"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Nick Gorham" wrote


Well, as I (and I suspect you) don't know the details of this incident I
can't say. But I know that if when I was riding motorbikes I expected
other road users to look out for my safety, I would not be here now. I
drive a car at the moment, and nothing has changed. Still my
responsibility to look out for my own safety when using a shared road.

Just for a moment consider the "clown" in the car, for all you know Keith
he did nothing wrong, the bike could have fallen in front of him, so now
he (or she) has the moment of killing someone on their hands. More than
one potential victim in this.


You're right that we don't know the details but this guy doesn't get back
home from some legitimate Sunday morning leisure activity is a tragedy in
my book. They do put signs out and, in all the years I've seen it going
on, this is the first time I've heard of any incident.

I live not far from the A14 in Suffolk, and there's a fair bit of this
time-trialling going on there. Although they do put out signs, and they do
space the riders a fair bit apart, it still strikes me as a thoroughly
dangerous thing to do on a fast public road. The worse part is when a
cyclist passes a junction, which, for a car, takes a second or two to pass,
but for the biker, takes a fair bit longer. Cars turning off have to cut in
before or after cyclists and there have been a few accidents. The idea of
mixing slow vulnerable cyclists with fast invulnerable cars seems crazy.
Cyclists and horses aren't allowed on motorways, and there's precious little
difference between a motorway and a fast dual carriageway like the A1 or
A14.

I never see any cyclists on the A14 except for the time-triallers around
Bank Holidays as it's far too dangerous at any other time.

S.


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