Originally Posted by
stapfam
Been trying to think of a good answer to this. I ride alone and there is only one person to worry about on the ride. All I then have to do is look out for the cars and keep out of their way.
I sometimes ride with my Son-in-law and I find that we can get distracted on the back roads we ride on. Cars are so quiet that they just suddenly appear taking the whole width of the road and if we are riding in double file- even close double file- it can get dangerous.
Mind you- on the "Main" roads in towns all I have to watch out for are cars not noticing me. My awareness of other road users is high in these situations so not many problems do occur but they do happen.
Stapfam,
I do not want to seem a hypocrite. I do bike double file on a straight stretch country road. I expect a car from behind to see us and go around or let us know they are coming.
My complaint in the original post is about the blind LH curve. IMHO that should automatically mean go single file. I am trying here to raise awareness that many cyclist are not automatically go single file in dangerous situations.
Prior to this thread I was not sure what the Law says.
Hopefully this thread adds just a little awareness to those who in principle are law abiding but did not know that (like me).
There are some who in principle flaunt the law. Those folks worry me because I fear they do not know what they are doing.