Gonzalez wrote in message <
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>PeterE wrote:
>
>>If you've set follow-ups to uk.rec.cycling, why bother posting it to uk.rec.driving in the first
>>place? (I've restored uk.rec.driving)
>
>I cross posted the message because it has relevance for both groups. I set the follow ups to urc
>because the message has more relevance in that group and any interested urd participant could
>follow the thread there.
If it's relevant in both groups then the replies are too.
>>The answer depends on the width of the road, but broadly would be to slow down rapidly, without
>>panic braking, and move as far to the left as possible.
>
>The road is wide enough for two cars to pass cautiously. Two lorries would have difficulty.
>
>>There's nothing you can do to protect the cyclist if the other car is
going
>>to hit him. All you can do is leave room, if possible, for the other car
to
>>pass safely.
>
>And then what?
>
>Stay behind the child until he reaches a place of safety? Pass the child and stay just ahead? Pull
>alongside the child and shout instructions? Pass the child and ignore his continued danger?
>Something else?
If you're on the LH side of the road, and the child is on the RH side, there's very little
you can do.
Your original message said:
"Driving towards Westbourne on the B2147, high hedges either side of the road, no pavement or grass
verge and on a shallow RH bend I saw a child (perhaps 8 or 9 years old) cycling on the RH side of
the road. A car was coming towards me - and the child!"
If there's a car coming in the opposite direction, as I said, move over as far as possible to the
left to give room for it to pass.
If there's no car coming, then just pass the child and it's not your problem. It's not your duty to
stop and tell every pedestrian or cyclist you pass that they're walking/riding in a potentially
unsafe manner.
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