The driver of the Vauxhall Corsa cut across my path in the cycle lane as if I was not there. I had to brake quite hard to avoid a collision. This happens a lot here, at the junction of London Road and De Montfort Street in Leicester UK. Many drivers behave as if the cycle lane, and cyclists, don’t exist.
People on bicycles are vulnerable road users, second only to horses and riders. If in doubt, drive as if people on bicycles are horses and riders.
As a result of my complaint to the police, the driver was offered, and subsequently completed, a driver education course as an alternative to prosecution.
Ideally, all drivers, including myself, should have to re-take their driving test every five years.
Rule H3 of the Highway Code: You should not cut across cyclists, horse riders or horse drawn vehicles going ahead when you are turning into or out of a junction or changing direction or lane, just as you would not turn across the path of another motor vehicle.
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