To an unreasonable motorist whose time is more important than anyone else's, the fact of a slow moving horsebox in front of them makes them see red - I have seen motorists go off pop at vehicles towing horseboxes, hooting, shouting gesticulating and then pulling off some overtaking move that would have shaken the later great Senna. There is a reason why horsebox's have signs on the back asking motorists to drive considerately. The fact that they don't rant in public about it is probably because no one wants anyone to think they don't like animals so they get a special 'pass'. In one of our local rags though there was one tjop who wrote in ranting about learner drivers on quite suburban roads driving too slowly! I agree if the bunch does not make itself thinner on a wide road and it is safe to do so, then they are being inconsiderate prats, but my point is that it still does not give motorists the right to take the law into their own hands and in the great scheme of things the couple of minutes delay in a motorist's life is not going to end their world. Driving like an idiot may well end their's and other peoples. In certain situations where the road is narrow, it can be dangerous to ride single file as the all important motorist will then try and squeeze through in the face of oncoming traffic when there really isn't the room to do so thereby creating an exceptionally dangerous situation in which the cyclist will always be the loser. In this specific situation in my view, it is safer to ride in a group as the motorist will then be forced to slow down and overtake when it is safe to do so. As for the argument 'well what if it is a blind corner or a blind rise', the answer is that the motorist should be driving through said blind corner or blind rise at a speed at which they can safely stop if there is an unseen obstruction. What if that unseen obstruction is a mother with her children in the car who has just broken down and can't get off the road, or a group of cyclists on a quiet road at an early hour?
