OT: New driving laws and cyclists etc

And the answer is?

I have encountered several cyclists riding along that bit of road in the wrong direction, sometimes in the middle of the road (not even at the far left side in their direction), so I was always on the look-out for it as a driver. It is very tempting to cycle long it the wrong way, because it's not used much by traffic and it saves a minute or so of walking, but I always avoided doing so. Certainly much quicker than cycling the way the cars have to go.

Toad of Toad hall.

Actually, the driver was Paul Nigel Miley, of the *Toadhall* Group Limited.

You couldn't make it up!

ITYM 'passing at /any/ speed'. ICBA counting the wheel revolutions of the LR to determine its actual speed.

How do you know he hadn't already slowed? What does the Highway Code say about these matters?

My view is that if the third rider had not turned his head to make an offensive gesture, this would have all been a non-event. Again, in my view, the driver was punished for political incorrectness. This extract from a local paper gives a clue:

"A driver who injured a cyclist has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after he was caught on helmet cam knocking her over".

The driver didn't knock her over, and he wasn't punished for dangerous driving.

According to what authority? Even the Northants Police didn't quote any.

Note that the Northampton Police article contains some howlers.

One such, early on. claims a 'reckless overtaking manoeuvre'. Another is 'forced his way past'. The claim that the cyclist fell off her bike due to the LR passing is very doubtful at best.

Half of the article is a puff-piece for the police.

He hadn't stopped until they passed him on that narrow road, which would have been the action of a driver taking due care and consideration for other road users.

What does the Highway Code say

In this case, it is about what the law says and that says that driving without due care and consideration for other road users is an offence.

Which only shows that you can't rely upon newspaper reports for facts.

Especially red traffic lights!

Around my way there is stretch of road which is one way (uphill) for cars but two way for cyclists (in the designated cycle lane). Cyclists tend to ignore the cycle lane and use the full width of the road for their death wish downhill journey.

What was the speed limit on this 'road' then ?

If it was 60mph would you drive at that speed on it?

If it was a single track road with grass growing down the middle of it, blind bends and a steep hump back bridge just around one of the bends would you drive at 60mph because 'that is the speed limit'?

No you wouldn't, although some people round here seem to.

And here, though none of the locals do - its the ones from towns judging by the number of accidents and insurance details. Stone walls, tractors, forage harvesters and the like are more than a match for the average car or 'SUV'.

Rather proves the point that being within the speed limit does not mean that you are travelling too fast.

You drive to the visibility.

Leaving one and a half metres (or in English, fifty-nine inches) is simply not possible on that road.

It's come to something when failing to do the impossible is an offence.

You would think so.

But there are few self-publicised cyclists who go out of their way to find trouble and habitually over-react when they encounter (or provoke) it.

YouTube is full of it.

So are they.

Why not the other way round, which is essentially what happened?

JNugent <jennings& snipped-for-privacy@fastmail.fm wrote: [...]

We call them 'road-lice'.

Yes you can, (unclipping should be almost unconscious). In what way does putting your foot down show you in control of a moving vehicle, can you put your foot down in a car?

Might be the Covid. I have just tested positive:-)