Car on wrong side of road (my side!)

[slofox]

Took a quick fang through Scotsman Valley Road this morning before work...its a bit windy and somewhat up and down..
Came over the brow of a hill and there right in front of me is a car coming at me on my side of the road. :slap: Why? 'Cause there were two cyclists on his side and he was passing them - putting himself on the wrong side of the road in a little dip immediately over the brow of a hill. In a position where he was completely unsighted by traffic coming the other way...really clever that....

Apart from an involuntary clenching of the anal sphincter, a quick zig moved me out of his way without undue alarm...

I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had been driving a tanker and trailer unit instead of riding a bike...

[huff3r]

Took a quick fang through Scotsman Valley Road this morning before work...its a bit windy and somewhat up and down..
Came over the brow of a hill and there right in front of me is a car coming at me on my side of the road. :slap: Why? 'Cause there were two cyclists on his side and he was passing them - putting himself on the wrong side of the road in a little dip immediately over the brow of a hill. In a position where he was completely unsighted by traffic coming the other way...really clever that....

Apart from an involuntary clenching of the anal sphincter, a quick zig moved me out of his way without undue alarm...

I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had been driving a tanker and trailer unit instead of riding a bike...

Then it wouldve been his anal sphincter clenching, not yours

[MSTRS:Me]

Took a quick fang through Scotsman Valley Road this morning before work...its a bit windy and somewhat up and down..
Came over the brow of a hill and there right in front of me is a car coming at me on my side of the road. :slap: Why? 'Cause there were two cyclists on his side and he was passing them - putting himself on the wrong side of the road in a little dip immediately over the brow of a hill. In a position where he was completely unsighted by traffic coming the other way...really clever that....

Apart from an involuntary clenching of the anal sphincter, a quick zig moved me out of his way without undue alarm...

I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had been driving a tanker and trailer unit instead of riding a bike...

It'd be a small dent in the number of dickheads.

[vifferman]

Expediency has largely replaced care as a prime motivator.
If people thought more and paid more attention to their driving, the car driver would've gone, "Ooh... blind crest; I'll slow down and wait till I can see before passing!", instead. (Never mind that it's actually a legal requirement to do so...)

[slofox]

Expediency has largely replaced care as a prime motivator.

Fark! Dem's big words you got dere bro! Gotcha school "C" haveya?

On a more serious note, you are right. He was a total fuckwit in my book. I mean, there are LOTS of tankers on that road - I was behind one coming back...legal requirements are obvious beyond the oblivion of that particular driver's mind...

[Azi Dahaka]

legal requirements are obvious beyond the oblivion of that particular driver's mind...

legal requirements are beyond most cagers

[vifferman]

Fark! Dem's big words you got dere bro! Gotcha school "C" haveya?

Sorry.
"Expediency has largely replaced care as a prime motivator" = Fuck you Jack - I'm OK.

[slofox]

Sorry.
"Expediency has largely replaced care as a prime motivator" = Fuck you Jack - I'm OK.

Ahhhh...THAT I can understand!

[Shagz]

Good to hear you're in one piece. Some people are truly stupid; it'll only be a matter of time for that person.

Did they swerve back when they saw you?

I bet those two cyclists where side by side as well.

[Laxi]

had that happen in the corromandel a few years back, only it was logging truck and we were in a big ass ute! got damn lucky, bounced off the back wheels of the trailer another 6" and splat

[oldrider]

Took a quick fang through Scotsman Valley Road this morning before work...its a bit windy and somewhat up and down..
Came over the brow of a hill and there right in front of me is a car coming at me on my side of the road. :slap: Why? 'Cause there were two cyclists on his side and he was passing them - putting himself on the wrong side of the road in a little dip immediately over the brow of a hill. In a position where he was completely unsighted by traffic coming the other way...really clever that....

Apart from an involuntary clenching of the anal sphincter, a quick zig moved me out of his way without undue alarm...

I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had been driving a tanker and trailer unit instead of riding a bike...

Of course, had "you" hit him (cars do not hit bikes) it would have been classified as a "motorcycle hits car" incident and no mention of the cyclists contribution!

[Elysium]

Well if it was a Tanker then I'd say the tanker driver would be spending the evening picking out car bits from his truck at the nearest truck stop.

[slofox]

Did they swerve back when they saw you?

I bet those two cyclists where side by side as well.

Did the car swerve back? No of course not. Didn't even budge. Let me do all the work...

And yes, the lycra-clad pansies were indeed side by side - and occupying the entire left half of the road...

[scumdog]

Took a quick fang through Scotsman Valley Road this morning before work...its a bit windy and somewhat up and down..
Came over the brow of a hill and there right in front of me is a car coming at me on my side of the road. :slap: Why? 'Cause there were two cyclists on his side and he was passing them - putting himself on the wrong side of the road in a little dip immediately over the brow of a hill. In a position where he was completely unsighted by traffic coming the other way...really clever that....

Apart from an involuntary clenching of the anal sphincter, a quick zig moved me out of his way without undue alarm...

I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had been driving a tanker and trailer unit instead of riding a bike...

The stupidity of man - leaving a three metre+ gap between them and the car/bike they are overtaking (where there's not too much speed differential.)

And perversely leaving only a metre or less between them and the oncoming vehicle as they pass each other where the speeds add up to oh, say 160kph+ impact if things are 'misjudged'....

[jam mad]

wow.. close call. after watching an online advanced motorbike video somewhere, i always pull over to the left while going over the brow of a hill (or into dead ground) for just this reason, before heading back to the outer wheel track when my forward vision is clear. it's obviously a good practise, even though i've never needed it yet !

as for the cyclists... if you can't make it past them safely in a car or bike, just slow the hell down, pull in behind them, then continue on your way when it's safe to do so. appalling driving on their part, which i've also witnessed in the past from following (when i was in a car too).

but let's not start calling them names on a public forum, we're all in this together... of course some of them behave badly, but so do some motorcyclists and car drivers.