[nniff]

There is virtually no traffic on the roads and still I’m being close-passed. If people can’t drive safely when there’s nothing except their own vehicle and one bicycle to deal with, how can we expect them to cope in normal circumstances. In the absence of any mitigation, would it not be reasonable to ban anyone who close-passes now for being demonstrably incompetent?

One a day so far, on predominantly rural roads, including a van driver who decided to overtake level with a parked car, a driver forcing her way past on a single track road, a scaffolding lorry driver who couldn’t be bothered to move over at all, etc. It’s worse than my normal daily ride into London.

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[ibr17xvii]

ktache wrote:

Please send it to Sainsburys, their drivers seem to kill too many cyclists.

I went on their website yesterday but the contact us section was a minefield so gave up.

There is an email address customer.services@sainsburys.co.uk that comes up on Google so could give that a whirl.

[ktache]

Please send it to Sainsburys,

Please send it to Sainsburys, their drivers seem to kill too many cyclists.

[ibr17xvii]

Spangly Shiny wrote:

I am of the same opoinion having been close passed at least once on each of my last 3 outings. Cycliq 12 CE price has dropped significantly so mine is due today.

Hopefully you are in an area where the police will take you on.

Unfortunately I’m not but I still have a GoPro for my own safety in case something major happened more than anything else.

[ibr17xvii]

Had another ridiculous pass

Had another ridiculous pass at 0730 yesterday on a dual carriageway by a Sainburys delivery driver who couldn’t be arsed waiting for a car in the outside lane to pass me at the same time so decided to squeeze past.

Bascially motorists don’t give a toss whether it’s lockdown & the roads are quiet or not, if they want to pass they will & stuff the consequences.

I could send the footage to Sainsburys but what’s the point? IME nothing happens anyway.

[Spangly Shiny]

I am of the same opoinion

I am of the same opoinion having been close passed at least once on each of my last 3 outings. Cycliq 12 CE price has dropped significantly so mine is due today.

[Shades]

Got a ‘punishment pass’

Got a ‘punishment pass’ riding through a deserted Corsham, Wiltshire yesterday (Black VW Golf).  Expressed myself with a customary hand signal, driver stopped 50yds further down (must have known what he was doing if he was looking in his mirror) to tell me that “the last c#nt that did that to me; I knocked him off his bike”, and off he went.  Just laughed at him but wish I’d had cameras fitted; wouldn’t have bothered with them but now thinking twice as the speeding motorists are horrendous at the moment.

[Gary's bike channel]

and as you give a thankyou

and as you give a thankyou wave= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaU-77HH6cs

[Run BMC]

Nice! That’s restored my

Nice! That’s restored my faith in Mini drivers!  In my experience, more often than not its the Minis which try and squeeze past, but maybe there’s just a disproportionate number of minis where I live!

[Gary's bike channel]

i had the best pass today, i

i had the best pass today, i think ive ever had. Wide road with no traffic coming the other way, equals mini probably at least three metres away from me. No excuse for coming too close if this guy can do it so well! 

[Run BMC]

At the moment, where I live

At the moment, where I live it seems to be the sudden increase in joggers who are the ones doing the close passes. As my one form of exercise is currently taking the dog for a walk, I’m regularly seeing huffing puffing joggers who don’t budge an inch. 

[David9694]

I’ve been out on one of my

I’ve been out on one of my shorter runs this afternoon, and it was lovely – great to see so many walkers, families out cycling together that at all other times are suppressed by the presence of the car on country roads, going too fast and expecting everything and everyone to get out of their way or not be there in the first place.  The few cars that were out didn’t seem in too much of a hurry, so well done most people for cutting out all those non-essential trips.  

We’re all longing for this crisis to be over – is there any way that we can hold on to what’s been gained here?

[Hirsute]

Yes, in normal times.
Yes, in normal times.
Given the massive reduction in traffic, seems a far easier solution to the problem in the current circumstances.

[Richard D]

I’ve noticed that there is

I’ve noticed that there is now a significant proportion of drivers on the country lanes who – believing that they’re the only ones on them – are using them as practice for rally racing.  Knobs.

[efail]

Our local cycle path,

Our local cycle path, following a by pass, is covered in bags of dog shit. My wife says it needs some bins!

[AfterPeak]

I can’t understand why
I can’t understand why everyone seems to know what the 2 meter social distance is but in a car they can’t work out 1.5 meters.

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