195 replies to this topic

[creakyjaws5533]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

[sonikk4]

Gentlemen you all have valid points being made here but to imply somebody is an idiot then sorry you are stepping over the line. Please keep it polite and on track.

[creakyjaws5533]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an uneducated person putting others lifes at risk

[mk3 Cooper S]

 

 

 

 

 

if you are on a narrow road you cannot overtake a single cyclists safely full stop so we ride two abreast to discourage cars from overtaking us dangerously as there isnt the space for them to do so at all

More fool you for that attitude as it isnt the car driver that will come of worse.
 
You can overtake easily with 400 bhp

I think this statement just backs up the title of this thread.

And you have passed your test how many years exactly?

doesn't matter if he has past he can spot an idiot quite cleary

 

And that makes any difference how? 

 

I understand that you have not passed you UK driving test so therefore your experience of driving a car on the road is zero?

Edited by mk3 Cooper S, 05 March 2014 - 12:54 PM.

[mk3 Cooper S]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!

 

It is not me that has admitted riding two abreast where not legal to discourage overtaking- That is putting your own life at risk

Edited by mk3 Cooper S, 05 March 2014 - 12:56 PM.

[creakyjaws5533]

If you ride in single file the overtaking car does not need to cross onto the oncoming side of the road and is therfore ultimatley safer.
 
It is irrelivent how I drive or what I drive but you can state what is right and wrong and not take the law into account on a public forum.
 
I suggest when you have 30 years of roadcraft and driving experience you will know that the number one rule is not to place yourself in a vulnerable position.
 
It is called defensive riding, taught to b
e by the police motorcycle trainer

its does need to cross the line if it is overtaking that statement implies you don't drive safely

There is a time and place. I drive safely on the road

sounds as if you drive like a young chav wuth the statements you are making

Nothing Chavvy about me
 
Sounds like you ride in accordance to the UK law with the statements you are making

I do cycle safely and in accordance with the law apart from one subsection which in practice isnt practical to do

[HarrysMini]

 

 

 

 

 

 

if you are on a narrow road you cannot overtake a single cyclists safely full stop so we ride two abreast to discourage cars from overtaking us dangerously as there isnt the space for them to do so at all

More fool you for that attitude as it isnt the car driver that will come of worse.
 
You can overtake easily with 400 bhp

I think this statement just backs up the title of this thread.

And you have passed your test how many years exactly?

doesn't matter if he has past he can spot an idiot quite cleary

 

And that makes any difference how? 

 

I understand that you have not passed you UK driving test so therefore your experience of driving a car on the road in zero?

 

Maybe not, but I still understand what is safe driving and what is not. 

 

Squeezing past a cyclist on a bend without leaving enough space just because you have 400 bhp and think you can get past is certainly not safe driving.

[creakyjaws5533]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!

like 400bhp I can overtake anywhere or I can overtake without crossing the white line safely not exactly the law is it

[mk3 Cooper S]

 

 

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!

like 400bhp I can overtake anywhere or I can overtake without crossing the white line safely not exactly the law is it

 

Incorrect statement. I can overtake on a dual carrageway with wide lanes without crossing the white line (where bikes should be single file)

 

I did not state I could overtake anywhere. But I can according to the road markings and when it is safe to do so.

[firstforward]

 

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!

 

It is not me that has admitted riding two abreast where not legal to discourage overtaking- That is putting your own life at risk

 

 

If you are prepared to ride 2 abreast in a situation when you clearly you should not then that is asking for trouble, it just seems some cyclists feel they are above the law.

[mk3 Cooper S]

Most of the Highway Code is not actually law. just advisory.

It is what the insurance companies and courts and coroner quote, "He / she was riding in accordance with the highway code !"

Edited by mk3 Cooper S, 05 March 2014 - 01:08 PM.

[creakyjaws5533]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!
 
It is not me that has admitted riding two abreast where not legal to discourage overtaking- That is putting your own life at risk

 
If you are prepared to ride 2 abreast in a situation when you clearly you should not then that is asking for trouble, it just seems some cyclists feel they are above the law.

even in that situation a car shouldn't be overtaking them as if its unsafe to over take two it will still be unsafe to overtake a single cyclists

[mk3 Cooper S]

 

 

 

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!
 
It is not me that has admitted riding two abreast where not legal to discourage overtaking- That is putting your own life at risk

 
If you are prepared to ride 2 abreast in a situation when you clearly you should not then that is asking for trouble, it just seems some cyclists feel they are above the law.

even in that situation a car shouldn't be overtaking them as if its unsafe to over take two it will still be unsafe to overtake a single cyclists

 

It's a jungle out there !!!! Keep safe and please try to avoid putting yourself in vulnerable positions- even if you think it is correct.

[creakyjaws5533]

Because you keep making stupid statements which sounds makes you as if you drive like an idiot putting others lifes at risk

What stupid statements - Like the UK law!!!
 
It is not me that has admitted riding two abreast where not legal to discourage overtaking- That is putting your own life at risk

 
If you are prepared to ride 2 abreast in a situation when you clearly you should not then that is asking for trouble, it just seems some cyclists feel they are above the law.

even in that situation a car shouldn't be overtaking them as if its unsafe to over take two it will still be unsafe to overtake a single cyclists

It's a jungle out there !!!! Keep safe and please try to avoid putting yourself in vulnerable positions- even if you think it is correct.

I do hence not having a crash or minor incident with a car or another in 4 years of riding a bike so I think ill be fine

Edited by creakyjaws5533, 05 March 2014 - 01:16 PM.