close pass EX07LBL sorry mate, I couldn't be bothered looking

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[@adamy8941]

Well that was close! 🤦🏻

[@Jeff-gm3qz]

We've only your word you were signalling.

[@Ehelifecycle]

18 comments Avatar vthejk | 130 posts | 1 week ago 0 likes I'll do you one better - I was knocked off my bike in very similar circumstances (as above, but I was further on towards my exit and as witnesses said, the offending motorist accelerated hard right at me). Broke my left shifter, bent the flared handlebar inwards from force of impact and sent me flying. I was lucky to escape with just moderate whiplash injuries but my helmet was cracked. ....and WMP have done absolutely nothing about it, nor made any follow-up communication, three weeks after the incident. Maybe if I had a camera on, they'd see it differently? Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Ride On | 130 posts | 1 week ago 1 like SMIDSY (“Sorry mate, I didn’t see you”) Thanks for the translation. When I first saw it I thought an MGIF was a new model of MG😁 Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Ride On | 130 posts | 1 week ago 1 like We have probably all had a few of these though not all that close. Eek. Totally agree it's going to be the drivers fault for failing to give way. Always worth looking for eye contact with approaching drivers. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar hirsute replied to Ride On | 5560 posts | 1 week ago 6 likes You can do, but just because they might have looked your way is no guarantee of anything. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar TriTaxMan replied to hirsute | 687 posts | 1 week ago 5 likes hirsute wrote: You can do, but just because they might have looked your way is no guarantee of anything. Yep I agree, at roundabouts especially, I've had about an equal number of drivers who have simply not looked on the approach to roundabouts and drivers who have looked me straight in the eye on the approach to a roundabout and pulled out straight in front of me....because cyclist. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar chrisonatrike replied to TriTaxMan | 2369 posts | 1 week ago 2 likes Me too - a couple of my scarier moments from times past were looking at someone approaching on a side road - seeing their face and suddenly realising they were looking but not seeing - no awareness... Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Eton Rifle replied to TriTaxMan | 393 posts | 1 week ago 1 like TriTaxMan wrote: hirsute wrote: You can do, but just because they might have looked your way is no guarantee of anything. Yep I agree, at roundabouts especially, I've had about an equal number of drivers who have simply not looked on the approach to roundabouts and drivers who have looked me straight in the eye on the approach to a roundabout and pulled out straight in front of me....because cyclist. I don't know what your police force is like but the cops do tend to take shit driving on roundabouts quite seriously. Before Avon & Somerset stopped telling us exactly what action they were taking, I had 100% NIPs on drivers pulling out on me while I was on a roundabout with priority. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Eton Rifle replied to hirsute | 393 posts | 1 week ago 3 likes hirsute wrote: You can do, but just because they might have looked your way is no guarantee of anything. Absolutely agree. I was halfway across a mini roundabout when the driver of an Asda delivery van looked right at me, grinned and pulled right out in front of me. I hope he's still grinning when his employer pulls him in to talk about the police action., 🤣🤣🤣 Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Spiregrain replied to Ride On | 32 posts | 1 week ago 2 likes The problem with eye contact is that some drivers will take that as "he's seen me and will give way to my beast" Log In or Register to post comments Avatar eburtthebike | 3152 posts | 1 week ago 12 likes “I’ve not reported it, as last time I did the police never even responded to me,” Ehe added." Then you are just encouraging the police to adopt that behaviour. You should report it, chase it up and demand action. They'll never take crime against cyclists seriously if we just give up reporting blatant breaches of the law. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar STiG911 replied to eburtthebike | 403 posts | 1 week ago 4 likes eburtthebike wrote: “I’ve not reported it, as last time I did the police never even responded to me,” Ehe added." Then you are just encouraging the police to adopt that behaviour. You should report it, chase it up and demand action. They'll never take crime against cyclists seriously if we just give up reporting blatant breaches of the law. ^THIS Log In or Register to post comments Avatar ktache | 4662 posts | 1 week ago 6 likes Skills! One of the reasons I think about wether or not to signal, if they've not bothered to look, not seen you, they ain't going to see you signalling, and you have a few more moments to brake and take avoiding action. It's a form of constant risk assessment, similar to that taught about when I did working at height training. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Cycloid replied to ktache | 233 posts | 1 week ago 2 likes It's always a no win situation for the cyclist. Signal and you sacrifice some control of the bike. Don't signal and the driver uses that as an excuse for whatever he (she) does. Slow down and you are inviting the driver to pull out, speed up and you end up sprinting into the side of the car. It's the BL**DY driver that is at fault! Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Eton Rifle replied to Cycloid | 393 posts | 1 week ago 0 likes Cycloid wrote: It's always a no win situation for the cyclist. Signal and you sacrifice some control of the bike. Don't signal and the driver uses that as an excuse for whatever he (she) does. Slow down and you are inviting the driver to pull out, speed up and you end up sprinting into the side of the car. It's the BL**DY driver that is at fault! Exactly. All a driver has to do is move a finger to indicate, yet it's surprising how many of them can't be arsed to even do that. A cyclist has to remove a hand from a braking / control surface whilst doing so, so the signal may be necessarily brief. Again, it's a driver education issue. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar mdavidford replied to ktache | 3361 posts | 1 week ago 0 likes Although in this case, the signalling's really neither here nor there. Even if they'd been carrying on round the roundabout, the driver should still have waited and then entered in a position behind them once they'd passed, and what they did do would still have been dangerous. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar Velophaart_95 | 263 posts | 1 week ago 5 likes Plan to Stop, Prepare to Go is the advice on approaching junctions/ roundabouts. However, far too many people nowadays don't follow this and expect to go, and carry on, or slam on. It's just poor driving.... this is a perfect example of it. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar nordog | 22 posts | 1 week ago 4 likes Had one similar to that a few years ago, a young woman driver, missed me by around two feet, I actually rode beside her car and lucky for me she was taking the same exit as me, if she turned right I would have under her large black car. Log In or Register to post comments Avatar AlsoSomniloquism replied to nordog | 3171 posts | 1 week ago 3 likes I got knocked off on an island(link is external) about 8 weeks after I started cycling again back in 2017. Turned out they weren't just a SMIDSY but also a SMIDHY as they didn't stop even after Hearing the collision. Luckily bruised ribs and slighlty bent QR was the only damages. The next time I had someone pull out like that it taught me to right turn into their direction rather then try to turn left and managed to avoid a collision.

[@ultimaetsolder]

Don't you understand? Cycling on the road with cars is very dangerous. Driver didn't do it on purpose. He didn't see you. Drivers look for other cars with headlights. Yes you're in the right. What good is that if you're in the hospital or worse.

[@josephfarrugia2350]

If you ca't see other road users, especially vulnerable road users, you should return your driving license immediately.

[@jamiemarshall9262]

Hopefully the driver considers using their eyes in future.

[@raccoonboi969]

Moronic response

[@chalkus]

Don't you understand, whether the dri er did it on purpose or not is irrelevant. They were not drici g with appropriate caution and care for other road users.

[@johnmartinez7440]

Don't you understand? Liking your own comment won't make it any less stupid.