Today I was grateful to be in my tall 4x4, not a car, heading out of town in the outer lane I spotted a cyclist, riding the wrong way down a one way street onto the road, she was more interested in the traffic comming from the left, hoping to slot into the flow, so seeing as the inside lane was stopped she didn't bother to look right. I slowed in full expectation she'd completely missed my large 4x4 approaching on her right, even though it would have been clearly visible over the cars. And yes she rode straight out in front of me, turned as she did so and only then did it register....
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"badger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi all,
Today I was grateful to be in my tall 4x4, not a car, heading out of town in the outer lane I spotted a cyclist, riding the wrong way down a one way street onto the road, she was more interested in the traffic comming from the left, hoping to slot into the flow, so seeing as the inside lane was stopped she didn't bother to look right. I slowed in full expectation she'd completely missed my large 4x4 approaching on her right, even though it would have been clearly visible over the cars. And yes she rode straight out in front of me, turned as she did so and only then did it register....
What a coincidence! On the very same day I had a man in a white van almost flatten me as he joined the road without looking.
Two instances of road users failing to pay attention and flouting the highway code on the same day! What is the world coming to?
And two instances of almost the very same post! I blame Bill Gates.... ;-)
"badger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi all,
Today I was grateful to be in my tall 4x4, not a car, heading out of town in the outer lane I spotted a cyclist, riding the wrong way down a one way street onto the road, she was more interested in the traffic comming from the left, hoping to slot into the flow, so seeing as the inside lane was stopped she didn't bother to look right. I slowed in full expectation she'd completely missed my large 4x4 approaching on her right, even though it would have been clearly visible over the cars. And yes she rode straight out in front of me, turned as she did so and only then did it register....
What a coincidence! On the very same day I was almost flattened by a white van joining the road without looking.
Two instances of road users not paying attention and flouting the Highway Code! What is the world coming to?
"badger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi all,
Today I was grateful to be in my tall 4x4, not a car, heading out of town in the outer lane I spotted a cyclist, riding the wrong way down a one way street onto the road, she was more interested in the traffic comming from the left, hoping to slot into the flow, so seeing as the inside lane was stopped she didn't bother to look right. I slowed in full expectation she'd completely missed my large 4x4 approaching on her right, even though it would have been clearly visible over the cars. And yes she rode straight out in front of me, turned as she did so and only then did it register....
What a coincidence! On the very same day I had a man in a white van almost flatten me as he joined the road without looking.
Two instances of road users failing to pay attention and flouting the highway code on the same day! What is the world coming to?
"Budstaff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"badger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi all,
Today I was grateful to be in my tall 4x4, not a car, heading out of town in the outer lane I spotted a cyclist, riding the wrong way down a one way street onto the road, she was more interested in the traffic comming from the left, hoping to slot into the flow, so seeing as the inside lane was stopped she didn't bother to look right. I slowed in full expectation she'd completely missed my large 4x4 approaching on her right, even though it would have been clearly visible over the cars. And yes she rode straight out in front of me, turned as she did so and only then did it register....
What a coincidence! On the very same day I had a man in a white van almost flatten me as he joined the road without looking.
Two instances of road users failing to pay attention and flouting the highway code on the same day! What is the world coming to?
And two instances of almost the very same post! I blame Bill Gates.... ;-)
I've been having problems with large numbers of double posts on most of the groups I susbscribe to for a couple of weeks now. It used to be very rare. Has anybody else noticed a recent increase?
I've been having problems with large numbers of double posts on most of the groups I susbscribe to for a couple of weeks now. It used to be very rare. Has anybody else noticed a recent increase?
I've been having problems with large numbers of double posts on most of the groups I susbscribe to for a couple of weeks now. It used to be very rare. Has anybody else noticed a recent increase?
I've been having problems with large numbers of double posts on most of the groups I susbscribe to for a couple of weeks now. It used to be very rare. Has anybody else noticed a recent increase?
"Ningi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've been having problems with large numbers of double posts on most of the groups I susbscribe to for a couple of weeks now. It used to be very rare. Has anybody else noticed a recent increase?
