On 28/09/17 12:21, JNugent wrote:
On 28/09/2017 08:42, TMS320 wrote:
On 27/09/17 15:10, JNugent wrote:

6. The cyclist broke the law (what a shock!) by failing to comply
with a give-way sign and carriageway marking.

What law?

Te Road Traffic ACts.

OK. I haven't noticed the Highway Code pointing to references before.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2...lation/16/made
"No vehicle shall cross the transverse line shown in diagram 1003 nearer
to the major road at the side of which that line is placed, or if that
line is not clearly visible, enter that major road, so as to be likely
to endanger the driver of or any passenger in any other vehicle or to
cause that driver to change the speed or course of his vehicle in order
to avoid an accident."

In other words, anybody that has ever taken a wheeled vehicle on the
road has broken this law. I wonder what the penalty is and whether
anybody has *ever* been successfully prosecuted for it when a crash has
not occurred.

At least the Highway Code is pragmatic about it and accepts that people
(not just on bicycles) pull out and instructs that allowances should be
made.

It doesn't surprise anyone to hear that cyclists don't know that it
is compulsory to cede priority at such points.

The taxi driver was first up with the abuse by sounding the horn
incorrectly and unnecessarily. Then the silly driver decided to
stop for a chat.

Not the issue at all. The cyclist's typically arrogant
faiulure/refusal to obey the law is the issue.

It is the issue. Read the thread title. The driver put it on himself: he
did not need to hoot and he did not need to stop for a chat. He would
not have had it been another motor vehicle.

It was a perfectly routine and straightfoward situation.

Unfortunately, that is more true than false. It is very common for
cyclists to break the law.

But fortunately cyclist behaviour rarely endangers others.

Most people just carry on and don't worry about it.