As much as I’d like to agree with this, because I can’t stand cyclists either, the guy had the whole other side of the road to pass and chose to stay in the lane the cyclists were in. This could have and should have been avoided.
Unless it was a winding road with little sight distance and/or oncoming traffic.
The cyclists should be charged with obstructing the road and in jail with him.
That is not usually the case. These groups are riding on single lane roads, which are curvy, hilly, and with lots of traffic coming from the other direction. It is often impossible, for stretches of several miles, to pass the cyclists by crossing over into the oncoming lane.
> This could have and should have been avoided. <
Yes, indeed. Sometimes through no fault of your own, you’ve just got to slow down and wait. Folks who can’t do that shouldn’t be driving.
Oh, and if this guy was so upset he should have called the cops on the cyclists. What he did was attempted murder. He should get the appropriate prison time for that.
What we don't know is how long he'd been behind them in traffic.
Maybe doesn't excuse, but might explain.
This could have and should have been avoided.
By the van driver AND the cyclists. At least two leaned into the van.
I agree. Cyclists have pissed me off before but this idiot ran them over when there was no need. He wasn’t boxed in and they were not deliberately going slow and blocking traffic. He could have just gone around.
Depends if they were spread all over the road on both sides which happens or if it was technically a no passing section, which even then there is some leeway if obstuctions exist.
Not really, it was a double yellow line. He crossed it anyway, but legally he didn’t have a whole nother lane he could use because of the double yellow line