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Where I live I tend to get eejit hurtling by on the green lanes / woods and then give *me* grief when they startle my dogs!
One of my mates had a major off last year too: he busted his arm and completely wrecked his wrist. That’s affected my confidence a fair bit.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
The main issue I have with cyclists is riding 2 (or more) abreast on 60mph country lanes with blind bends...esp after deaths of both cyclists and motorcyclists this summer caused by such.
I haven't been out on my bike for 3 weeks although there have been days when I should have been - last time was a cold snap 3 weeks ago when I got so bloody cold I thought ok that's it til March
Thankfully she looks daft enough that most cyclists just ignore her, which works fine. I think she just doesn't want to get run over.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
As I said up above somewhere - there was a cyclist and a biker killed this year along with 4 cyclists badly injured when they were riding 3 abreast on a country lane with blind corners and they got plowed into around said blind corner.
Sadly, this little social contract is ignored by many drivers passing cyclists (including me, a non-lycra, casual "for local transport" cyclist) far too closely and being very unaware of road surfaces which means a bicycle needs to be away from the kerb and its unsafe edges. They pass me too fast, too close and seem totally unaware that I might need to move to the right to avoid damaging a wheel in a pothole or even falling off. Equally, too many road cyclists in groups are being a bit bolshie and stay 2 abreast when they could move into single file and let me by safely when I'm driving the car. It's not that they HAVE to, it's that they COULD and don't.
In this way, resentment and lack of tolerance continues to grow between both sides.
When I'm on my motorcycle, I realise I'm a social pariah to everyone except for HGV drivers and then I'm never disappointed!
It's more conspicuous too, so safer to an extent.
Arguing about blind bends is laughable. It's a blind bend, by your own definition you shouldn't be driving in a way that means you can't handle the unknown possibilities around the corner.
Some cyclists are militant about this stuff. When I'm out on a group ride we recognise that our slow speed can be annoying, but that is also our right to be on the road. We try to stay bunched up and where visibility is good we'll single out to let vehicles pass in one move. Where visibility isn't good we'll hold our place until an opportunity does arrive.
Drivers who get pissed off by cyclists need to calm the fuck down. You might get delayed by a few minutes - big deal. Seriously, where are you going in such a hurry? Communicating from a moving car is difficult, so there's no easy way to find out what the cyclists intend, try having some trust and patience.
I agree that consideration is needed in both directions. Cyclists riding 2 abreast is a considerate approach - it's faster, shorter and safer. It's also the recommended approach in the highway code. Switching to single file is not an easy manoeuvre and it takes time, so often a group won't do it for a short opportunity simply because it isn't safe for them.
My point is that people who get frustrated about this need to look at themselves. If you're worried about the cyclists safety, give them the benefit of the doubt that they're doing what they feel is safest. What I saw in this post looked more like anger at being held up, disguised as care for the cyclists.
Just pointing out that it's the hobbyists who are causing the inconvenience to others, and your post suggested a lack of empathy. The driver might well be in a legitimate hurry - you cannot tell.