http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Insight into one driver's mind en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:42:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5972#post-63762 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:40:30 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 63762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In my experience there's an abundance of car drivers who seem oblivious to the dangers of blind corners (with or without cyclists) so I guess it's not necessarily so surprising that some drivers don't expect cyclists to be cautious either (not that I want to suggest that your friends fall into that category, obviously).</p> <p>"they have no experience of the challenges the LGV driver faces" - Are you sure you're not the hairy trucker that I thought you might be before I met you...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5972#post-63759 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:13:35 +0000 Greenroofer 63759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am known at work for being relatively enthusiastic about overtaking fellow cyclists when it's safe and legal to do so. Today I was whizzing along the road as is my wont and I came up behind a fellow cyclist. We were close approaching a blindish corner and I was aware of a green car close behind me. I therefore did the sensible thing: waited until the corner was past and the car was past and then moved out to overtake the cyclist.</p> <p>All good.</p> <p>When I got into the office, a colleague mentioned that she had been a passenger in the green car. The driver knew me too. There had apparently been a conversation as they dawdled along behind me and the other bike as we all approached the blind corner, knowing my enthusiasm for overtaking.<br /> <strong>Driver:</strong> "Why isn't [Greenroofer] overtaking that cyclist?"<br /> <strong>Passenger:</strong> "Probably because he's approaching a blind corner and he knows he's got a car right behind him."</p> <p>This apparently hadn't occurred to the driver of the green car, which is interesting.</p> <p>It was an eye-opener for me about how little experience <em>some</em> drivers have of the challenges that cyclists face. It's the exact reverse of cyclists who scoot up the side of LGVs: they have no experience of the challenges the LGV driver faces in seeing what they are up to. </p>