Uncle Mort said:"I noticed that cars passed me more slowly...and that the drivers and passengers were even making eye contact."
...and they were thinking "who's that prat?"
(My emphasis).Still, Bill Whitney was impressed. A taxi driver for 14 years, Mr Whitney, 61, has had more than his share of collisions with cyclists. “I don’t mind cyclists, providing they use the roads right,” he said. “But they ride about with no lights, wearing all black. I just plough right through them. I might not, though, if they were wearing a jacket like that.”