Re: yet another cycle rage incident.

Mrcheerful wrote:
cyclists behaving like this will encourage calls for registration.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Cyclist-scrapes-car-in-clash-at-narrow-roadworks-stretch.htm


Yes, the good old Cambridge News, which never liked cyclists, and the Hills Road Bridge roadworks. The bridge where they have had to put up signs telling motorists to wait behind the cyclists crossing the bridge. Not that they take much notice and then they complain when they try to overtake without enough room and get damaged.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2D7cNlO04aw/THNxhYq-DYI/AAAAAAAADHA/NVXYnZCuLIA/s400/cam1.jpg

It will be interesting to see what the CCTV shows. The police installed it specifically to monitor dangerous overtaking attempts by drivers with a view to prosecution. I suspect what actually happened is the driver was trying to overtake in the taper leading to the narrow lane and ran out of width with the cyclist alongside him but we shall have to wait and see.

Tony

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