X-Received: by 2002:aed:2b82:: with SMTP id e2mr81638184qtd.143.1594586647257; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:44:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:1008:: with SMTP id 8mr10778693ybq.237.1594586646725; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:44:06 -0700 (PDT) Path: ...!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:44:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a00:23c4:9407:2c00:6970:bca8:f03d:e8c5; posting-account=D2ixngoAAAA_y41HtpfB30XevgkDXfXV NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a00:23c4:9407:2c00:6970:bca8:f03d:e8c5 References: <786bb7c8-61ce-4e85-806a-81c4518e6428o@googlegroups.com> <54901abc-2100-4d09-b4a3-430790764037o@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <587c5b16-331e-400c-b060-81ad8d62a84do@googlegroups.com> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Re=3A_Re=3A_Aberdeen_motor_vehicle_driver_crashed_in?= =?UTF-8?Q?to_cyclist_after_telling_him_he_shouldn=E2=80=99t_be_in_the_centre?= =?UTF-8?Q?_of_road?= From: Mike Collins Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:44:07 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Bytes: 2671 Lines: 29 On Sunday, 12 July 2020 21:11:32 UTC+1, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 16:20:06 GMT, Simon Mason > wrote: > > > On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 5:09:35 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote: > >> On 17:25 11 Jul 2020, Simon Mason said: > >> > > >> > There is none, but there is the "primary" position that appears to > >> > the uneducated as "riding in the middle of the road". > >> > > >> > See: > >> > > >> > https://www.cyclinguk.org/sites/default/files/styles/content/public/ > >> > media /%5Bfile%3Amime%5D/roadpositioning-3.jpg?itok=2ZgMYIhy > >> > >> > >> "Deter unsafe passes". Oh my! > >> > >> Standing in the middle of a road often deters drivers from using that > >> space ... but not always. > > > > Riding in the gutter only encourages close passes and not the > > requisite 1.5m distance. > > Quite. > Isn't there an official Government publication about road use. ISTR it is called The Highway Code and recommends cycling in the centre of the lane.