Paul Walters
Über Member
My GF and I were out on sunday and stopped at a traffic controlled T junction. We were on the main road and going straight on. My GF was in front of me, and we both pulled up at the red light, stopping against the kerb (one behind the other).
An old woman driving some miniature car pulled up next to us, and I signalled to her that we would let her pull away first as she was so tight I wouldn't be able to pull away before or at the same time as her.
When the green light showed, I looked at her, she waved, pulled away, and then drove straight into my GF. AFTER she had actually seen us both, made eye contact and acknowledged our existence.
She drove off without even realising she'd made contact. Luckily my GF hadn't yet started to move off, and just got a nudge, but FFS. If we had pulled away at the same time, as I normally do, we'd both have been squished.
Made me wonder why I cycle at all.
An old woman driving some miniature car pulled up next to us, and I signalled to her that we would let her pull away first as she was so tight I wouldn't be able to pull away before or at the same time as her.
When the green light showed, I looked at her, she waved, pulled away, and then drove straight into my GF. AFTER she had actually seen us both, made eye contact and acknowledged our existence.
She drove off without even realising she'd made contact. Luckily my GF hadn't yet started to move off, and just got a nudge, but FFS. If we had pulled away at the same time, as I normally do, we'd both have been squished.
Made me wonder why I cycle at all.