Quote Originally Posted by maddaddy View Post
I understand that cyclist have a right to be on the road and that they shouldn’t have to cycle in the gutter BUT if you are talking about safety with car drivers all it does riding two abreast or in a peloton is make car drivers even more impatient and aggressive – ERGO more likely to get knocked off cut up etc etc.
Don’t get me started on horses on roads ..…………
But your looking at it purely from a make life easier for the driver. Thats the problem. Its drivers that need to be patient and not get aggresive. I still say what amazes me is that drivers will follow cyclists, tractors, milk floats etc and get wound up to the point of road rage. Yet they come across a horse and its nice and gentle, take a wide birth, no revs , be quiet, watch the nice horse.
Its that mentality of , oh im gonna be hold up for more than 30 seconds yet with a horse you can usually get be straight away.
Its not the cyclists job to fit in and make the drivers life easier its the drivers who must WAIT until its safe to go by.

Until the average motorist understands that cyclists will always be seen as second rate road users