Re: Safety in numbers effect?

Ian Smith wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Derek C <del.copeland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Incidentally I have been overtaken on the nearside (undertaken?) in my
car on downhill sections of road by cyclists who also don't obey the
speed limits!

Possibly because the speed limits don't apply to cyclists.

I expect the bike they were riding hadn't passed an MOT test and the rider probably didn't have a shotgun licence either. Are you going to bleat about that too?

regards, Ian SMith

So you think it is OK for a cyclist to overtake on the nearside of a car, this would be your idea of safe use of the road?

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Tony Dragon
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