Filtering on dual carriageways

<gerrrrroan>

 

Still a whoooosh, I feel...

I think you should reread Bear's paraphrase.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

When I was 17, some bikers were unbeleivably stupid. It's amazing how
they've come on in the last 22 years. errrr...

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

I /think/ what Bear is saying is that over time his experience has
grown and so fewer drivers catch him unawares these days...

 

I know this has been about filtering but I find this one applies to
overtaking as well. I commute along a mostly NSL single carriageway. As
you close on a group of cars it's easy to spot the one that's going to
pull out for an overtake without looking for the bike behind. It's like
someone else said, bikes don't conform to their set of norms. They
checked their mirror 2 minutes ago, how can anything have caught them
up since then?

I had one **** lovely the other day though. He had been trundling along
with his wheels on the centre white line for ages, looking for a clear
overtake. He was either oblivious to the fact that I wanted to overtake
him, and could have done so easily if he had adopted a normal road
position, or was intentionally blocking me. My money was on the latter.
Anyway, when he did get his chance to overtake I went round him, making
full use of the cycle lane on the other side of the road. Allegedly.

 

It's the subconcious part of your brain recognising a pattern that your
conscious brain hasn't seen yet and giving the nod. There was a story
about fire fighters doing similar stuff a while back that I can't be
arsed to look for.

--
Martin:
"For a minute there, you bored me to death."
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martin dot smith nine zero three at ntlworld dot com

 

Lol. Nicely put.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

<fx: checks Xananews options>

Fuckit!

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"Spidey-sense"

 

That's why I got a Spiderman lid.


--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Or "Kids! Get a good job NOW while you still KNOW EVERYTHING."

 

<snip my nomination for the best on-topic post so far this year>

All I can add, is that the moment I get in a car, I start to
forget that bikes exist. Extrapolating that, I can't expect
the average car driver to even *begin* to remember that bikes
exist. And I try to remember that every single time I go for a
ride.

Other than that, amen, brother Chris, amen.

 

Unless traffic is stationary or crawling I prefer to filter between
two vehicles just as a front to rear bumber gap appears, The real
bugger is two HGV vehicles crawling alongside each other side by side.

 

He might have been intentionally blocking you, but was it for the same
reason you're thinking? If I'm in the car waiting for my chance I
don't want the Johnny-come-lately behind me spoiling it and me having
to sit for another 20 miles behind whatever I'm following. The bloke
was probably thinking "if he's that quick he can take any chance he
wants, so he can hang on while I look for mine".

If they're in a hurry they won't want to sacrafice a chance to let you
past when you can so easily sort yourself out when they're done. If
they're not they may let you past straight off. That's probably how
I'd play it.

 

Come on, honk your horn and it's just like a tunnel that honks back.

 

<gnashes teeth>

Young'un in the office used to repeatedly say this. He's been told
that the argument is lost if he has to resort to it to phrase his
statements, on the premise that if he has to pad it out to make it
sound right then it's pretty light on meaning.

He's not said it for some time now. Still spouts absolute drivel, and
will swear blind about stuff that evidence points to the contrary.
E.g. he maintains that an engine can run backwards. After pointing out
that the cam will probably bend or snap the valve stems, and that even
if the valves worked the piston will be sucking in exhaust, he's still
adamant.

Any more reasons why an engine won't run backwards? It's all come from
the "why do you put the car in reverse/1st when parking on a hill?" and
how does it stop the car from rolling off. At the moment, he's the
most knowledgeable driver without a provisional licence I've ever heard
of.

 

That's something I hadn't considered but I don't /believe/ it was the
case.

 

Two-strokes will run backwards.

Four-strokes will turn backwards but not run.
Of course the cams and valves will not bend.

It's just the air pressure on whichever cylinder is on the compression
stroke that holds a car on a hill. Try taking the spark plugs out
and doing it.

 

<snip lots of stuff that I totally agree with>

I totally agree.