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Tony Raven
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NM wrote on 18/12/2006 11:14 +0100:
> Tony Raven wrote:
>>>
>> Probably already been pointed out but:
>> 143: DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road
>> users. For example
>>
>> * approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * when you would force another vehicle to swerve or slow down
>>
>> 15m is a couple of seconds travel on a bicycle at 15mph.
>>
> Who invented this 15 mph, I can't see it in the original post?
That would be a typical cyclist speed.
>
> Seems the cycle passed the car whilst the car was stopped, passed on
> it's near side, in contravention of the rule quoted above. Also the
> cyclist failed to make himself conspicious as advised in the H.C. and
> positioned himself poorly.
Or that the overtaking of the cyclist was never actually completed. 15m
is about 1 second travel at 30mph to put it in perspective. Could you
overtake while slowing to a stop in one second? If it was the cyclist
should probably have stayed behind but if not then undoing an incomplete
overtaking manoeuvre is better than sitting on the inside or trying to
push your bike backwards.
>
> Makes you wonder why the cyclist wasn't on the pavement where they
> usually are.
>
Is that a pavement pavement or a pavement shared used facility pavement
or a pavement cycle path pavement you are thinking of?
--
Tony
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wildly inaccurate..."
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> Tony Raven wrote:
>>>
>> Probably already been pointed out but:
>> 143: DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road
>> users. For example
>>
>> * approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * ...
>> * when you would force another vehicle to swerve or slow down
>>
>> 15m is a couple of seconds travel on a bicycle at 15mph.
>>
> Who invented this 15 mph, I can't see it in the original post?
That would be a typical cyclist speed.
>
> Seems the cycle passed the car whilst the car was stopped, passed on
> it's near side, in contravention of the rule quoted above. Also the
> cyclist failed to make himself conspicious as advised in the H.C. and
> positioned himself poorly.
Or that the overtaking of the cyclist was never actually completed. 15m
is about 1 second travel at 30mph to put it in perspective. Could you
overtake while slowing to a stop in one second? If it was the cyclist
should probably have stayed behind but if not then undoing an incomplete
overtaking manoeuvre is better than sitting on the inside or trying to
push your bike backwards.
>
> Makes you wonder why the cyclist wasn't on the pavement where they
> usually are.
>
Is that a pavement pavement or a pavement shared used facility pavement
or a pavement cycle path pavement you are thinking of?
--
Tony
"...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least
wildly inaccurate..."
Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy