Cyclists stay back! stickers

in =)

1. Bendix
   
2. Poots
   
3. Katy B
   
4. Boffers
   
5. Skydancer
   
6. blowfish
   

1. Bendix
   
2. Poots
   
3. Katy B
   
4. Boffers
   
5. Skydancer
   
6. blowfish
   
7. Tenners
   

Cyclists stay classy bibs list:

1. Bendix
   
2. Poots
   
3. Katy B
   
4. Boffers
   
5. Skydancer
   6.pt
   
6. jimmy james
   
7. blowfish
   
8. Tenners
   
   

:D

How about a jersey with a yellow square on the back with an outline of a truck or car and the words

"Motorists
Take care passing on the right"

Cyclists stay classy bibs list:

1. Bendix
   
2. Poots
   
3. Katy B
   
4. Boffers
   
5. Skydancer
   6.pt
   
6. jimmy james
   
7. blowfish
   
8. Tenners
   
9. charlie_lcc
   

Blind Spot Myth - part 1
There is a lot of talk about blind spots around lorries. There are many diagrams of the hidden areas, many of which are decades out of date or just plain wrong. The area to the front and side of a lorry for a distance of 2 metres should be visible in the overhead mirrors when the lorry is stopped.
When moving, the area a driver can see ahead and in the main mirrors sweeps across all of the road so that it is all visible at some time.

One of the necessary skills of driving is to be aware of all the other people on the road about you. For drivers of large lorries the skill is knowing when to look and knowing when you might have missed something. When stopped in traffic in urban areas the driver should be paying enough attention to pick up movement of cyclists or pedestrians in the nearside mirrors. Or if he/she is distracted by anything then he/she should assume that there is a cyclist or pedestrian in the area hidden from view and pull away very slowly and carefully, checking every mirror repeatedly.

That is not entirely foolproof which is why we lobby for safer lorries with direct vision. However when you hear the evidence drivers give in court it is clear that few of them have an effective strategy for minimising the risk created by the badly designed lorries they have to drive.

Blind Spot Myth - part 2
We often read the blind spots cause crashes, I find that hard to accept. It is similar to saying that obscured corners or hump back bridges cause crashes.

We could do a simple experiment.
While driving or riding down the road pull a paper bag over your head.
Keep going.
If you have a crash consider the possible causes. Is it the cause the paper bag? Is it the cause restricted vision? Or is the cause your decision to keep going when you couldn't see the road ahead?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bq4Sm84IMAACw5Z.jpg

I sat in a skip lorry cab as part of a cycle safety demo by the Police once and was struck by just how good the visibility was. The bike bobbies playing the part of "invisible cyclist" were never out of sight at all.

The instructor said it helped that I'm tall, so perhaps the solution is extra seat cushions for short drivers ;)

Those gigantor motorway lorries are another thing altogether though. I sat in one at a trade show once and it felt like I was looking out of a second floor window.

How about a jersey with a yellow square on the back with an outline of a truck or car and the words

"Motorists
Take care passing on the right"
This.

That is not entirely foolproof which is why we lobby for safer lorries with direct vision. However when you hear the evidence drivers give in court it is clear that few of them have an effective strategy for minimising the risk created by the badly designed lorries they have to drive.

This.

I'd really like a patch for my bag. Might see how much it'd be to get some run up...

Buses with 'stay back' on them?
I've never seen anything so idiotic. Buses stop every few feet, why should you not overtake them?
What's wrong with 'do not pass on the inside'?

How about a jersey with a yellow square on the back with an outline of a truck or car and the words

"Motorists
You'll never pass me so just go back to tuning your radio."

ftfy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bq4Sm84IMAACw5Z.jpg

I love how the cycle lane sign has been clipped in the past so isn't straight. Double points.

'Cyclists Stay Back' stickers give the impression that vehicles are the correct mode of transport on roads and an attempt to shift blame for cyclist deaths away from drivers. This article on the BBC about jaywalking provides an interesting parallel to this debate: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26073797

some twitter waggery:

Not as funny as seeing one of these on the back of a tiny little Escort van ...

'Cyclists Stay Back' stickers give the impression that vehicles are the correct mode of transport on roads and an attempt to shift blame for cyclist deaths away from drivers. This article on the BBC about jaywalking provides an interesting parallel to this debate: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26073797

Interesting to see a reference to Ray Bradbury's The Pedestrian, I've never heard of it. He imagined a situation where running peds down for fun, in high speed motor vehicles, becomes the norm in Fahrenheit 451.

That's Death Race 2000 (old hat)

Anybody fancy a yellow, embroidered patch with that 'Cyclists Stay classy' on?

If there's enough interest I'll get some made up but I'd have to sell 50 at £4 a pop to make it worth my while...

Or just some stickers might be better...

I like the idea of a patch for me bag, like. Or maybe a heat applied thing?

I'd buy a patch for £4.

Yeah, this place does heat fixing patches so you can iron it onto your bag or your jeans.

It's www.patchdepot.co.uk

id buy one