http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: When you can't get back on the bike en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:24:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16340#post-218670 Tue, 03 May 2016 18:07:48 +0000 jdanielp 218670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat snap :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16340#post-218669 Tue, 03 May 2016 18:07:08 +0000 jdanielp 218669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'For two or three weeks afterwards, he said, his driving was too cautious. His wife would tell him: "You're half way across the road just to miss that bike."'</p> <p>This quote from the driver talking about his wife sums up the attitude of many drivers, as if manoeuvring a vehicle half way across the road to overtake a bike is a mistake rather than being by far the safest way of overtaking... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16340#post-218667 Tue, 03 May 2016 18:05:13 +0000 Arellcat 218667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>For two or three weeks afterwards, he said, his driving was too cautious. His wife would tell him: "You're half way across the road just to miss that bike."</em></p> <p>Only halfway? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16340#post-218662 Tue, 03 May 2016 17:28:31 +0000 stiltskin 218662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36159430" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36159430</a></p> <p>Interesting piece.<br /> (Not victim blaming, but lesson learning.) In the vid he clearly isn't aware of the car until it is too late. Not his fault obvs, but if that was me I would have kicked on to cross the junction before the car go there. </p>