Filtering...

[Yoshi]

I've started commuting to school on the bike.

When I'm riding along a 2 lane road (ie a normal road, 30 or 40 zone), is it ok to filter along in the space in the middle of my road. There's enough space to do it.

Not entirely sure what filtering means other than going down to the front of traffic lights.

Thanks,
Matt
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[Rookie]

Pretty much, but definitely keep an eye out for side roads. People are fond of stopping to let people through the queue onto the other side of the road, and they can easily take you out.

[Dazbo666]

I've found the advice on the Ixion site to be useful in the past...
https://www.ixion.org.uk/faq/filtering.html HTH
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[mchaggis]

Beware of the traffic moving out to pass cylists or parked cars, or stopping to turn right. Also beware that there quite often isn't enough space to filter past a car with trucks etc coming the other way. Never put yourself in a situation where you don't have somewhere to escape to. With oncoming wide vehicles this is especially important, they can't really move out of your way.
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[LUXY DJ]

worst is filtering down stationary traffic, if poss go as wide as poss onto the other side of the road,this is so you got enough time to see the dumb ppl who walk out inbetween the cars & forget bikes still go down the sides & side roads is the other biggy,so while filtering SLOWLY always try to look @ side roads on your left & if there IS a car coming out wait back abit further then the car letting them out is!

i now always rev as im approching a gap in the traffic specially if its were a bus has just dropped ppl off

but as for the REALLY dumb ones,FUCK EM! obviously to dumb to be using the roads themselves anyways hence why there on foot!
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[Misc]

Watch out for bikers behind you, something that really pisses me off is when there right up you're ass in you're blind spot.

[michaelryland]

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[Yoshi]

Thanks for the advice, I will have a go tomorrow, but only small stuff... Just to get a bit of experience and confidence.
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[st3v3]

before i left school, a lot of the nobs got peds, but one of 'em rode wiv a pillion on L plates, only to scrape a car with coppas seing whole thing, he got slapp on wrists bit it goes to show, ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED......and don't forget the old lifesaver, it's there for a reason,
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[kenny]

watch out for stood buse's when filtering people tend to walk in front of them to cross road and you only see them till they walk right in fron tof you
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