Country Lane Encounter

The meeting of two cars on a downhill country lane, neither of the cars appears to slow down as you might hear.

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• Bristol
• ContourHD
• Hollywood
• lane

[yangtse55]

I find it much easier at night. My lights are impossible to ignore.

[redvee2002]

@yangtse55 Coming the other way at 22:30, cars do slow down/stop cause of my Magicshine.

[UrbanCyclist100]

Whats the speed limit on that road? I would be afraid to cycle on it because of the blind corners.

[redvee2002]

@UrbanCyclist100 I believe its a 30 limit on that road. I wouldn't want to be doing 30 down it anyway cause of the crap surface, the tyre tracks are worn smooth so I ride down the middle of the road where there is better traction. I limit myself to about 20mph cause of the bends but I can hear cars before seeing them.

[gezza403]

Nice lane to cycle down. Good to see everyone giving you lots of room.

[nigglenoo]

@CyclingMikey +1: I do the exact same thing, and we have a lot lanes like that down here in Cornwall.

[CyclingMikey]

Scary, isn't it? Because of drivers like this, I now hold the centre of road on lanes like that until they slow right down, before I move left and we pass each other. A very few drivers will take it right to the point where I'm about to dive left out of the way. I don't want to play a game of chicken, but I'm forced to do something to avoid high speed close passes.

[4ChordsNoNet]

With no street lights and no reminder plates I'd say it's a fair bet that's it's National Speed Limit which would be 60mph.

[yangtse55]

It's a shame we can't get a holographic projector that makes us look like a LandRover or a Transit ...