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Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
..by a bloody cyclist!
Just coming back through town from my 10 mile loop home, and coming down Coppergate I'd already tutted at a guy who rode through a red at a pedestrian crossing, and a guy who came past me at the next red, impeding a bus trying to turn into the street, and sat at the corner before crossing on red anyway (It's a narrow street, and a tight corner, hence the Stop line is a little way back, to let long vehicles get round.).
So, just past Marks and Spencers, and coming up to the right turn to Fossgate (I'm going straight on), I move out to overtake the cyclist in front of me - probably doing 10-12 mph. Just as I'm drawing level, he swings out, without a hint of indication, or any look over his shoulder, even a glance, and sideswipes straight into me.
Fortunately, I was giving him a fair bit of room anyway, and I just managed to swing out a bit myself (putting me head on with an oncoming bus for a moment), so that although his handlebars clipped my fingers and our sides collided, and I thought we were going down, we both stayed upright. Cue some colourful language from me, and a suggestion that he ought to indicate sometime.
Lessons for me - perhaps chill a bit more in town, and avoid overtaking, and remember they are all idiots. Lessons for him - Dunno, he looked a bit dopey.
If I'd been driving a car... I suppose he might have heard the engine, but he made no look back at all before moving out, I'm sure of it - if he'd so much as glanced, I wouldn't have gone to overtake.
And breathe.....
Just coming back through town from my 10 mile loop home, and coming down Coppergate I'd already tutted at a guy who rode through a red at a pedestrian crossing, and a guy who came past me at the next red, impeding a bus trying to turn into the street, and sat at the corner before crossing on red anyway (It's a narrow street, and a tight corner, hence the Stop line is a little way back, to let long vehicles get round.).
So, just past Marks and Spencers, and coming up to the right turn to Fossgate (I'm going straight on), I move out to overtake the cyclist in front of me - probably doing 10-12 mph. Just as I'm drawing level, he swings out, without a hint of indication, or any look over his shoulder, even a glance, and sideswipes straight into me.
Fortunately, I was giving him a fair bit of room anyway, and I just managed to swing out a bit myself (putting me head on with an oncoming bus for a moment), so that although his handlebars clipped my fingers and our sides collided, and I thought we were going down, we both stayed upright. Cue some colourful language from me, and a suggestion that he ought to indicate sometime.
Lessons for me - perhaps chill a bit more in town, and avoid overtaking, and remember they are all idiots. Lessons for him - Dunno, he looked a bit dopey.
If I'd been driving a car... I suppose he might have heard the engine, but he made no look back at all before moving out, I'm sure of it - if he'd so much as glanced, I wouldn't have gone to overtake.
And breathe.....
