Another dead cyclist...
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- detritus0
Moth - I've never yet been anywhere near ramming a pedestrian* - they always have right of way over me, regardless of what I might involve myself in. Same with cars. Why? Because I'm precariously balanced on a thin frame of metal, sometimes travelling at speed. ANY physical encounter I have, be it with a car, a person, a dog, a glass bottle, a broom handle at 45 degrees to the wheel (drove over one rounding Highbury Corner once - really not a pleasant experience), an over-sized pebble - anything - is going to cause me a colourful cross-spectrum of pain.
As a cyclist, my motivation is to not hit anything. Or, for that matter, be hit by anything - you must surely aprpeciate how drivers are in London? It's survival of the nippiest out there.
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* Now, obviously, because I've just said that, I'm likely to take out a grandmother or small child tomorrow - just wait.
- btw, moth - re last week's communication - are you still needing that? It kindve slipped past me, I'm afraid!detritus
- Well - apple fixed my macbook, so not in such a hurry right now.********