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I practice advanced driving[1] when cycling, which means taking my lane and making cars move over for me. It helps that I accelerate faster than most cars out o
by tehwalrus 13y ago
I practice advanced driving[1] when cycling, which means taking my lane and making cars move over for me. It helps that I accelerate faster than most cars out of traffic lights and then tuck in to the left past the junction.
(It works almost all the time, just don't ever try it with a London Taxi, they'll kill you.)
[1] http://www.iam.org.uk/ http://www.iam.org.uk/
- Swannie 13y agoRight! Exactly as described in Cyclecraft (http://www.amazon.com/Cyclecraft-Skilled-Cycling-Techniques-Adults/dp/0117020516 http://www.amazon.com/Cyclecraft-Skilled-Cycling-Techniques-...). But some people just ignore your good cycling technique. What often happens is that cars still insist on trying to overtake you navigating junctions when you take your lane, even when there is a) no where for them to go in front of you, as you're keeping pace with traffic, b) doing so endangers you safety, as the pass extremely close, forcing you out of the lane, c) pushes other traffic out of their correct position, as they straddle two lanes. I stopped cycling in London regularly because of the sheer number of incidents like these I'd see - at least one a week, where the car driver just shrugged and sped off.