I have a dilemma. Adelaide has a lot of round-abouts. Most cyclists generally get along at a fair rate of knots. As I approach a round-about in the car and a cyclist is ahead of me approaching it too (at a fair speed), I have to do quite a rapid calculation as to whether or not I can pass him and clear the round-about before he gets to it, or whether I should hang back and allow him to get around first. 99% of the time I adopt the latter option. Why? Because the speed of the cyclist is easily under-estimated, and there is no visible indication of the cyclist slowing down other than the temporary cessation of pedalling. I will not allow myself to get into a situation where my flawed judgement may endanger another road user. In an ideal world all cycles using the road would be fitted with indicators, brake lights, mirrors etc, as a motor-cycle. The issue is that bicycles are travelling faster on the roads nowadays, and safety compensatory considerations have not caught up with that fact. In the meantime extreme caution needs to be exercised by the MOTORIST.
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