trashbat wrote:I am always grateful to those who do move, and show my thanks; however the manoeuvre is committed to on the presumption that no such accommodation will be made. I imagine that most of my two wheeled companions would agree. Thus I feel that the assumption in the OP is on your part, not the other road user.
trashbat wrote:...However there is no obligation for you to do so, and we will get past safely without it.
martine wrote:Just to be clear I'm talking about cyclists coming towards me going off-side to overtake queued traffic. The cyclists and motorcyclists I met this morning were not passing safely in my opinion.
kfae8959 wrote:...I make sure I've got somewhere to land before I take off, just as I would with any overtake. I'm not sure I'd be annoyed in your position, but I would be concerned for the safety of the solos!
martine wrote:I suppose my question is: Should I move to the nearside and thereby encourage them to pass unsafely (IMO)?
GJD wrote:Whose safety do you think is being compromised - yours or theirs?
GJD wrote:martine wrote:I suppose my question is: Should I move to the nearside and thereby encourage them to pass unsafely (IMO)?
Whose safety do you think is being compromised - yours or theirs? . . . If it's their safety then I think that has to be their lookout. If they're determined to risk getting squished, the only thing you can really do is make sure that whatever they end up squished against, it isn't you.
martine wrote:Probably not is the quick answer but...
...on a narrowish road with queued traffic opposite direction, I find cyclists and motorcyclists sometimes filter across the centre-line assuming I am going to tuck in left. This morning several times in the same road I felt myself being 'pushed' over to the nearside and even then the gap was too tight to be safe for them and me without slowing considerably.
Half of me says - that's only fair to allow them to make progress but the other half (schizophrenia?) gets a little annoyed and I'm tempted to maintain my position to 'encourage' them not to.
Thoughts?
Horse wrote:Perhaps part of being an 'above-average' driver is actively looking out for others (safeguarding their safety rather than 'observation') without them even realising it's happening? They may 'just' see it as you helping them along.
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