filtering and road position

[Sid Squid]

Re; OP's question. The situations in which you might filter are so variable as to make it impossible to specify a suitable distance, which I think would be somewhat prescriptive.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Re; OP's question. The situations in which you might filter are so variable as to make it impossible to specify a suitable distance, which I think would be somewhat prescriptive.

Surely the simple answer is the appropriate distance from the hazards on each side of you relative to the severity of each hazard.

Originally Posted by Stu

Otherwise in the Thread, I pretty much agree with everything Muffles has said, as long as he advocates keeping away from junctions and other hazards on your right hand side.

Yep, I'm actually a little bit more wary of junctions/hazards on the right hand side as I figure road users probably don't expect vehicles travelling on the wrong side of the road, so even less chance of them looking. In practice I probably stay equally as far rather than more to the left, so I can treat neither of them as having seen me

Originally Posted by Stu

Surely the simple answer is the appropriate distance from the hazards on each side of you relative to the severity of each hazard.

I think that's how I'd describe it too, I guess he's saying some people might expect a hard and fast figure (2 metres +- 20cm and at an angle of no less than 85 degrees to the horizontal of the car as viewed from above) lol...

http://www.youtube.com/user/advancedbiker

looks boring at first glance but there is some good stuff on there

+ look haw well behaved everyone is when your on a white bike in high vis clothing.