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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder1.news.weretis.net!newsfeeder.dynfx.net!weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!feed.xsnews.nl!border-4.ams.xsnews.nl!69.16.177.242.MISMATCH!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe23.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Dangerous driving complaint and response. Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:03:15 +0000 References: <3a30696f-4bca-46fb-87d4-a4c5dac7867a@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com> <6uis19Ff35gnU1@mid.individual.net> <34a4c060-bad6-478e-9a7f-c719f323eb33@z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com>  <6uj19lFfnvl5U1@mid.individual.net> <088cd0f2-72ef-4679-8955-4d8cee962cb8@z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com>  <3416dc25-8a50-4077-b233-f110b6f20de9@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>  <96afac66-fff0-4f4f-9207-d2a6193e0626@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>      <_7udnYRqBqceHhnUnZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d@bt.com> Lines: 15 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <_7udnYRqBqceHhnUnZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d@bt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe23.ams2 1233421404 82.21.204.127 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:03:24 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:03:24 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2670 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:828159

Adam Lea wrote: > "_"  wrote in message > news:SM_gl.5350$aJ3.3356@newsfe23.ams2... >> Now, cue the queue, if you'll excuse the pun. Car stationary or nearly so, >> cyclist moving along the outside. That'd be 25mph ish, wouldn't it? > > Er, no it wouldn't. More like about 15 mph at most. Most utility cyclists > can't maintain 25 mph for any length of time with the exception of going > downhill or a stonking tailwind. > > Fair enough - I've certainly never 'measured' them so I'll happily concede that might be the case. So, is it the suggestion that 15 mph close is okay but 25 isn't? Or is it that a cyclist overtaking close is fine at whatever speed, a car doing the same isn't?