Hello everyone. I know cyclist are the minority on the road but the reality is we are also road users. As we come to terms with this “renewed” reality, I hope we can all do so in a manner that is considerate and safely.
(For your ref, videocam is mounted 8cm off centered on my 620mm handlebar width with a loaded pannier strapped to my bike with similar width and brightly lited. Or easier reference, my wheel is generally right outside or proximity of the outer yellow line.)
(35s) is a car unnecessarily zooming past with a risky parameters. In fact, it’s so close that my elbow “touched” his vehicle momentarily. A jumpy twitch, a pedestrian jumping off the curb, or a tiny pothole that make me move an inch to the right and I’ll definitely be on the ground. This is a congested road, the driver literally gained no time as I caught up with him less than 2 lights later in the same lane.
This is a cyclists nightmare, thus some would adopt the strategy of taking the lane to make themselves more visible and encourage a more cautious manoeuvre by vehicles.
For this instance, I can share the road as I normally would prefer to, knowing that this is a congested road and some vehicles tend to filter left early to anticipate a left turn. If the vehicle feel that his car is so big and the road is so packed he cannot move, I can even offer to move nearer to the gutters for him.. but this speed in relation to the other vehicles and the passing distance in uncalled for.
The previous cyclist post generated quite a lively discussion about how left a cyclist should keep, may I can explain to you that the rational of “taking the lane” is a safety aspect. If a cyclist feel that the lane is too narrow to have a car squeeze in to their right, they may take the lane briefly to discourage vehicles to be at the side momentarily and in fact most will move left when it’s clear you want to be in and when it’s safe to do so. (Stressful to have angry car following close being u know?)
Sure, some are excessive in their lane taking antics and it’s difficult to argue with everyone, I hope all of us can get home safely and be considerate to all users 
🙂 Take a few second to make a judgement call, calm down and move on. Singapore road very good. Your marginal gain will be zerod out at the next junction. Cheers.
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