evening all,
This morning at 0630 i left work to drive home. As i drove on a straight road i noticed 3 cars approaching me from the opposite direction travelling at a slow speed. Concerned as to why they were going so slow, i slowed down. As i got closer to them i saw a cyclist on the road in front of them.
He was dressed in black - all over and his helmet seemed to be predominantly black with white flashes - even the bike was a dark colour. But you have to give the car drivers credit for being careful about overtaking the cyclist. As i drove past i noticed he had a rear red light but no front light. It was dark (proper dark not dusk etc) and it was wet and drizzly at the time.
I drove on and about 1/2 mile later i got stuck behind two articulated lorries. I was not enjoying the drive! I had an opportunity to safely overtake the first lorry and was about to when i thought - What if there is another cyclist without any front light and dressed in black coming the other way? I did not overtake.
This got me thinking about the madness of the guy on the bike - how did he see where he was going? He gave motorists no chance on A roads and he is lucky (providing me made it to his destination).
Bit of a shocker - imagine safely overtaking a vehicle and having a head-on collision with a cyclist who you did not see and had no chance to see.
Richard
This morning at 0630 i left work to drive home. As i drove on a straight road i noticed 3 cars approaching me from the opposite direction travelling at a slow speed. Concerned as to why they were going so slow, i slowed down. As i got closer to them i saw a cyclist on the road in front of them.
He was dressed in black - all over and his helmet seemed to be predominantly black with white flashes - even the bike was a dark colour. But you have to give the car drivers credit for being careful about overtaking the cyclist. As i drove past i noticed he had a rear red light but no front light. It was dark (proper dark not dusk etc) and it was wet and drizzly at the time.
I drove on and about 1/2 mile later i got stuck behind two articulated lorries. I was not enjoying the drive! I had an opportunity to safely overtake the first lorry and was about to when i thought - What if there is another cyclist without any front light and dressed in black coming the other way? I did not overtake.
This got me thinking about the madness of the guy on the bike - how did he see where he was going? He gave motorists no chance on A roads and he is lucky (providing me made it to his destination).
Bit of a shocker - imagine safely overtaking a vehicle and having a head-on collision with a cyclist who you did not see and had no chance to see.
Richard
