py_megapixel
Established Member
As I'm aware quite a number of members of this forum enjoy cycling, including as a mode of transport and for leisure, so I thought a thread about it might be nice. So, what are some of the most frustrating, pleasing, enjoyable, or just interesting experiences you've had on the road?
I'll start with a particular route I do often. It involves a right turn from the high street into a residential road. The sightlines are excellent as both roads are dead straight for several hundred metres in each direction. Usually there is steady flow of oncoming traffic which requires me to stop before making the right turn so I signal a reasonable time before the turn and start to slow down and pull towards the centre of the road. The odd thing here is that, no matter how hard I try to communicate, drivers never seem to slow down behind me, which leads to them becoming annoyed when I have to stop and, in one case, almost causing a collision.
In the hundreds of other right turns I've done I've never had this problem, so I can't work out what I'm doing wrong!
Note: I don't want this thread to just become a place to bash car drivers or inexperienced cyclists, I hope to open an interesting discussion.
I'll start with a particular route I do often. It involves a right turn from the high street into a residential road. The sightlines are excellent as both roads are dead straight for several hundred metres in each direction. Usually there is steady flow of oncoming traffic which requires me to stop before making the right turn so I signal a reasonable time before the turn and start to slow down and pull towards the centre of the road. The odd thing here is that, no matter how hard I try to communicate, drivers never seem to slow down behind me, which leads to them becoming annoyed when I have to stop and, in one case, almost causing a collision.
In the hundreds of other right turns I've done I've never had this problem, so I can't work out what I'm doing wrong!
Note: I don't want this thread to just become a place to bash car drivers or inexperienced cyclists, I hope to open an interesting discussion.