661-Pete wrote:Perhaps I should get into the habit of posting up on the 'tube, the number of positive encounters I have with other road users. Like the times when an approaching motorist on a narrow lane slows and pulls over to give me more space - and then acknowledges my wave of thanks. This happens plenty of times - I'm sure I have footage.
The relevant thing is the significance of a pass. Plenty of space or waiting in a passing place is great when it happens but to me of much greater significance is the car/lorry that crushes you under their wheels. So I focus more on preventing that and getting drivers who drive dangerously around cyclists "spoken to"/punished or maybe just made aware of the risks they are taking with other peoples lives. Seems to be something that has become the responsibility of cyclists themselves (as the Police are no longer interested until you are actually under the wheels of a car/lorry - when the courts will give the driver a slap on the wrist and tell them not to do it again).
Maybe I'm getting too cynical.
Ian