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Originally Posted by Taf
I found myself driving behind an elderly cyclist yesterday, barely at walking pace.
Too much oncoming traffic in a narrow road, so I just held back a bit and crept along.
Drivers behind us started to sound their horns after about 50 yards.
What did the old gent do? Gesture at them? Shout obscenities at them?
No, he stopped, got off his bike and pulled it onto the pavement and waved us forwards.
100 yards later I was stopped at traffic lights, and guess who appeared next to me?
Care, courtesy and consideration. A motto often unheard of by many modern drivers and riders.
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I also met a cyclist this morning in Cardiff, he was very eager to get out of the way.
Taf you may know the area, I was proceeding along Elm Street Roath towards Newport Road at 5:50am. From the left as I was approaching the 4 Elms pub a cyclist with no lights shot out from the lane that connects it to Partridge Road. He was of East European appearance and as per usual he was on the wrong side of the road. i.e. It appears he had come down the lane hugging the right hand side, so he had a very bad view of any traffic on the road he was joining.
I wasn't anywhere near close to him because I was travelling down the middle of the road due to parked cars and the speed bumps. When he caught sight of me he swerved left into the pavement and fell off his bike. (I was at least 20 feet away from him and he wasn't in my direct path)
As I sat at the traffic lights laughing he made about 3 attempts to get back on the bike. He gave up because I estimate his legs were about a foot too short to reach the floor. He started pushing it rapidly in the opposite direction, at this point the lights changed and I turned into Newport Road.
As I carried on my way I started thinking he had most likely just stolen it!