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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!q35g2000vbi.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <9fe744e6-e820-40c0-ba36-55e93d604b45@q35g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Advice on how to handle a situation Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:56:25 -0800 (PST) References: <3jmtn4d39l5ns3aqd77261jesrsd7pbfl6@4ax.com>  Lines: 39 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.151.152.80 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1233118586 11780 127.0.0.1 (28 Jan 2009 04:56:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:56:26 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: q35g2000vbi.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.151.152.80; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2996 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684146

On Jan 27, 7:32=A0pm, Pete Whelan  wrote: > Mark wrote: > > Hi, > > > Thanks to cyclecraft and reading this NG I feel safer in general on > > the road. =A0However there is one kind of situation that I regularly ge= t > > faced with that I have had no success in mitigating. > > > The problem occurs on many different roads but happens regularly (i.e. > > almost every day). =A0I will try to describe it: > > > The road is a two way road, but not usually particularly wide. =A0There > > are a row of parked cars (or other obstruction) on the other side of > > the road. =A0 I am already abreast of the parked cars when a car/bus > > coming the other way overtakes the line of parked cars, driving > > straight at me on my side of the road, leaving less than 3 feet of > > road for me and sometimes much less. > > > I try to hold road position as long a possible but I eventually feel I > > have to swerve into the gutter (or sometimes up someone's driveway) if > > I am left no room at all. > > > If I was riding in the gutter I could maybe understand this. =A0However > > I take secondary position as long as it is safe to do so. =A0I could > > take primary position but I think the driver would have less chance of > > seeing me since I may be hidden from their view for longer. > > > This situation has also happened when I am turning right!!!! (Yes I do > > indicate and pull out in plenty of time). > > > Constructive advice welcome. > > I've got a nice bright front light running off the SON dynohub - left on > during daylight riding as well. =A0Cars and buses stop when I'm about 50m > or more away

Great! Just blind all the other traffic. You're allowed to, because your form of transport is morally superior.