If they really were 8 abreast (which I doubt)
they would have only been 5 deep so overtake in the other lane like you're supposed to.
( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:28, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Why?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:29, Reply)

When you took your driving lessons did they not tell you that you are supposed to overtake all other road users as if you are overtaking a car
Sounds like you would have had the same problem if it were a slow moving lorry you needed to pass.
( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:31, Reply)

No they didn't, how would that work if I was overtaking a HGV?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:32, Reply)

I'm just going with cyclists in a 8x5 rectangle would take up space similar to a lorry
sorry if I was confusing.
( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:35, Reply)

Not confusing at all, why take up so much road when you're on average only doing 10-15mph
going up hill, it's basic cuntish behaviour, on a hill where there are loads of twists and turns, no more than two abreast was needed
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:39, Reply)

I don't believe that you can fit 8 cyclists abreast in a single carriageway

( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:53, Reply)

So you're saying that not only is he a prick, but he's a liar too?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:55, Reply)

Thats because you're used to cornish roads
anything more than 2 abreast (and only then for over taking each other) is simple disregard for other road users.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 13:03, Reply)

You're right, I have never travelled and all cornish roads are 3ft wide

( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 13:10, Reply)

Apology accepted

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 13:13, Reply)

Rule 163
https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/overtaking-162-to-169

Personally I'd be more than happy to drive straight through a group of cyclists like that, but since the law tells us we can't do that, they should be setting up proper cycle carriageways.
( Kroney, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:33, Reply)

Ta

( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:34, Reply)

Don't thank me, I'd nudge you into a hedge as soon as look at you.

( Kroney, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:37, Reply)

Why?
People we cycling on the roads before car came along, so why can't they coexist? I have no problem with car drivers as long as they don't pull out on me or put me in the hedge. Same should go for car drivers should be fine with cyclists as long as they don't fuck their cars up, pull out on them etc.
( Peej, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:36, Reply)

It's for the safety of cyclists as much as anything.
You're more vulnerable than motorcyclists and don't even have the modest protection of being able to keep up with the traffic. Plus, regardless of whether or not it *should* be possible to get along, we don't. There's no reason why you can't use the road network, but different types of traffic need to be separated. Even the Romans could see that.
( Kroney, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 12:39, Reply)