It’s time for another forum cycle/vehicle disagreement

[Simon]

Poor kiddo, that would've stung a bit.

[mik]

I did that aged approximately 7 trying to ride my big sisters bike - which was way too big for me. I was staring down at my feet trying to get them on the pedals properly, and when I looked up there was a parked car about 20mm in front of me. I remember that it hurt.

[V8Granite]

This is how they learn.

Stem to the bellend or stem to the balls, it never ends well.

Dave!

[Gavster]

a) The name of that IG account lol
b) 7.1m followers

[nuttinnew]

It may stop him doing this;



or this;

a) The name of that IG account lol
b) 7.1m followers

[nuttinnew]

[Beany]

Cyclists fault.

For not realising they were following an Audi, so it'd be a coin flip as to whether the driver was a raging cunt who'd selfishly cause problems for everyone around them through their own arrogance and stupidity.

[mik]

Car presumably stops as one of the cyclists ahead of it has an issue?

Regardless - cyclists fault. (Appears to be looking-down to find his clip-in pedals?)

[Ascender]

Yip, cyclist is looking at his feet rather than ahead. Which seems mental given he's in a pack of 3 or 4.

[Jobbo]

All the cyclists should have gone round the car into the cyclists' box - wouldn't have happened then. To be fair, he'd have probably made an aggressive attempt to run them over

[Ascender]

Had the same thought... Those cyclist boxes are very triggering for many drivers!

[mik]

Not a cycle - looks like a nutcracker

[jamcg]

Not a cyclist, but couldn’t think of a better thread to place for judgement. Bin man could have looked, van driver could have had patience.

[Beany]

Imagine approaching an active bin lorry and not thinking "wow, someone might step out from there"

[nuttinnew]

Ouch

"Why you coming fast?"

[Jobbo]

Imagine approaching an active bin lorry and not thinking "wow, someone might step out from there"

The binman was visible - why would the van driver think he would decide to step out into the clear lane where vehicles could pass? Binman was a bit lacking in self-preservation instinct. The van driver wasn't going very fast - he stopped in less than 20ft.

[mik]

Imagine approaching an active bin lorry and not thinking "wow, someone might step out from there"

The binman was visible - why would the van driver think he would decide to step out into the clear lane where vehicles could pass? Binman was a bit lacking in self-preservation instinct. The van driver wasn't going very fast - he stopped in less than 20ft.

The van driver can see that there are workers active - when the bin comes down the worker is going either left or right… this is a good time to be hyper cautious.

[ZedLeg]

My view on stuff like that is how impatient do you have to be to not give the guy a minute to do his job?

Having had someone pull out on me at least once a day all last week, I’m acutely aware of how impatient and oblivious drivers can be.

[Jobbo]

Imagine approaching an active bin lorry and not thinking "wow, someone might step out from there"

The binman was visible - why would the van driver think he would decide to step out into the clear lane where vehicles could pass? Binman was a bit lacking in self-preservation instinct. The van driver wasn't going very fast - he stopped in less than 20ft.

The van driver can see that there are workers active - when the bin comes down the worker is going either left or right… this is a good time to be hyper cautious.

You or I would have, but I'm not sure the van driver was legally at fault here.

[Rich B]

The binman was visible - why would the van driver think he would decide to step out into the clear lane where vehicles could pass? Binman was a bit lacking in self-preservation instinct. The van driver wasn't going very fast - he stopped in less than 20ft.

The van driver can see that there are workers active - when the bin comes down the worker is going either left or right… this is a good time to be hyper cautious.

You or I would have, but I'm not sure the van driver was legally at fault here.

With the pedestrian in the road already, does it not fall into the hierarchy of users for the van to be cautious approaching him?