martine wrote:Probably not is the quick answer
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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?
I'm not sure it merits getting annoyed, but I also find it somewhat irritating.
On one hand I acknowledge their wish to avoid getting held up when they could make better progress by filtering, but I wish they wouldn't be quite so pushy about it, to the extent that they 'force' you to move left for them. I think it's a bit cheeky,
and they are likely to be increasing the risk to themselves. Given their higher degree of vulnerability relative to vehicle drivers, I think they're sometimes too careless regarding their own safety.
Having said that, I will of course continue to make every effort to protect their safety whatever they do, (Hello, Nick
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) but a bit more restraint on their part would not come amiss.
In the event of a collision between a pushy two wheeler filtering, and an oncoming vehicle like yourself who (perish the thought) didn't see them, or saw them and refused to move left, who would be principally to blame?
Best wishes all,
Dave.