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He was driving right on my shoulder, as in just about over-lapping, as we approached the roundabout and then made to overtake when the opposing traffic cleared. I signalled to him not to, i.e. Waved him back, he complied, I signalled and moved from left to right in front of him. He then overtook on the left as I went around the roundabout honking merrily as he drove straight into a car park.
You must know what it's like to have a car desperate to get past you, driving very close to your back wheel. In this case his position was preventing me making the manoeuvre I wanted to, and his impatience made zero sense since 10 seconds later he would be pulling up and parking. It's the idiocy of drivers' decision making when faced with a cyclist ahead. 9 out of 10 favour the get ahead at all costs, despite the road ahead or any other consideration. We know cyclists cost drivers a lot less delay than they perceive, it's a message I would love the government to try to drive home, rather than Boris for example, using a spot on the radio to urge cyclists to wave their arms about at junctions to make sure lorries know they are there. Instead they seem content to let the media whip up tribal mentalities on the road, re-in forcing divisions and increasing aggression.
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Jimmy_Fingers
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For the first incident, did you signal right?
I find doing so buys a lot more time/patience once they know your intentions. Also the look back when you do it humanists you from being problem to, there's someone there...