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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Yeah, this is sad news and is always regrettable to hear. But, I hear you. The thing I see multiple times daily is a cyclist to the left wanting to move to the right into a primary position; they stick their arm out to indicate and barge their way right in front of me forcing me to brake. Taking a primary position is fine. I have no problem with them riding in front of me at whatever pace they please. It's up to me to keep that situation safe. But, moving over into the flow of traffic needs to be done safely and this is on the cyclist. They seem to think 'I've indicated with my signal, I now get to go where I want and you just need adjust to suit me'. NO! This is not how the rules of the road work. If it was two cars, the one moving over doesn't just get to force their way into a lane because they have their flashy bulb on. They still need to wait for a safe space to open up after indicating before moving over. The same applies to bikes, but cyclists don't seem to understand this. They do not apply their brakes, they do not wait in lane until a space opens up, they just barge right across with their arm out as if by having their arm out gives them right of way. Indicating does not give you some magical automatic right of way. All it does is indicate to others what your intention is. While indicating you need to pull on those brakes and wait for a safe space to appear to enter into the flow of traffic without causing other road users to be forced to react. I don't know what happened this morning. But, if it was a situation like the one I'm talking about, a cyclist barging their way over in front of a truck is plain fucking stupid. A truck has a lot of weight behind it and can't just stop on the spot. It's quite scary how long it takes a truck to slow down and when things are thrown in front of the stopping distance, its almost impossible for the driver not to hit it.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/brq2a5/cyclist_dies_after_lorry_crash_in_glasgow/eofzahn/
Created	Wed 22nd May 2019 6:45pm
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Yeah, this is sad news and is always regrettable to hear.

But, I hear you. The thing I see multiple times daily is a cyclist to the left wanting to move to the right into a primary position; they stick their arm out to indicate and barge their way right in front of me forcing me to brake.

Taking a primary position is fine. I have no problem with them riding in front of me at whatever pace they please. It's up to me to keep that situation safe. But, moving over into the flow of traffic needs to be done safely and this is on the cyclist. They seem to think 'I've indicated with my signal, I now get to go where I want and you just need adjust to suit me'. NO! This is not how the rules of the road work.

If it was two cars, the one moving over doesn't just get to force their way into a lane because they have their flashy bulb on. They still need to wait for a safe space to open up after indicating before moving over. The same applies to bikes, but cyclists don't seem to understand this. They do not apply their brakes, they do not wait in lane until a space opens up, they just barge right across with their arm out as if by having their arm out gives them right of way.

Indicating does not give you some magical automatic right of way. All it does is indicate to others what your intention is. While indicating you need to pull on those brakes and wait for a safe space to appear to enter into the flow of traffic without causing other road users to be forced to react.

I don't know what happened this morning. But, if it was a situation like the one I'm talking about, a cyclist barging their way over in front of a truck is plain fucking stupid. A truck has a lot of weight behind it and can't just stop on the spot. It's quite scary how long it takes a truck to slow down and when things are thrown in front of the stopping distance, its almost impossible for the driver not to hit it.