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[email protected] · July 18th 10, 09:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Clive) wrote:

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MIG writes
The solution, then, when a lorry pulls up on the right, is to proceed
through the red light before the lorry turns. Or are you one of those
people who think that cyclists should always be in the middle of the
lane, because that's where cars go, and should not let motor vehicles
overtake them?
No, I think that, like other road users, cyclists are responsible
for their own action. It is up to them to take appropriate
action, like passing left turning vehicles on the right and
vice-versa. Where there is doubt then stay behind, in short just
stay safe. It's not my duty to look out for every other road user
and in this neck of the woods, cyclists are few and far between,
but I have driven in London and ridden on the top deck of buses and
quite frankly the behaviour of cyclists there is abysmal.

Why should vehicles that are a danger to other road users (pedestrians as
well as cyclists) be allowed on roads where they are found? Any vehicle
whose driver can't see its near side is in that category.

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Colin Rosenstiel