Dead Man Riding day today.
I have been out in the car, in the glorious sunshine, driving home through Trafford.
Dead Man Riding #1
Driving towards a cross roads with lights on green, Dead Man Riding wants to jump lights from my right to left and so hops onto pavement to ride across crossing. Doesn't bother checking that the crossing is clear even though traffic is approaching on both sides.
I stop in time with a blast of the horn. He shouts 'Rust clot man!' (or what ever it was) and shakes his fingers at me.
Dead Man Riding #2
Stopped at the next set of red lights at a T junction I see a Dead Man Riding towards the red lights on the wrong side of the road. He realises he wants to turn left at the lights and so looks over his left shoulder and darts across the road to hop on the pavement completely failing to see the left turn traffic approaching ahead of him from the major road. Doesn't even flinch as the car tyres screech. He continues on his way on the pavement.
Dead Man Riding #3
Approaching the red traffic light at the entry to a busy one way system. The lights on the one way system turn red and a bus stops there with lots of traffic around it. Light turn to green for me and three lanes of traffic ahead of me enter the one way system. Dead Man Riding on the one way system overtakes the stationary bus and into the path of the three lanes of joining traffic. He gesticulates and shouts at the drivers for screeching to a stop before wobbling his way towards the next exit jumping the red light there as well.
Trafford has an interesting cycling population I think.
A calming
now before finding something else to do for the evening.
today. 
its all so exciting.
