Originally Posted by
will dehne
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.
Imagine a road 20ft wide with 10ft hedges and curve after curve after curve- very few straight bits and you just don't hear a car whether it is coming from front or behind.
Our backroads and I reckon there are more cyclists out on them on a Sunday than cars. Whether people get lulled into a false sense of security - I don't know- but unless you ride or drive sensibly- you are an accident waiting to happen.