downfader
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Last night I was a passenger in my Father's car and as we drove up our road we could see a flashing blue light ahead coming from the other way. Dad slowed down as we got close and we realised it was just some bloke on a cycle. He wasn't a cycling policeman, or a PCSO, or a paramedic etc, yet he was using a blue flashing light.
Needless to say it seemed to cause some confusion for the drivers behind him who didn't know if they could overtake him or not. There must have been about 8 cars, all politely following him and giving him loads of space despite the fact they had plenty of opportunity to overtake before we were even close.
Whilst it was quite funny to see, and even thinking back on it, the guy is really going to have a bit of a shock when he gets pulled for it. The Police around here may ignore some ninja-cyclists, they wont ignore blue lights (remembering the chavmobile that was pulled a little while back for having blue neons under his car chassis)
So my message to those considering using or buying them is this: dont. At the very least you might cause a situation for an official blue light where it isnt respected.
End rant.
Needless to say it seemed to cause some confusion for the drivers behind him who didn't know if they could overtake him or not. There must have been about 8 cars, all politely following him and giving him loads of space despite the fact they had plenty of opportunity to overtake before we were even close.
Whilst it was quite funny to see, and even thinking back on it, the guy is really going to have a bit of a shock when he gets pulled for it. The Police around here may ignore some ninja-cyclists, they wont ignore blue lights (remembering the chavmobile that was pulled a little while back for having blue neons under his car chassis)
So my message to those considering using or buying them is this: dont. At the very least you might cause a situation for an official blue light where it isnt respected.
End rant.