Scary enough.??

Me neither. If I went for a "blast" it would be at night/ early morning. When it's dark you only have wildlife to contend with (but no birds to duck).

 

And most modern cars you can't hear noise from outside, in Marleys picture he is hard to see but if you are there you may have heard him/her first before you seen him/her, also in that bit of the road the use of the horn wouldn't go a miss

Be safe be seen

 

Bikers and drivers alike would just be happy to see an end to the pot-hole slalom!!

 

Respect is what is needed, respect works two ways

 

Am I the only one who can't see a bike??

Val

 

TBH, what I saw was a load of trees without leaves and I wondered whether Marley was about to point out a virus that was spreading through them; I did not see the bike or his headlight,
Jenny
nb my OH is about to purchase a fluorescent yellow helmet

 

No offence, but I hope so!!
On a serious note though, a couple of things to consider before you beat yourself up over it;
a] If you were just about to pull out of that junction then the bike would be moving. That would catch your eye.
and
b] If you were unfamiliar with the road you would almost certainly be being extra cautious anyway.

 

I am usually bike aware, If I see them coming up behind me I will move over to the edge of my lane to give them that bit of extra space when they pass.
However, I think to much emphasis is placed on the education of drivers. An excuse I often hear from bikers and cyclists is "we are more squishy so you should take care around us", I agree with this, but just because a driver is expected to be more "aware" a lot of our 2 wheel friends seem to think they do not need to take any responsibility for their actions while on the road.

At the end of they day, drivers should be aware of bikes around them, but bikers need to be aware of their own mortality.

If I am honest the “Think Bike” slogan annoys me, not because I don’t think we shouldn’t “Think Bike” but it seems the driver is being singled out and expected to take responsibility for the actions of bikes as well. At the end of the day bikers should have similar messages aimed at them that encourage them to drive responsibly “think safety”

Even though I have ranted a bit, I have nothing against bikers, and have never had a bad encounter with them, I have seen a few that made me think knob. Bicyclists.. now that's a whole different story, and if I start on that I will never stop

 

Well there is two up on one bike that is luck today,in a q of cars following a lorry (44ton artic) 4 cars in front of me on a two lane road with slight bend to the left, being a little bit back from the lorry i could see up through the near side and could see that there was another lorry coming the other way, then the bikers came flying past the q of cars behind me, as i could see that there was another lorry coming the otherway i put my arm out the window to say hold back but no they went on, next thing is the one lorry coming towards us was runing on the grass verge flashing he light, the bike just got through between the two lorrys, new pants needed i hope

 

more luck than he was entitled to Jiffy,
hope it leaves a warning alert in his brain cell for the next time he thinks about employing overtaking risks,
Jenny