30-07-2020, 07:41 PM
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I spent 6 months cycling everywhere once. It's not a good memory. Potholes, cycle lanes that end without warning, over familiar pedestrians, car doors.... perhaps it's easier now. But there is no way I would have started an argument with a car like some psycho cyclists I've come across. Or got in the way of a car. It's a different mentality.
30-07-2020, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I spent 6 months cycling everywhere once. It's not a good memory. Potholes, cycle lanes that end without warning, over familiar pedestrians, car doors.... perhaps it's easier now. But there is no way I would have started an argument with a car like some psycho cyclists I've come across. Or got in the way of a car. It's a different mentality.
30-07-2020, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by monkeypuzzle
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I don't think walkers and cyclists take priority over vehicles in Guernsey, they certainly didn't when I cycled to school, the Ladies College, in my youth.
30-07-2020, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs
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It would be ok if there were some definite rules. The problem with coming across cyclists is that you know the car behind really wants you to overtake but the cyclist doesn't, until it is safe. It puts the driver under pressure and that's when mistakes are made.
I have spent quite a lot of time running around the narrow lanes and roads of Devon Longy. I spent six months living and working at Torpoint. I understand that your insurance is void while driving on the backroads...?
30-07-2020, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I understand that your insurance is void while driving on the backroads...?
The only other place I know where, once you cross the blue line, all insurance bets are off is around the Arc de Triomphe. But let's not digress on that one
30-07-2020, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Crikey, that's interesting - any known reason why?The only other place I know where, once you cross the blue line, all insurance bets are off is around the Arc de Triomphe. But let's not digress on that one
I think there is always an alternative route albeit longer...
30-07-2020, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I think it's knock for knock Dex, each pays for their own damage with no blame attributed.....
31-07-2020, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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They are definite rules on Guernsey Longdogs. People have a bit more time on Guernsey though....I have spent quite a lot of time running around the narrow lanes and roads of Devon Longy. I spent six months living and working at Torpoint. I understand that your insurance is void while driving on the backroads...?
31-07-2020, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mart
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It's actually quite unpleasant having a motorist behind who wants to overtake. I have a handlebar mirror that lets me know they are there but the vehicle can be heard as well. I don't like that situation any more than the motorist does. It can lead to feeling harassed, even though it's not the drivers fault.On a narrow road, I will stop when there's a place for me to pull in and let them go by. The thing is that I'm a motorist as well and know how drivers can be inconvenienced or upset by cyclists.
The same often can't be said for motorists. They have no idea what it's like to cycle on the roads these days.
31-07-2020, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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They are definite rules on Guernsey Longdogs. People have a bit more time on Guernsey though....I have spent quite a lot of time running around the narrow lanes and roads of Devon Longy. I spent six months living and working at Torpoint. I understand that your insurance is void while driving on the backroads...?
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