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Bickering about bicycles, now with occasional tips about motorised vehicles
ev4n:
To be fair, sometimes larger vehicles DO need to give a ton of room when they drive by a cyclist. A dumptruck travelling at 50mph/80kph generates a strong enough gust to endanger the life of a cyclist if they pass too closely.
Carl-E:
Yes, of course. But I'm talking in town, cars, barely doing 30. The occasional minivan or pickup truck, but nothing that needs too give me that much space - certainly not to the point of endangering others!
Barmymoo:
I think often they're making a point - "look how far I have to swerve to get past you, you selfish *****!". Anyone genuinely concerned about safety would either pass safely, or drive slowly til the road is wide enough to do so.
ev4n:
Agree, Carl, just making the point in case any didn't know.
Also, I frequently get caught behind slow-moving farm equipment, and yes, everyone gets annoyed, but nobody seems to infer that it's their god-given right to pass immediately, with no thought of slowing down or gauging oncoming traffic. But replace the farm equipment with a bicycle, and people's thoughts and emotions are often very different.
GarandMarine:
Gah. So car repairs. I have a savings account for this, but a $1200 hit is never fun to take.
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