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Old May 13th 18, 02:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Moron cyclist causes traffic jam

On 11/05/2018 14:37, Simon Jester wrote:
On Friday, May 11, 2018 at 1:59:30 PM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 11/05/18 09:08, MrCheerful wrote:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/625980...d-traffic-jam/


If it caused a blockage of motor vehicles how come anybody noticed
anything unusual?

Looks like
https://goo.gl/maps/kzMrcWSijRv


Yes, it does appear the initial problem is with motorists thinking they have a 'right' to store their personal possessions on a public highway followed by an arrogant motorist thinking they had priority over a road user who was there by right rather than under licence.

If the SRU was using a SUV this would not happen.

Yes the motorist was at fault initially .

However we all muck-up and a "sorry chief" from the driver or 'a shaken
head and a haughty look' from the cyclist is all that is required to see
motorist chastised and traffic still flowing. But to block the highway
for six minutes, I am afraid the cyclist loses all 'high ground'.

Lot easier for the bike to shuffle two feet to the left than that car
to try and reverse between those parked cars and the curb.

Yes I have tried to drive through a gap which has turned out narrower
that I thought or the oncoming traffic was faster than I thought.
In every case a sheepish look and a shrugged shoulders (saying sorry)
does the trick and there has been no significant tail back or accidents.
And yes I did wish at times, even when in the right, (trying tio guard
the mirrors or oncoming traffic is a lot more confident than you of
getting these two cars through that gap) I could get out and bodily lift
the car two feet one way .

I am a cyclist and driver and yes it annoys me too when on the bike if
a driver treats the road as their own feifdom. But his ton of metal
which can easily top 100 mph is far stronger than your thirty pound bike
that (downhill and with a good wind behind you) can maybe top 40 MPH.
And there are times when you have to be pragmatic and let them away
with a "oi knohead" in their ears rather than holding everyone up.
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