marcfr Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 This goes out to the idiot driver who decided to overtake a car on the stretch of road between Kloofzicht and Avianto where there is no shoulder on either side, last Sunday morning.The driver was overtaking at speed with one hand on the steering wheel while the other hand was busy pulling signs at me, oh and the vehicle did have two bikes mounted on the roof rack so I assume you are a cyclist! Chill dude, it is a Sunday, it literally would have taken less than 2 SECONDS to wait until you had driven past and then overtaken. There were no other cyclists behind me. I was cycling well on the left of the road as I was previously hit by a car travelling in the opposite direction and spent two weeks in ICU so I am rather careful, Anyway I hope the 2 seconds you saved made a difference to where ever you were going.
Paul Ruinaard Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Which is why i have a 900 lumen front flasher on my bars as well as 300 lumen rear and why i ride with them on in bright sunshine.
bikebloke Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Which is why i have a 900 lumen front flasher on my bars as well as 300 lumen rear and why i ride with them on in bright sunshine. so they can see you more clearly when trying to hit you with their cars ?
J∆kk∆ls Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Which is why i have a 900 lumen front flasher on my bars as well as 300 lumen rear and why i ride with them on in bright sunshine.It is amazing how much respect you get out of driver if you have a front light.
Paul Ruinaard Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 It is amazing how much respect you get out of driver if you have a front light. Seriously, it works. I have seen guys pull out to overtake and then see me and think again. You just need to get their attention. And next time you are driving on the road and see a headlight or tail light on a bicycle just observe how much earlier you notice them.
Mojoman Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 so they can see you more clearly when trying to hit you with their cars ? I recall reading that some drivers get target fixation when they see a bike light...!
Bateleur1 Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Seriously, it works. I have seen guys pull out to overtake and then see me and think again. You just need to get their attention. And next time you are driving on the road and see a headlight or tail light on a bicycle just observe how much earlier you notice them. I hear what you are saying but don't think it would have made any diffs in the above mentioned situation. After all it was not as if the driver did not see oncomming traffic. He was deliberately overtook into oncomming traffic and took the time for some passionate hand signals while doing it.
broncoza Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Read through this post and whilst I agree that motorists should be more vigilant and give way where possible it really makes ones blood boil when as a cyclist you witness total disregard for other road users by cyclists themselves. I refer to this last Saturday in the Cradle at approximately 7:05 on the route back towards the Lion Park just before the second turning circle when a large group of cyclists were totally blocking the lane and most of the oncoming traffic lane. When I approached at a slow speed in a diesel bakkie which is by no means the quietest thing on the road, no attempt was made to ride in a less obtrusive manner, in fact there was a total disregard for me waiting for the group to effectively get out of the way. To crown it all after having squeezed past by having to drive totally in the path of on coming traffic, I get flipped the bird. Name and Shame I say - Road Cover you were all in club strip; it is a very poor reflection both to yourselves and your sponsor
Paul Ruinaard Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Oh no, Road Cover again!Will it not just be a matter of time before Road Cover becomes Road Cover ?
EmJayZA Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I have a theory that motor vehicles are mad machines and turn everyone into angry lunatics when driven, cyclist or not. Think most people need take a chill pill. Read through this post and whilst I agree that motorists should be more vigilant and give way where possible it really makes ones blood boil when as a cyclist you witness total disregard for other road users by cyclists themselves. I refer to this last Saturday in the Cradle at approximately 7:05 on the route back towards the Lion Park just before the second turning circle when a large group of cyclists were totally blocking the lane and most of the oncoming traffic lane. When I approached at a slow speed in a diesel bakkie which is by no means the quietest thing on the road, no attempt was made to ride in a less obtrusive manner, in fact there was a total disregard for me waiting for the group to effectively get out of the way. To crown it all after having squeezed past by having to drive totally in the path of on coming traffic, I get flipped the bird. Name and Shame I say - Road Cover you were all in club strip; it is a very poor reflection both to yourselves and your sponsor The Cradle has been crazy the past few weekends with a few very big clubs riding in massive bunches (Cyclelab, Club 100, Northcliff Cycles to name a few). I had the same experience with Cyclelab as well. To pass them, I had to ride into the oncoming traffic lane. To top it of, Cyclelab also a few weeks ago caught me as I was riding behind a slow truck while turning around a traffic circle and I got swept up in their group. Their blatant disregard for the safety of other road users is directly proportional to the number of riders in the pack.
Sepia Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Think most people need take a chill pill. Their blatant disregard for the safety of other road users is directly proportional to the number of riders in the pack. True this. See it all the time. One of the reasons I ride alone. Guys in the bunch become invincible, competitive and tunnel visioned while riding. Hell, you have to be to ride in the bunch. It is just racing.
nathrix Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 There are many people who are very considerate towards cyclists, but also many who are total dicks. As per OP's post, happened twice to us this past weekend while cycling behind each other, there were five of us. If the car he/she overtook had to swerve for some or other reason, we would have been goners. Wait for 5 seconds instead of putting 5 cyclists lives at risk.
rudi-h Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 This goes out to the idiot driver who decided to overtake a car on the stretch of road between Kloofzicht and Avianto where there is no shoulder on either side, last Sunday morning.The driver was overtaking at speed with one hand on the steering wheel while the other hand was busy pulling signs at me, oh and the vehicle did have two bikes mounted on the roof rack so I assume you are a cyclist! Chill dude, it is a Sunday, it literally would have taken less than 2 SECONDS to wait until you had driven past and then overtaken. There were no other cyclists behind me. I was cycling well on the left of the road as I was previously hit by a car travelling in the opposite direction and spent two weeks in ICU so I am rather careful, Anyway I hope the 2 seconds you saved made a difference to where ever you were going. I stopped riding there 4 years ago exactly for that reason, i.e. the road not having a shoulder... There's enough road at the cradle with a shoulder that you can avoid the dodgy bits. Safe cycling is in many ways a choice, not an action.
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