Wow.. Who got fined then?
But that's exaggeration, he was not "nearly pushed into the gutter". As I pointed out, another cyclist had no bother riding straight through that gap without slowing.
I still maintain that the guy passed far too closely and sadly the reality of what would have happened afterwards (if contact hadn't been made by the cyclist) will remain an unknown. Maybe the video would have captured him mowing down one of the cyclists ahead of the camera bike. Who knows...
I agree the car was too close, but the rest of what you say here is an unnecessary and ridiculous assumption, showing a clear and unjustified bias against drivers.
No it isn't, the only reason for the painted circle is to indicate the give way to the right rule applies. The mini-roundabout law clearly states that the roundabout centre can be crossed at will. Indeed, it often has to be.
Me too, I take command of more road space in these situations, but once again you make an unjustified assumption about the driver. You've judged him from his behaviour after he had been wound up by the cyclist, but we've no idea what he is like normally.
I don't have a bias against drivers of cars at all. I have one and drive it a lot. I've driven over 500 miles in the past two weeks including around parts of London and Birmingham. In fact, until the beginning of this year, it's been my main form of transport for years now. I've had a drivers license for 31 years now and a car for almost all of that. I do however have an intolerance to dangerous road users of any description and that is that.
I don't have one, I try to be fair to both sides. As I've said, that driver was too close and I don't try to defend that.
If there were no dangerous speeds involved, that was probably a wrongful conviction and he should have appealed. A mini-roundabout can be crossed at will, the junction treated like any other when no other vehicles are present.
as an aside - i think people do things in cars (cut each other off, dangerously, scream abuse, show each other obscene signs, bully each other) they wouldnt dream off doing in public as individuals. I thought about thsi recently in calais, as a further aside, while noticing a couple banging teh living daylight out of each other in a car in a public parking area. I've no idea what cuses this - an aura of invincibility? or power? a little man in a very big four wheel drive like that will no doubt feel more powerful than i do in my 1100cc runabout. or the fantasy that they could escape under any corcumstances? or anonymity. To me, though, that was deliberate dangerous driving, which riked possible severe harm to others, and deserved more than a £90 fine
the mini roundabout proposition - it's right up there with fermat's equation, judging by teh discourse on that page. i find putting assis6tance to max and bunnyhoping over the middle is a foolproof formula for upsetting several motorists simultaneously
I don't see how pointing out to someone they nearly killed you can harm driver cyclist relations. Surely the reckless driver in a given case, harmed those relations, and telling them about their recklessness is the least justice and education requires.
But why this gross exaggeration? Just because a driver gets close enough to make a cyclist feel uncomfortable, that doesn't mean they "nearly killed".
If I remember correctly, you are supposed to attempt to make an effort to use painted roundabouts as normal roundabouts where possible. I could probably bother to look this up but in the pub on my iPhone so maybe someone else can clarify.
Yes, it seems that is the case, despite some previous government advice to the contrary. All a bit silly though, since some of ours are impossible to circumnavigate in anything other than a toy pedal car.
A friend told me that when he took his drivers licence in the 90's. I took mine early 80's but what he said it stuck with me and that was exactly it. Cheers for taking the time to look it up!
