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Hi,
I have observed lately a sharp increase in dangerous driving while riding from Upton though Chilton road towards Harwell Campus. I have been overtaken by cars and buses at the last turn before reaching the junction ( http://goo.gl/maps/PBzo0 )
while clearly the had no visibility of cars or cyclists coming from the other way. Today a convoy of 5 cars overtook me there.Is there anything we can do about this?
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Hello,
I am not sure where you mean, are you in Chilton village or Upton village or Is the junction refer to at the top of Hagbourne Hill? The map you link to does not make it clear.
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Ah, I see where you mean now, Dimitris. I too cycle that way most mornings, but I can’t say I’ve noticed an increase in the behaviour you describe. Normally traffic will overtake me on the vaguely straight sections of that road, and if I’m at the corner in question, it will wait unil I’ve gone around. Yes, the vehicles will blast past me and sometimes not give me much room, but I consider that to be “normal” overtaking style.
In future, I shall take more notice at that bend and report back if I notice any worse behaviour.
David
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In the HarBUG submission to the local transport plan we did put forward a plan to have advisory cycle lanes on both sides of this road. When the road was re-surfaced a few months ago we sent an email asking them to do this when they re-painted the lines. We did not receive any reply but they have not re-painted the lines yet.
Yes, this is a fast bit of road and vehicles will overtake you, and why shouldn’t they? Are you cycling too close to the edge of the road allowing vehicles to pass close to you? You should be around 1 to 1.5m away from the edge, this way vehicles will not be able to overtake if something is coming in the other direction and will have to slow down and wait until you go round the bend before overtaking. -
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Hello there,
I hope this is hepful. You might know this but if not you can cycle off road instead if commuting that way, when it is not too wet and muddy. When comming out of Upton, look for a bridleway on the left hand side of the pub. It follows the railwayline. Go allong it for a mile then turn right. It brings you out in Chilton Village.
Perhaps this should be the cycle route and not the road, whicih is rather bad in ruch hour.
You can go all the way from Didcot to campus all off road and away from cars. It is a nice ride. The bridleway is well looked after and laid to gravel by Chilton Waste.
You need good lights though this time of year, but it is great in the summer.
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