can't remember exactly where I was, one of the local towns, driving along, cars length between me and the bus infront, narrow street, just enough for 2 buses to pass.
Guy undertook me, swerved infront (pretty normal TBH) right out around the bus into the direct path of on oncoming bus.
Thankfully it wasn't going very quick, it was coming to a halt for a stop, maybe 10mph.
Still the guy cracked the windscreen of the bus with his face, then nearly got his bike run over by the rear axle of the bus I was following.
Notes...
he was on the pavement side from at least 10cars back, he had no prior view of oncoming traffic what so ever.
he had a helmet, it probably saved him from glass cuts and '*exploded brain all over the front of the no.300' *syndrome
his bike survived
the clearance between the two bus's was less than 18", and thats with one running the kerb and the other with maybe 12" down its inside.
the bus driver went into shock as had not even seen the cyclist until it had already hit her bus and was down on the ground (again, thankfully the bus was stopping over wise he would have gone squish).
the guy is a grade a pillock and TBH hiting a bus will probably wake him up to the dangers of riding like a total cock.
I think a lot of cyclists ride like cocks as they simply do not understand how little visibility a car/bus/truck/van HAS for cyclists, especially in tight traffic and being approached from behind at speed. I've seen so many near misses with bikes undertaking left turning trucks and very very nearly go under*
*almost exclusively young girls on shopper bikes, or older women on shopper bikes.
Its like when you pick up a motorbike for the first time, you very quickly gain a huge amount extra respect for the road, and the other users of it, or at least, how you can best avoid THEM.
HGV's as well, its like driving a small house and with about as much diagonal rear visibility.
anyways, /rant over, the guy probably survived and probably won't learn the error of his ways, and the bus driver woman will probably have a stern telling off and be sent home for a few days, despite doing nothing wrong.
watched a guy get wiped out by a bus yesterday.
can't remember exactly where I was, one of the local towns, driving along, cars length between me and the bus infront, narrow street, just enough for 2 buses to pass.
Guy undertook me, swerved infront (pretty normal TBH) right out around the bus into the direct path of on oncoming bus.
Thankfully it wasn't going very quick, it was coming to a halt for a stop, maybe 10mph.
Still the guy cracked the windscreen of the bus with his face, then nearly got his bike run over by the rear axle of the bus I was following.
Notes...
he was on the pavement side from at least 10cars back, he had no prior view of oncoming traffic what so ever.
he had a helmet, it probably saved him from glass cuts and '*exploded brain all over the front of the no.300' *syndrome
his bike survived
the clearance between the two bus's was less than 18", and thats with one running the kerb and the other with maybe 12" down its inside.
the bus driver went into shock as had not even seen the cyclist until it had already hit her bus and was down on the ground (again, thankfully the bus was stopping over wise he would have gone squish).
the guy is a grade a pillock and TBH hiting a bus will probably wake him up to the dangers of riding like a total cock.
I think a lot of cyclists ride like cocks as they simply do not understand how little visibility a car/bus/truck/van HAS for cyclists, especially in tight traffic and being approached from behind at speed. I've seen so many near misses with bikes undertaking left turning trucks and very very nearly go under*
*almost exclusively young girls on shopper bikes, or older women on shopper bikes.
Its like when you pick up a motorbike for the first time, you very quickly gain a huge amount extra respect for the road, and the other users of it, or at least, how you can best avoid THEM.
HGV's as well, its like driving a small house and with about as much diagonal rear visibility.
anyways, /rant over, the guy probably survived and probably won't learn the error of his ways, and the bus driver woman will probably have a stern telling off and be sent home for a few days, despite doing nothing wrong.