Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

Overtaken by a JCB... That's you problem right there.

/Trolling.

Ain't nobody got time for that

Just out of interest, how many people who have reported stuff to Roadsafe have had anything come of it? I've reported stuff twice and not even had so much as a "sorry, nuffink we can do about it guv" type response.

Almost tempted to do some sort of FOI if I had a bit more time on my hands...

They genuinely don't realise on the whole how lethal they are being or how intimidating it is. It's just a series of little computer game type challenges from door to destination and you're one of many little obstacles. Unless someone's a proper menace (and we know that some are), I find that a lot of the time if I get the chance to ask why someone's done something like that^ they're genuinely surprised that I'm pissed off or upset. Still annoying as fuck though.

It would be good to get drivers on a bike for day or week even to get some empathy going, they need to realise just how intimidating they are. I remember there was a cyclists who went under a lorry in London maybe 2-3 years despite riding in the cycle lane. Bit of raised iron, he twitched right and he under the wheels. It felt like if I had twitched in any way I would have been deaded.

Overtaken by a JCB... That's you problem right there.

/Trolling.

The dog bit my foot.

It would be good to get drivers on a bike for day or week even to get some empathy going, they need to realise just how intimidating they are. I remember there was a cyclists who went under a lorry in London maybe 2-3 years despite riding in the cycle lane. Bit of raised iron, he twitched right and he under the wheels. It felt like if I had twitched in any way I would have been deaded.

Very common situation I find is buses tailgating when I have to take primary. I know the driver sits so far forward and they pull up real close to other buses, but what if I catch an unseen pothole? They don't leave any space for mistakes.

I find myself putting my hand out to tell them to give me a bit of space, but they take that as "fuckkkkk youuuuu"

I find myself putting my hand out to tell them to give me a bit of space, but they take that as "fuckkkkk youuuuu"

This is all too common. An outstretched palm means back off, not up yours...
I think because many drivers feel invulnerable in their little boxes they don't realise how scary having a ton of metal baring down on you can be.

Very common situation I find is buses tailgating when I have to take primary. I know the driver sits so far forward and they pull up real close to other buses, but what if I catch an unseen pothole? They don't leave any space for mistakes.

I find myself putting my hand out to tell them to give me a bit of space, but they take that as "fuckkkkk youuuuu"

My favourite thing buses do is overtake me and then immediate pull into a bus stop, forcing me to swerve right out into the lane, in which case they do get a fuckkkkk youuuuu as I go past. Given my commute is on a long, pretty straight road, I find myself bunny-hopping, and get hopped in turn by the same bus. It's narrow too, which they and so the rest of the traffic can get holed up behind me for farily long stretches, which usually leads to risky overtakes for them as they get frustrated, only for me to get in front of them again when they stop. Usually makes for an adrenaline-filled run.

I hate it when that happens, because it makes me swerve across the road, and the only way to steady myself is to grab the engine cutoff switch.

Quite often they do this because they either didn't notice the passenger wanting to get on till it look late also the passenger pressing the STOP button too late, it's quite likely they didn't do it out of malice.

Best thing to do really is to really prevent the bus from overtaking when approaching the bus stop.

How? If there are 2 lanes you can hardly take the right one, you'd just get undertaken and abuse.

Quite often they do this because they either didn't notice the passenger wanting to get on till it look late also the passenger pressing the STOP button too late, it's quite likely they didn't do it out of malice.

Best thing to do really is to really prevent the bus from overtaking when approaching the bus stop.

I counter that by saying it should be bus driver 101 not to overtake cyclists when approaching bustops. Chances are you will have to stop and swerve accross the path of the cyclist, force into the center of the road and endanger him from traffic coming behind the bus

The worst occurance happened on a downhill slope, I was going very fast, bus comes round me, immediately pulls in, I had to swerve violently to avoid slamming into the back of him and could have easily been t-boned if there had been cars coming from behind. There was even a wide cycle-lane which I was in. The road is very wide although only one lane and there is a central reservation, meaning I couldn't have taken the lane anyway and the cars drive fast through it.

By riding a little further out than primary on the first lane of course.

My favourite thing buses do is overtake me and then immediate pull into a bus stop, forcing me to swerve right out into the lane, in which case they do get a fuckkkkk youuuuu as I go past. Given my commute is on a long, pretty straight road, I find myself bunny-hopping, and get hopped in turn by the same bus. It's narrow too, which they and so the rest of the traffic can get holed up behind me for farily long stretches, which usually leads to risky overtakes for them as they get frustrated, only for me to get in front of them again when they stop. Usually makes for an adrenaline-filled run.

Plenty of this on the A202. Pulled up and to their window to ask, "WHYYYY?" and they just throw the Highway Code 182 - 'Give way to buses' shit at me, how can I give way when you're cutting me up hard?!

By riding a little further out than primary on the first lane of course.

But they'll use the right lane, as they usually seem to anyway, I don't think riding a few inches to the right of primary will put someone off doing this. Maybe if you swerve from left to right across both lanes.

some fuckwit in a grey astra gave me about 5cm of space as he overtook this morning. I caught up and gave him a sarcastic thumbs up. he swerves his car violently into me forcing me to swerve and nearly end up in the back of a parked car. fucking douchebag.

But they'll use the right lane, as they usually seem to anyway, I don't think riding a few inches to the right of primary will put someone off doing this. Maybe if you swerve from left to right across both lanes.

It's enough to make it more of an inconvenience for them to overtake you to the point that they might as well just wait behind you, it mean they'll have to do a very big manoverve to get to the bus lane as oppose to riding in primary or near where they didn't have to do such big manoverve.

Whenever it happens to me they go fully(ish) into the right lane anyway, as I am usually in primary. I don't think it'll make the slightest bit of difference if I was to the right a little.

^^^ Sounds like he needs reporting. Swerving a car into you? That sounds pretty dangerous.

Quite often they do this because they either didn't notice the passenger wanting to get on till it look late also the passenger pressing the STOP button too late, it's quite likely they didn't do it out of malice.

Best thing to do really is to really prevent the bus from overtaking when approaching the bus stop.

How? If there are 2 lanes you can hardly take the right one, you'd just get undertaken and abuse.

This is exactly what I do... If I think a bus is catching me up on a dual carriage way and I see a bus stop I pull into the right lane... I'd rather piss off smaller traffic and let the bus undertake me.

But I do think a lot of time it feels worse than it is with busses, they can be further back than normal traffic and because of the loudness of their engines it still feels like they are pretty close.

By the way this doesn't work on Oxford road in manc... Where there are busses in both lanes.

Or at least didn't work fifteen years ago.

This is generally the road I am thinking of.

Same as Oxford street in London, it's best not to ride it at all, one block up or down... Out of choice I'd go for upper brook street.

Ive had more 'close to death' moments on upper brook street in 10 minutes than i have had in london since june

suicidal route

^really? How come?

I don't think Oxford Street is really that bad either, it's just annoying and generally slower than another route.