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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Like the idiot I nearly hit one night riding on a dark part of road at a roundabout wearing hi-vis black on black, black helmet, thin black bike with black lights and reflectors. He did have priority but that really wouldn't have helped if I hadn't seen him. "My right of way" famous last words.
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So, let me get this right: a cyclist displaying lights and reflectors with right of way is an idiot because you didn't see him? Were you wearing hi-vis and a helmet at the time? The
famous last words would be "you are guilty of manslaughter".
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Originally Posted by denphone
As usual you try to obfuscate the thread with little relevance to what we are actually talking about as we ain't talking about children here but grown adults on the roads.
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How is it obfuscation to discuss cyclists; that's what the thread is about? I know it would better serve your feeble argument to limit the discussion to the 'louts' but hey ho.
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Originally Posted by Taf
A new(ish) phenomenon has arrived in our city. Buses were being held up by slow moving traffic, so whole lanes were marked for bus use only. These "bus lanes" started to breed rapidly, allowing buses to whizz around much faster than the rest of the traffic. Then taxis were allowed to use them.
Then bicycles.
And it all went wrong.
Held up by slow-moving bicycles in their lanes, buses and taxis started to leave their sacred space and join the files of slow moving traffic. But now, of course, there were fewer lanes for all this traffic, so major jams developed.
The council reacted in many locations, by adding another lane.... the p̶s̶y̶c̶o̶p̶a̶t̶h̶ cycle path, between the kerb and the bus lane Some cyclists started to use them, whizzing around, often faster than the speed limit.
And then the carnage started.
People stepping off and on buses via the cycle path. Would the cyclists give way? Not often.
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'Bus lane' is a misnomer. These can be used by taxis, emergency vehicles, bicycles, motorcycles and buses. It is advisable to be observant when alighting any form of transport.
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Originally Posted by Mr Banana
I take it that you are an advocate of cyclists riding through red lights, seeing as you responded to my post with something not remotely similar?
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I did not respond to your latest post at all.