Thread: Doing the right thing

Yeah pretty easy really.....and doesn't effect your travel time.....I'm betting this thread will get smashed by the anti-cyclist road users.

Civility and courtesy , a winning combination.

As apposed to the other day I was heading to Bright.
There was cyclist just to the left of the edge line, I moved hard up on to the double lines, the cars coming the other way all move to the left of their lane.
Just as I was thinking that this is the way the world should work, the P plater driving the tube tray Patrol on 35s places his right hand wheels across the double lines and gives me the finger as he goes past.

You have to wonder what is going through some peoples head.

Tony

There's a road I travel down quite regularly that is a back road and one of those single lane strips of bitumen with wide dirt shoulders, so when you meet another car, you both have to put 2 wheels in the gravel. It's frequented by cyclists on weekends quite a bit and I always give them the road and get right off the bitumen - I get a kind wave every time.

As those that know me well, my vehicle stands out like dogs balls. So much so that the other week while getting a coffee from my favorite coffee shop, there was a group of cyclists outside in the sun drinking their Saturday post ride coffee as they do. One guy says as I walk past 'You're the guy that pulled right off the road near Wildwood the other week'.

'Guilty as charged' I say with a smile. Next thing I know I've got a free coffee coming my way.

Plenty of room in the world for all travellers of our road network.

Can I just say a big thank you for doing this by giving cyclists 1.5m clearance and for everybody who do the same! I really cant express my appreciation enough. I also wave when somebody gives me a go by crossing to the other side of the road (I live in rural NSW where roads are >80km which is a 1.5m or approx a car width clearance between car/bike). I do the same when I'm out running on the roads and I'm not forced too far into the weeds and broken glass.

I clock up a lot of km's every year in my Triathlon pursuits and there are some absolutely scary moments out on the road. Some of these are intentional, and many of them aren't. What a lot of people also don't realise is that bikes are really susceptible to wind, and the air that comes cars makes the bikes do a big twitch - I've actually been nearly twitched off the bike by a semi on the opposite side of the road - I assume one of the ones that pushes the air around it rather than over it.

This Christmas I already know of 2 cyclists killed in car accidents. It's really nice when everybody can arrive happily, in one piece and without a conscience.

Once again, a big thanks from me too!

Originally Posted by Homestar

There's a road I travel down quite regularly that is a back road and one of those single lane strips of bitumen with wide dirt shoulders, so when you meet another car, you both have to put 2 wheels in the gravel. It's frequented by cyclists on weekends quite a bit and I always give them the road and get right off the bitumen - I get a kind wave every time.

As those that know me well, my vehicle stands out like dogs balls. So much so that the other week while getting a coffee from my favorite coffee shop, there was a group of cyclists outside in the sun drinking their Saturday post ride coffee as they do. One guy says as I walk past 'You're the guy that pulled right off the road near Wildwood the other week'.

'Guilty as charged' I say with a smile. Next thing I know I've got a free coffee coming my way.

Plenty of room in the world for all travellers of our road network.

How good is that! You do remember the good and bad cars. Kudos to them and to you!

Awesome!!! We need more people like you. And thanks from me also

Originally Posted by Homestar

There's a road I travel down quite regularly that is a back road and one of those single lane strips of bitumen with wide dirt shoulders, so when you meet another car, you both have to put 2 wheels in the gravel. It's frequented by cyclists on weekends quite a bit and I always give them the road and get right off the bitumen - I get a kind wave every time.

As those that know me well, my vehicle stands out like dogs balls. So much so that the other week while getting a coffee from my favorite coffee shop, there was a group of cyclists outside in the sun drinking their Saturday post ride coffee as they do. One guy says as I walk past 'You're the guy that pulled right off the road near Wildwood the other week'.

'Guilty as charged' I say with a smile. Next thing I know I've got a free coffee coming my way.

Plenty of room in the world for all travellers of our road network.

If you saw my car you'd know why I have to be one of the good ones. . Company vehicle, very large bright graphics and phone numbers... I've been driving them for 8 years and have yet to have one complaint against me - the company averages 3 complaints a week about the drivers of our vehicles in Melbourne alone (about 60 vehicles)

I used to ride, so always leave as much room as possible, it only added 10 seconds to my trip.

And now I've lost some weight and gained some fitness, I've dusted off the old deadly treadly and have hit the roads myself again recently, although I'm a long way off from doing the sort of KM I used to or enough to get me out on that stretch of road, but who know - one day.