WeeE
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- Glasgow in Scotland
Some odd non-sequiturs:
"She was going to turn left but had to stop to give way to other cars..."
The disjunction implies that this was in some way unanticipated by her.
"..when she heard a loud bang."
Implies that the first she knew of the cyclist was the bang; that she had been unaware of the cyclist. But surely she should have seen him when she checked her mirror before signalling the left turn?
"A cyclist had deliberately rammed his bike into her car causing damage."
How did she discern his motivation? And why would he deliberately damage his own bike?
"She looked in her mirror and saw the cyclist speed off back along Garlic Row."
Implies that by the time she saw him, he had turned his bike around or at least was turning it, behind her car, as seen in the mirror.
How did she know he was unshaven? For someone who didn't appear to know there was a cyclist behind her, she's suddenly noticing a lot of detail. Why on earth would he turn his bike around in the middle of the road and retrace his route...? If his bike had damaged a car, wouldn't it have come off worse? Wouldn't he have to take it off the road?
"He was angry because he had to stop and cycle around her car."
Why WOULD he stop, instead of filtering past her...unless he didn't know she was going to stop. Why would he have to cycle around her car, unless she was positioned so as to block the entire lane?
And was he totally silent, and is she telepathic? Any words between them would surely be notable - that's strange by its absence!
To me, this sounds exactly like someone cutting across a cyclist that she just plain didn't notice; possibly a cyclist who hadn't even come from where she thinks he went "back" to.
"She was going to turn left but had to stop to give way to other cars..."
The disjunction implies that this was in some way unanticipated by her.
"..when she heard a loud bang."
Implies that the first she knew of the cyclist was the bang; that she had been unaware of the cyclist. But surely she should have seen him when she checked her mirror before signalling the left turn?
"A cyclist had deliberately rammed his bike into her car causing damage."
How did she discern his motivation? And why would he deliberately damage his own bike?
"She looked in her mirror and saw the cyclist speed off back along Garlic Row."
Implies that by the time she saw him, he had turned his bike around or at least was turning it, behind her car, as seen in the mirror.
How did she know he was unshaven? For someone who didn't appear to know there was a cyclist behind her, she's suddenly noticing a lot of detail. Why on earth would he turn his bike around in the middle of the road and retrace his route...? If his bike had damaged a car, wouldn't it have come off worse? Wouldn't he have to take it off the road?
"He was angry because he had to stop and cycle around her car."
Why WOULD he stop, instead of filtering past her...unless he didn't know she was going to stop. Why would he have to cycle around her car, unless she was positioned so as to block the entire lane?
And was he totally silent, and is she telepathic? Any words between them would surely be notable - that's strange by its absence!
To me, this sounds exactly like someone cutting across a cyclist that she just plain didn't notice; possibly a cyclist who hadn't even come from where she thinks he went "back" to.
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Cyclist road rage down to non payment of road tax!! Best evaaaa! LOL!!!!!
