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Old March 24th 06, 11:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Richard J. Richard J. is offline
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Default Anti-bike signs on Bendibuses

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Martin Underwood) wrote:


The cyclist shouldn't *be* on the nearside of the vehicle when it
is indicating to turn left. As a car driver I usually pull close
to the kerb when I'm turning left if I've just overtaken a
cyclist, so as to block him making this dangerous manouvre; as a
cyclist I never overtake anything on the driver's blind side!


Other way round IME. The vehicle turning left should not overtake
the cyclist to do so.


Yes, that's Highway Code rule 158.

Worse, they can't even see what they are doing. Any vehicle like
that should not be allowed on the roads.


I assume you mean that once the driver starts a turn, he can't see all
of the vehicle in his mirrors. In what way is a bendy bus different
from an articulated lorry in that regard, or would you ban all of them
too?

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