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Originally Posted by Eevo

thats not in the rule book

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In the same way as cyclists going through red lights, riding on pedestrian footpaths, splitting lanes and riding the wrong way up streets is not in the rule book.

Obstructing traffic to do a reverse park may be against the rules, but there ain't a ticket in it.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

In the same way as cyclists going through red lights, riding on pedestrian footpaths, splitting lanes and riding the wrong way up streets is not in the rule book.

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Yes it is in the national road rules. Want me to post up?
Oh, I think they can split lanes now.

Actually I am almost always very tolerant of cyclists, except the other day when he split the lanes, rode to the front of the queue and pulled in front so he could turn right while all the cars behind wanted to go straight ahead had to wait.

Now this thread is making me far less tolerant of cyclists.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Actually I am almost always very tolerant of cyclists, except the other day when he split the lanes, rode to the front of the queue and pulled in front so he could turn right while all the cars behind wanted to go straight ahead had to wait.

Now this thread is making me far less tolerant of cyclists.

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I'd be interested in what should he have done instead?
No doubt the responses will vary from sublime to ridiculous.
Can't wait to read them.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Obstructing traffic to do a reverse park may be against the rules, but there ain't a ticket in it.

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yes there is.

if you do it in your driving test, its an auto fail

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Originally Posted by RHS58

I'd be interested in what should he have done instead?
No doubt the responses will vary from sublime to ridiculous.
Can't wait to read them.

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Is maintaining your place in the queue and turning right from the right hand side of the lane the wrong answer ?:confused:

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Originally Posted by Eevo

yes there is.

if you do it in your driving test, its an auto fail

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Still isn't a ticket in it!

Most people only do their driving test once in 40 years, they therefore have 39 years and 363 days where they can stop in traffic to reverse park as many times as they like.

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Originally Posted by RHS58

I'd be interested in what should he have done instead?
No doubt the responses will vary from sublime to ridiculous.
Can't wait to read them.

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1. He should have ridden his cycle up behind the last motor vehicle in the queue,
2. stopped behind that vehicle indicating his right turn intention with his hand signal.
3. When the lights turned to green and the cars in the lane ahead proceded along the road ahead and off into the horizon he would move forward to the intersection and wait;
4. when the traffic coming the other direction had passed then he could have made his right hand turn.

That way the cars coming up behind could have moved to lane one and continue along the road and not be obstructed by the queue jumping road obstructing cyclist.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

1. He should have ridden his cycle up behind the last motor vehicle in the queue,
2. stopped behind that vehicle indicating his right turn intention with his hand signal.
3. When the lights turned to green and the cars in the lane ahead proceded along the road ahead and off into the horizon he would move forward to the intersection and wait;
4. when the traffic coming the other direction had passed then he could have made his right hand turn.

That way the cars coming up behind could have moved to lane one and continue along the road and not be obstructed by the queue jumping road obstructing cyclist.

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Correct.
Absolutely agree.
He was rude at the least to hold traffic up so.

Although if there was a traffic island could he have snuck up on the right side and waited next to the car at the front of the queue? Wouldn't have impeded your forward progress that way?

Perhaps?

Unfortunately only the road into which he was turning had a traffic island.

I doubt anyone would have minded if he split the lanes and pulled in front of a car that was signalling a right turn.

But he did none of those.