowed and sat behind me about 10m back, out towards the centre line. At the roundabout at the bottom this bearded biker in his leathers pulls alongside me and tells me he recognised the 2 drivers in the Audi’s he’d just passed, and knew their driving style, so decided to make sure they couldn’t do an unsafe pass on me.
     

    February 10, 2019 at 9:23 pm #935229
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    Leeroy_Silk

     Hooray! This has to be the

     Hooray! This has to be the most positive thread I’ve read on road.cc in the longest time! 

    This morning I was riding the country lanes on the south side of Birmingham, about to turn left I saw an Ocado delivery truck waiting to turn right into the same road, I was about to wave him through when he flashed me through 1st. He proceeded to follow me at a safe distance until there was room for him to safely overtake, I waved him through then smiled as the passenger lowered his window and stuck his thumb out!

    That simple, friendly gesture made me smile and put me in a good mood for the rest of the day

    February 10, 2019 at 8:36 pm #935227
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    matthewn5

    I have to turn right off a

    I have to turn right off a main road on my way home which leaves me stuck in the middle of the road with my arm out waiting. It’s surprising how often drivers will actually stop to let me turn right. Even black cabs!

    February 8, 2019 at 6:08 pm #935225
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    ooldbaker

    I spent one winter on a bike

    I spent one winter on a bike with only one high gear. I could manage my route to and from my nearest town except one hill which I could never quite get to the very top. I used to ride myself to a standstill then get off, take a couple of minutes to recover then push the last 20m or so.

    One day a young man in a Ford Fiesta with his girlfriend passed me just as I got off my bike and was breathing heavily. He pulled in over the hill got out, grabbed a water bottle, ran back to my side of the hill. He had seen me and had thought I looked in distress. I was perfectly OK by the time he got to me but had to be impressed by his concern.

    I find nearly all drivers who pass me in the countryside away from heavy traffic are very considerate. Also most of those in the towns too.

    It is just that inevitably we remember the bad, shocking ones much more.

    February 8, 2019 at 4:36 pm #935223
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    Jogle

    I’m surprised how considerate
    I’m surprised how considerate some drivers are, especially on narrow roads where most will either pull in and stop or drive half off the tarmac so I can easily pass.

    Some are a little too considerate though. A couple of months ago I was riding along a country road at night and a car came up behind me but just wouldn’t overtake, no matter how slow I was on hills. After about a mile I stopped to have a drink and the driver stopped and explained that he hadn’t been in a rush and so thought that he’d follow and give me more light to see by

    February 8, 2019 at 4:15 pm #935221
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    RMurphy195
    PRSboy wrote:
    When I’m driving, I like to pass cyclists as I would like to be passed myself.  No pressure, hang back, clear signal, pass fully across the centre line.

    I will also reduce speed if passing on a clear road as I know its alarming to be passed at speed.

    Interestingly, I’ve watched other drivers following me, and I’ve found they often ‘copy’ my safe overtake.

    Kudos also to the sports-biker who passed me and my young daughter when we were cycling along a country road… I could hear him coming at speed, but heard him slow right down even though the view was clear and shift up to reduce exhaust noise as he passed.

     

    +1

    February 8, 2019 at 3:43 pm #935219
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    PRSboy

    When I’m driving, I like to

    When I’m driving, I like to pass cyclists as I would like to be passed myself.  No pressure, hang back, clear signal, pass fully across the centre line.

    I will also reduce speed if passing on a clear road as I know its alarming to be passed at speed.

    Interestingly, I’ve watched other drivers following me, and I’ve found they often ‘copy’ my safe overtake.

    Kudos also to the sports-biker who passed me and my young daughter when we were cycling along a country road… I could hear him coming at speed, but heard him slow right down even though the view was clear and shift up to reduce exhaust noise as he passed.

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