> Certainly in the UK, drivers will not pay
> the same attention to these little-used paths with insignifncant users
> and poor sightlines as they would do when pulling onto a normal road
> where there could be a lorry bearing down on them...
There's a big difference in driver behaviour between the UK and the
Netherlands. It's partially that there are so many more cyclists here
(safety in numbers), and partially that there is a presumption that
the car driver is at fault unless proven otherwise.
The problem I had in the UK was that some car drivers would check
whether there was a lorry or a car, and if it was just a bike, presume
they'd have priority, because I guess they figures that bikes never
get priority.
It might also be that inner city Birmingham is particularly bad, and
drivers elsewhere in the UK are a little better behaved.
About the passing parked cars point, riding assertively only goes so
far, if enough drivers are substantially more assertive than you are...
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