What a load of sanctimonoius cyclist twaddle.
am not in a red or amber area and my journey was essential - just spent 4 hrs in ED with asthmatic child having nebulisers!!!
Cyclist, no reflective gear, no lights cycling up a steep hill. Decides to play russian roulette with his life - fine he can, but do not involve other innocent people in his suicide mission.
Car 1 : lights on a good 20 metres behind, me car 2, lights on and snow tyres, a good 10 metres back from him.
Speed dictated by the effwit virtually invisible cyclist - 6 mph. He did get up to 9mph on the flat before we hit the hill, no one considering overtaking, we were all toddling along behind the cyclist. no horns beeping, no lights flashing, just all being sensible. ( DS commented on how slow we were going,)
Because we were on a hill, he slid down.
car 1 swerves infront of me, as he moves, cyclist on the ground sliding towards me with his bike. I swerve hit the trees on the left, swerve right end up at the back end of Car 1 and over cyclist as he heads to the white line.
I did not nearly kill the cyclist Avocado - he nearly killed himself. We obviously were driving sensibly we did avoid an accident and any injuries were inflicted on him by himself and the road, not by any vehicle.
When you see an effwit coming towards your car, split second decisions are made - do not brake - right, human instinct stop going forward.
As to cyclists not hurting anyone - please talk to the family of the woman killed by a cyclist last year - bikes are a lethal weapon, as are cars.
Been to police station, all the drivers exchanged details and I await the personal injury claim against one if not all of us.