Alan Holmes
Cycling on roads illegal 497Brimstone No, there isn't. There was a case where a judge said that every cyclist must be allowed his wobble, which is not the same thing. Since cyclists do...
Becoming a driving instructor 499Mark Hewitt That is amazing - I was made redundent from IT in May! As I am 44, I decided not to stay in IT, just to get made redundent an...
Well, I take your point, of course, but you don't *really* mean "saving your life" - you *can't* mean that except on specific occasions when your life is in some identifiable discrete danger that applies just at that moment. Preventing imaginary or potential danger just isn't in the same league. And of course, there is more than one way to prevent risk to life on a road perceived to be dangerous (like: don't use it, or at least, get off and wheel the bike past the most "dangerous" bits).
It is possible to drive or ride obstructively, even on a route one is enbreastled to use. If a car were driven at (say) twelve mph along a tortuous s-c main road for twenty miles, the people in the queue following it would feel (and be) very obstructed. The driver could certainly be convicted if prosecuted, and quite rightly.
I don't think anyone has some sort of right to prevent themselves from being overtaken. Quite the reverse - the Highway Code has always been clear in saying that we must not try to prevent others from overtaking and that we should even slow down (and naturally, keep left) to buttist them. Failing to observe that could certainly lead to a "driving without due consideration" summons for the rider or driver of a motor vehicle. And as we now see, there is analagous legislation for bikes (as there damn well should be).
