Cycling in the UK - what you should consider before you start

[Tony Scharf]

Well, this goes both ways.  There are ignorant cyclists as well.  You
often see them here not waiting for red lights, or driving the wrong
way down one way streets.  In the down town area, that is just asking
to get hit since there is so much congestion with pedestrians and cars
that it can be very hard to even see someone coming.  Aside from the
bicycle messengers, very few actually wear helmets.

A few years back, I actually got hit by a bicycle while stopped at an
intersection.  It was a T intersection, and the cyclist t-boned me
coming out of an ally while i was waiting for a red light.  The guy
came back to my car, screaming like a mad man, and picked up his bike
and threw it on my hood, denting it pretty well.  I stayed in the car
while this was going on, obviously, and some nearby police 'calmed
him'.  I had to fill out a report so I could get the dent fixed.  Very
scary.



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:47 AM, The Dong <dong at f2s.com> wrote:
> On 17/02/2012 15:43, The Dong wrote:
>>
>> On 17/02/2012 15:00, Tony Scharf wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it really legal for a cyclist to drive down the center of the
>>> street? That just seems unwise at best.
>
>
> To add. It is generally accepted, probably highway code, that cyclists stay
> toward the kerb on roads without cycle provisions, but obviously on roads
> where there is filtered traffic lanes for turning/straight on etc. you can't
> expect a cyclist to not be in the correct lane and have to get off the bike
> at every intersection etc. blah.
>
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