How to pass a slow cyclist

This is how such a difficult manoeuvre is carried out.

https://youtu.be/-EAH_jlfCYI

On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 06:08:57 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote:

This is how such a difficult manoeuvre is carried out.

https://youtu.be/-EAH_jlfCYI

But you must have been delayed for /ages/.

On Sunday, 7 February 2016 14:47:33 UTC, Rob Morley wrote:
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 06:08:57 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote:

This is how such a difficult manoeuvre is carried out.

https://youtu.be/-EAH_jlfCYI

But you must have been delayed for /ages/.

Yes - all of a massive ten seconds.
I had to have a fouled mouth anti-cyclist rant on Twitter afterwards.

On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 06:08:57 -0800 (PST), Alycidon
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx8ngKpbmfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx8ngKpbmfk

On Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 5:19:00 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 06:08:57 -0800 (PST), Alycidon
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:46:30 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

It seems perfectly logical, if a car is supposed to pass a bike
leaving 6ft space no matter what the relative velocities a bike should
surely keep 6ft away from a car when performing a similar maneuver. If
push bike riders feel this is far too much, and it is OK to pass
within inches then the same must be true for a motor vehicle passing a
push bike would it not?

On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 9:58:26 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:46:30 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

It seems perfectly logical, if a car is supposed to pass a bike
leaving 6ft space no matter what the relative velocities a bike should
surely keep 6ft away from a car when performing a similar maneuver. If
push bike riders feel this is far too much, and it is OK to pass
within inches then the same must be true for a motor vehicle passing a
push bike would it not?

So you think the Highway Code does not apply to you.

On 08/02/2016 22:12, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 9:58:26 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:46:30 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

It seems perfectly logical, if a car is supposed to pass a bike
leaving 6ft space no matter what the relative velocities a bike should
surely keep 6ft away from a car when performing a similar maneuver. If
push bike riders feel this is far too much, and it is OK to pass
within inches then the same must be true for a motor vehicle passing a
push bike would it not?

So you think the Highway Code does not apply to you.


Anything over a foot or so is quite enough to satisfy even the HC.

On Monday, 8 February 2016 22:12:06 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 9:58:26 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:46:30 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

It seems perfectly logical, if a car is supposed to pass a bike
leaving 6ft space no matter what the relative velocities a bike should
surely keep 6ft away from a car when performing a similar maneuver. If
push bike riders feel this is far too much, and it is OK to pass
within inches then the same must be true for a motor vehicle passing a
push bike would it not?

So you think the Highway Code does not apply to you.

Highway Code - drivers?

Surely not.

Speeding, parking the wrong way at night, on yellow lines, on zig zags, outside schools, pavement parking, obstructing traffic by inconsiderate parking, driving while drunk, on mobile phones, with no car tax, no licence, no insurance, no MOT, illegal plates, overtaking on double lines, due care, bald tyres, faulty brakes, one eyed monsters, no rear lights, no brake lights, no indicators, fog light abuse, faulty steering, windscreen obscuration, darkly tinted windows, child seat abuse, no seatbelts, insecure load, one way street abuse, amber/red light jumping, cycle box abuse, bus lane abuse, box junction abuse, death by dangerous driving, excess smoke and noise from exhaust, duff suspension, leaking oil, cash for crash fiddles, underage child in front, lights causing glare, over weight limit, ignoring no entry signs, parking without permit, not having control of your vehicle, improper use of horn, using horn at night, no in date photo licence, no licence application after long ban, without prescribed eyewear, failing to stop for police/lollipop/zebra etc - ran out of space.

On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 14:12:04 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 9:58:26 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:46:30 -0800 (PST), Simon Jester
wrote:

Surely you should leave a push bike rider as much room as he gives
you?


Where does the Highway Code say that?

It seems perfectly logical, if a car is supposed to pass a bike
leaving 6ft space no matter what the relative velocities a bike should
surely keep 6ft away from a car when performing a similar maneuver. If
push bike riders feel this is far too much, and it is OK to pass
within inches then the same must be true for a motor vehicle passing a
push bike would it not?

So you think the Highway Code does not apply to you.

Rules are (or should) be made from a logical basis. We are not
discussing about what a rule book says but possibly what it should
say. If a push bike rider _needs_ a 6ft protected space the nit
seems logical that they should leave a 6ft protected space. What is
the point (or practicality) of a motor vehicle having to leave 6ft
clearance when passing a push bike only for the push biker to promptly
ride into that space? The same rule (whatever it might be - 6ft or 6
inches) should apply to both.

Driving in heavy rain today I passed a push biker traveling at 20 MPH
or so. A few hundred yards on traffic was slowed by a HGV. The push
biker rode past me on the left leaving a few inches spare and at
undiminished speed went past the HGV also on the left and with similar
clearance. Shortly afterwards the HGV overtook the push biker -
should he have left the same clearance the push bike rider did
earlier?