Last Friday, at about 7pm, I'm riding home from work in Sydney. Riding through Crows Nest the T3
lane I usually ride in is parked out with restaurant goers, so I'm in the middle lane (of three) on
Pacific Highway. I move out right into the middle of the lane to avoid a hole and get honked. Behind
me is a bronze sedan with 3 or 4 young blokes in it. They start shouting at me, the usual mindless
abuse. I ignore them, knowing that the traffic will grind to a halt at the bottom of the hill (by St
Leonards station).
In my mind I'm tossing up whether its worth waiting in the stationary traffic to engage them in
debate, but the inside lane is now clear of parked cars, so I switch back to it and pass all the
stationary traffic. Riding past the bus stops (towards Greenwich Road lights) the sun is right in my
eyes. Traffic in the outer lanes starts moving past me and I'm anticipating the yobs coming past and
delivering more abuse. Staring really hard into the glare, I can see a 4WD parked in my lane, so I
look over my shoulder, see a gap in the middle lane traffic and pull out into it, riding round the
parked vehicle. As I'm pulling out, I catch sight of the bronze sedan just behind me, in the lane
I'm leaving - it must have followed me down the inside.
I ride about 20 metres past the 4WD and hear this kerthumptinkle. I look back and the bronze
sedan has driven right into the back of the parked 4WD. I think that the driver of the sedan had
been so intent on following me down the inside lane, that he hadn't spotted the parked car
through the glare.
That's all.
Andy