"If you go over a blind hill and aren't able to react to any hazards that may be on the other side then you're going too fast."
I knew someone would say that.
It's a 60mpgh limit. I'm a good driver though, so I anticipate such things (especially on roads like that). Other drivers don't though, that's my point.
A lot of drivers don't though, and that's my reason for cursing them as the driver coming the other way has to suddenly swerve into my path to avoid a bike when they have a perfectly good cycle path a foot to the left
I DO understand that cyclists don't want to use a lane when they have to stop every 20m to give way to a side road, or if it's in bad condition, or if it's a more direct path to use the main road. SO many times though I have seen long unhindered cycle paths unused, and bikes on the road.
I know they're entitled to be there, of course they are, but the main reason I get cross is that there is a much safer alternative, and I'm baffled to understand why they don't use it!
(in fairness, there is the excellent cycle path along the A40 going west out of Oxford, and the vast majority of cyclists DO use it... I guess mostly out of common sense. You still get the odd one though.
That's the one I don't understnad.. that single one that deems himself too important to use a lowly cycle path.