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As much as the driver should have checked it was clear do you think that "giving it the beans" and doing 35k in a cycle lane was just plain stupid?
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Where in Putney was it? Do you know the road name? (Dealtry Rd is a classic place for fuckwittery but there's no cycle path there.)
No ulterior motive, just interested as I live in Putney (but my route to RP goes via the back roads and along Putney Heath and down Danebury Avenue).
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dangerous_d - cars backing up, giving it the beans, 35kmph.
Sounds about right.
Filtering at that speed is always unsafe. Doing 35 in primary is very different to 35 in the gutter disguised by rows traffic. It's pretty obvious really.
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Had that happen to me three years ago, which is why I mostly filter down the centre now than in the bike lane on upper Richmond road..
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Tuesday morning was going down Upper Richmond Road in Putney, toward Richmond Park. Cars were backing up but I was giving it the beans in the marked cycle lane. A volvo did a right turn without looking properly. I had no time to even brake and went into the wheel well at about 35kmph. I rolled across the bonnet and up the windscreen and then off the car onto my feet, remarkably almost unscathed (slight bruise on my hip). Pedestrians were screaming at the sight of the accident.
The carbon frame took all the impact and the area where the headset meets the downtube was almost severed by the force, presumably the forks had been pushed back. The whole thing is written off.
I couldn't communicate with the driver because she had too much shock to speak properly. Having had a few of these scraps before, I diligently documented the scene and took witness details. After a while, remarkably the driver tried to defend herself by saying she usually pays extra close attention to cyclists.