wow where to start today...well its officially autumn now, and theres definitely a chill in the air now, definitely arm warmer weather, only had to cope with one setting sun ride that scared the hell out of me this week, as cloud has been well positioned the rest, it will be sunset by the end of next week so problem over, except of course for lights.
anyway why the big build up, well today was the worst collection of stuff on a single ride Ive had for ages, not just like the volume, but the complete variety of stuff too, in terms of craziness and types of vehicle too
like it wasnt just the amount of close passes, lots of those, or the amount of passes at speed, lots of those too, Im on a 30mph road cycling along at 18mph, and people are passing me like Im cycling on a dual carriageway at NSL. And it wasnt just the variety of vehicles either, I had motorbikes, cars, vans, tipper trucks, hgvs all rubbish overtakes well within 1m, let alone 1.5. The tipper truck overtook gave me space to begin with but its at between 40-50mph and we are heading towards one of those pedestrian island things, that it cuts back in at the last moment (honestly thought they were going to hit it), but which feels like a massive swipe with all the aero effect such a massive vehicle throws on you.
also had a driver close pass me, and maybe I need to get one of those mirror thingies, but I gave my normal friendly wave to such behaviour only to be overtaken by the police in their absolutely theyre the traffic cop car
, who gave me lots of space,thanks guys, but then did nothing about the guy in front of them,erm how about some traffic policing ??? and then the driver behind them close passed me too, and somehow even though the traffic cops are doing the speed limit, he catches them in only a few seconds, like are you that dumb seriously?
and it doesnt end there, also had a driver overtake me as we approached a red light,plenty of warning and time to stop yet he still somehow stopped with his front wheels over the stop line, I look across to take the piss out of his poor driving ability, and he's sat there one hand on steering wheel, one hand with greggs sausage role just stuffing his face, and the traffic light goes green and he just carries on driving like that. and then further up the road, driver overtakes me at speed but gives room, and then I see hes on his on his phone, literally driving with his phone in front of his face. like wtaf !!!
why am I sharing the road with these imbeciles
