Cyclist in critical condition after collision in New Forest (From Bournemouth Echo)

I hope he pulls through. Same as it was a lovely day foy cycling in the forest.

Advise to car drivers when near cyclists on the road.Look at them as if they were your Mother/Father/Son/Da
ughter or any Family member.How would you wish drivers to treat THEM on the road.One day it could be a member of your family.

Ive been cycling the forest 35 years and 15 mins before coming across this horrible scene We a group of cyclists where subjected to 7 seconds of horn from someone driving at 50 in a 40 intimidating ,this never happens when im driving my landrover !!

Terrible and I hope they pull through. I'm a regular cyclist and driver in new forest and regularly see the best and worst of both groups.
Yesterday seeing some drivers overtaking in stupid locations and two lycra clad idiots not giving way and forcing me to do emergency stop. The few of each group that muddy the argument and give excuses to the idiots.

Be Very wary when using your car like weapon a lot of cyclists are wearing helmet cams now which record all happenings!!

To clarify for those jumping to conclusions. I was driving at below the speed limit when two cyclists came at speed out of a side road. Not stopping at a give way line , forcing me to have to do an emergency stop.
Like I said. The small minority of each group, both drivers and cyclists who make the situation dangerous.
Now feel free to report my posts.
I'll again say I hope the cyclist recovers.

ironic wrote:
To clarify for those jumping to conclusions. I was driving at below the speed limit when two cyclists came at speed out of a side road. Not stopping at a give way line , forcing me to have to do an emergency stop. Like I said. The small minority of each group, both drivers and cyclists who make the situation dangerous. Now feel free to report my posts. I'll again say I hope the cyclist recovers.

My last comment was deleted - don't know why! I hope the cyclist recovers but I just mentioned that I have encountered a few times groups of cyclists on country roads riding two/three abreast which is a very dangerous thing to do!

I hope the cyclist makes a full recovery too - when I was (a lot!) younger I spent many happy days cycling around the forest and surrounding area

Poor bloke. Cycling on roads these days is too dangerous. The number of times I see drivers drifting because they're looking down at their phones makes me stick to running even though I'd love to get into cycling. If you need to overtake a cyclist just wait until there is a safe place to do so. If they are riding two abreast so what? Chill out!

suzigirl wrote:

ironic wrote: To clarify for those jumping to conclusions. I was driving at below the speed limit when two cyclists came at speed out of a side road. Not stopping at a give way line , forcing me to have to do an emergency stop. Like I said. The small minority of each group, both drivers and cyclists who make the situation dangerous. Now feel free to report my posts. I'll again say I hope the cyclist recovers.

My last comment was deleted - don't know why! I hope the cyclist recovers but I just mentioned that I have encountered a few times groups of cyclists on country roads riding two/three abreast which is a very dangerous thing to do!

Riding two abreast is very dangerous? It's perfectly legal and usually the best option to stop idiots from overtaking when they shouldn't.

sterpan3 wrote:
Ive been cycling the forest 35 years and 15 mins before coming across this horrible scene We a group of cyclists where subjected to 7 seconds of horn from someone driving at 50 in a 40 intimidating ,this never happens when im driving my landrover !!

That's very precise timing. 35 years and 15 mins. Do you keep a log?

FNS-man wrote:

suzigirl wrote:

ironic wrote: To clarify for those jumping to conclusions. I was driving at below the speed limit when two cyclists came at speed out of a side road. Not stopping at a give way line , forcing me to have to do an emergency stop. Like I said. The small minority of each group, both drivers and cyclists who make the situation dangerous. Now feel free to report my posts. I'll again say I hope the cyclist recovers.

My last comment was deleted - don't know why! I hope the cyclist recovers but I just mentioned that I have encountered a few times groups of cyclists on country roads riding two/three abreast which is a very dangerous thing to do!

Riding two abreast is very dangerous? It's perfectly legal and usually the best option to stop idiots from overtaking when they shouldn't.

I take it you are a cyclist then - sounds like it from your attitude!

suzigirl wrote:

FNS-man wrote:

suzigirl wrote:

ironic wrote: To clarify for those jumping to conclusions. I was driving at below the speed limit when two cyclists came at speed out of a side road. Not stopping at a give way line , forcing me to have to do an emergency stop. Like I said. The small minority of each group, both drivers and cyclists who make the situation dangerous. Now feel free to report my posts. I'll again say I hope the cyclist recovers.

My last comment was deleted - don't know why! I hope the cyclist recovers but I just mentioned that I have encountered a few times groups of cyclists on country roads riding two/three abreast which is a very dangerous thing to do!

Riding two abreast is very dangerous? It's perfectly legal and usually the best option to stop idiots from overtaking when they shouldn't.

I take it you are a cyclist then - sounds like it from your attitude!

Yes you are quite correct, he does often comment about these issues but they do not remain on the website very long as they are usually mindless and inappropriate

Just another wet weekend in the Wild, Wild West Country, where cars, bicycles and pedestrians treacherously stake their claim for every precious unoccupied square centimetre of under-sized, over-crowded, puddle- and pothole-stewn concrete.

I hope the poor fellow recovers from this incident,I too was hit whilst cycling by a van the force of impact put his windscreen in .I was lucky broken ribs and concussion. It was proved by the insurance payout ..van drivers fault he must of been colour blind I was all the colours of the rainbow.

This is not cycling, every weekend the forest roads are turned into the tour de france they take no notice of the highway code or any other road users and god help any body or animal that may get in the way . I am sorry for the injured man but is it not time that they carried insurance no other road user can go without it.

forest going to yhe dogs wrote:
This is not cycling, every weekend the forest roads are turned into the tour de france they take no notice of the highway code or any other road users and god help any body or animal that may get in the way . I am sorry for the injured man but is it not time that they carried insurance no other road user can go without it.

Isn't it about time insurance companies offered an all-in-one vehicle policy that covers both cycling and motor? This wouldn't need to cost anymore because you could not use both modes of transport at the same time, and whilst travelling by cycle you are not going to do as much damage to other vehicles. Injury payouts to thecyclist could be limited to a maximum limit. Just a thought.

forest going to yhe dogs wrote:
This is not cycling, every weekend the forest roads are turned into the tour de france they take no notice of the highway code or any other road users and god help any body or animal that may get in the way . I am sorry for the injured man but is it not time that they carried insurance no other road user can go without it.

Anyone that's a member of a club or takes part in events will almost certainly have insurance through that association and/or the governing body of the sport (be it cycling or triathlon) in this country.

And there as many uninsured drivers on the roads as there are total cyclits
http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-
2036332/Car-insuranc
e-30-drivers-Britain
-uninsured-adding-30
-premium.html (except the cyclists aren't killing people on a daily basis).

The last time a cyclist died in the New Forest the driver was charged with death by careless driving, but it barely registered with commenters on here and the Southampton Echo.

Is there anywhere safe for people to Walk .....ride a horse ......ride a bike ,as a group we have a very good relationship in the forest ,but as we travel a lot slower than cars and often hold them up there is conflict !!