Dangerous overtaking

cntl
cntl Posts: 290
edited January 2008 in Commuting chat
Up Chertsey Bridge, of course. I should have been MORE to the right!!! :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3f9GIQ1H4

EDIT: dangerous for the other guy. Well at least he(?) gave me some space :?

Comments

  • DavidTQ
    DavidTQ Posts: 943
    You will be doing them a favour by going further right, you will be denying them the opportunity to make a bloody stupid decision! The driver was completely in the wrong, and being that bit further out will make him think even more before he does it, its a short pinch point and they are better of being held up for 20 seconds than making a mistake they will either regret for the rest of their lives or not survive.
  • I seriously cannot understand why people can be so mind numbingly stupid, overtaking on the brow of a hill AND on such as narrow road - what a knob.

    (s)he are the kind of drivers that would blame others for their own accidents!
  • palinurus
    palinurus Posts: 836
    Just seen the other Chertsey bridge one with the flatbed.

    Holy f*ck! that was really close
  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    Crikey mate! I think if I were riding that I would sit on the very left edge of the right hand tyre track on that road.
  • redjedi
    redjedi Posts: 44
    I would definately be more to the right, especially since you've had near misses there before.

    Don't worry about the inconvenience it may cause the driver behind you, look after number 1 first.
  • Parkey
    Parkey Posts: 303
    redjedi wrote:
    Don't worry about the inconvenience it may cause the driver behind you, look after number 1 first.

    Inconvenience? More often than not they'll be back behind exactly the same car as they were following before you pulled out by the time they stop at the next junction.
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