Some Trucks are just tooo close ....
Had to keep on moving left with abt 10cm between me and the truck .
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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on -
I suspect the truckie was thinking he'd scare you for riding outside of the bike lane, which you are entitled to do, and he clearly had two lanes at his disposal. i'd report him to the company he works for, he could and should have used the right hand lane IMO.
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Permalink Reply by heather on -
If you have photographic evidence, report to the truck company as well as police Traffic Watch on 131444 (24-hr). There is the term “overtaking without due care” and you might find a pertinent ARR (to remind police) at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/arr210
Keep us updated.
Here are more pertinent quotes. Multiple State and Federal Government guidelines say to leave a minimum of one metre when overtaking cyclists.
1. Austroads, 2009, Guide to Road Design Part 3 Geometric Design, page 61: “Due to the side ‘wind’ force exerted on bicycle riders from heavy vehicles, roads should be designed to provide satisfactory clearances between the bicycle envelope and the vehicle”. The recommended minimum clearance is one metre when the truck is travelling at 60 km/h.
2. http://www.sa.gov.au/upload/franchise/Transport,%20travel%20and%20m...
The Driver’s Handbook
Your road safety responsibilities
Give cyclists plenty of room; a minimum of 1m clearance when overtaking
3. http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Transport,+travel+and+motoring/Cycling...
Cyclist road rules and safety
Give cyclists plenty of room - a minimum of 1m clearance when overtaking.
4. http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/publications/pdfs/share_the_road_bro...
Share the Road
Cyclists are legitimate road users who have an equal right to be on the road and motorists have a major role in making cycling enjoyable for recreation and commuting.
Give cyclists plenty of room. One metre is the minimum safe overtaking space between cars and cycles.
Keep to the left and wherever practical ride about one metre from the kerb or parked vehicles.
5. Media Release from The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government: A Metre Matters In Road Safety (23 November 2009)
Federal Minister for Infrastructure
http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/november...
A Metre Matters In Road Safety
6. Amy Gillett Foundation
http://www.amygillett.org.au/a-metre-matters/
A Metre Matters
Donations to this organisation are tax deductible.
7. BISA
www.bisa.asn.au
Give cyclists a metre
8. Cycling Promotion Fund
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/457/9/
A Metre Matters
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Permalink Reply by john mills on
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It looks like you were overtaking a rider, while drafting behind another rider. And then when the guy in front moved back into the bike lane you decided to overtake him also.
I see this as a classic case of how we all take calculated risks when we leave home on our bike. We have calculated that based on the number of cyclists that head out every day, compared to the number that get hit by vehicles every day, is such that there is a good chance we will come home safely. We are basically placing our lives in the hands of car and truck drivers. We hope that on today's ride no half drugged, half drunk, half asleep, angry, distracted or plain incompetent driver literally crosses paths with us.
Another gamble we take is that when we lose concentration, or fail to use our rear view mirror to check cars/trucks coming from behind when overtaking, or just follow another rider in an overtake hoping that all will be OK, . . . . that everything in fact does turn out OK.
I think your video shows you faithfully following your mate, darting out into the car/truck lane for an overtake, and the truck driver having to quickly react and move his big truck over to the right to avoid hitting you. In this case you were lucky that the truckie was not at the end of a long drive and had his wits about him.
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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I did not watch the video on my PC because the last time I checked, could not download software to suit my hardware and software combination.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Murray on -
I think your video shows you faithfully following your mate, darting out into the car/truck lane for an overtake, and the truck driver having to quickly react and move his big truck over to the right to avoid hitting you. In this case you were lucky that the truckie was not at the end of a long drive and had his wits about him.
Even if that was the case the truck driver had no reason to cut back in like that.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on -
Try VLC. Safari and Quicktime wont handle wmv format on my Mac but VLC will.
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Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on -
I don't thing the video gives enough information.
Another spin on the video could be.
A large truck like that doesn't come from nowhere.
When you changed lanes and cut off the truck you are extremely lucky there was no traffic in the right hand lane and he had some space on the road to swerve into.
while you say you had to keep moving to the left you are still not in the bike lane after the truck has past
Is it worth risking an injury for some Cat. 6 points?
If you even have to think about that question perhaps you should ask your wife, kids or parents to help you with the answer.
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Permalink Reply by BlueBike on -
Its all about context....
15 riders doing tight rotations ....
truck with 2 lanes ....no traffic ....
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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on
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Thanks for that clarification, the truckie should have been well aware of what was going on ahead of him on a straight wide road and moved into the right hand lane.
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Permalink Reply by Specialised Roubaix on -
agree should have been obvious given large number of riders, I usually find its the males, especially in work vehicles that pass too closely
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Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on
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Are you suggesting that it is common sense that cyclists are so erratic and such incompetent road users that it should be expected that they will cut off motorists and so motorists should change lanes to prevent being hit by cyclists?
Or are you suggesting that any bitumen surface is a race track for cyclists and other road users should be forced to give way to them?
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