A “victim blaming” row has broken out on social media, after a cyclist uploaded footage of what he described as the “closest pass I’ve ever seen”

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• danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If a cyclist is going to take the lane (and we have every right to) it’s very dangerous to leave any room for drivers to pass because they inevitably try this sort of shit.

  Ride out into the middle of the lane. Make them recognise you as someone taking the lane. They’ll still want to kill you for daring to be a cyclist, but they won’t want to damage their car.

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  • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I watched the video. Clearly the van is in the wrong.

    Two points though:

    1. Laws are different everywhere for cyclists. Everybody should know those rules in their jurisdiction, drivers and cyclists. Where I live you can take the lane but you still can be passed by vehicular traffic and you’re obligated to use a bike lane if available.

    2. Being in the “right” isn’t a magical shield, always ride like everyone else on the road is trying to kill you. Better to end a ride in one piece than to end up dead or injured proving you were in the right.

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  • sanpo@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Isn’t it a law in the UK that if there’s a bike lane going in your direction you’re obligated to use it?

    At least that’s how it is in some other countries.

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    • gedhrel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, it’s not.

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    • Elleo@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s no legal requirement, just as there’s also no legal requirement for drivers not to park in cycle lanes (unless there’s also double yellow lines), which renders most non-segregated cycle lanes more dangerous to use than not.

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    • SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is not - but it should be.

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• Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Being angry at a cyclist for not using a cycle lane is like basing angry for a blue badge user not parking in a disabled bay. It’s an extra provision, not a requirement to be used. There’s any number of reasons why it might not be safe to be riding in the cycle lane, the large number of bikes already being there in the clip are a perfect example.

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Boy is that van really managed to keep up with slow moving traffic by bullying part the cyclist.

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• ulterno@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “he should have been in the cycle lane”

  No. He should have had a backwards facing lance, attached to the frame.

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