No, i have the same rights as just about anyone on the road. Just because i dont have the top speed of cars, motorbikes, doesn't give me less rights.
I was well within my rights to overtake, i broke no laws by doing this. Im well within the law to over take aswell.
I saw him pull out so instead of just braking hard and sitting behind him i just went around him. Just as if i had pulled out a car would have gone around me.
Do you know the speed at which a bicycle has to be doing under, before you can over take legally when the road stops you from doing so(double white lines in the middle, or broken white lines for the other side of the road)
Now, if we go by this alot of cars break the law, but i was within my rights to overtake him! He was going quite slow, slower then a tractor would have, and if a slower vehicle had been doing that speed you would have just gone around him.
The time when i went past the woman and tapped on the back of her car i was filtering, technically, so get infront of traffic. This is something alot of motorcyclist do and im sure you have done in traffic aswell.
At narrow sections of the road i will move out. If you would like to read cycle craft, which IIRC the government helped to write, it advises you to do this.
You do this so you dont get some idiot trying to squeeze past you at the last moment. Im sure you will have had this, being a cyclist yourself?
Now, im not the best cyclist, and probably not the safest on the road, but ive cycled in quite a few places in England and done many miles in England, ive also cycled in Wales, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Chek Republik.
I can shift at speed if i so wish. No, i do not wear a hi-vis vest. Personally, i see them as un-needed. My club cycling kit is Yellow, Green and black. This makes you stick out wonderfully. At night i have a very bright rear light, with two other rear lights which are not so bright and one light on my helmet. On the front of the bike i have two quite bright lights plus one light on my helmet.
The helmet lights are the best for riding in traffic at night i find. Stop people who are pulling out from side roads, whos view is blocked by cars see me in the dark. The hi-vis wont work then. The reflective stripes only work when the light is shone on them.
Oh, and i dont overtake at any opportunity. I quite often just sit behind and wait for the traffic ahead to go.
Ok? :roll:
