Things happen in 3's

"Iain Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Riding to work this morning, stopped at red traffic lights on Hanover
Street, at the pedestrian crossing. Taxi pulls up behind me. Then taxi
drives off and goes through the red light. I wait another ten seconds

until

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light goes green, and catch the taxi up as it's stopped at the newsagent's
100 yards down the road. I say to the driver, "do you know you've just

gone

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through a red light?" Of course he was totally so-what about it. "I'm not
[censored] waiting there all day" (waiting time required: 10 seconds, all

day:

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86,400 seconds) and started making towards me. So I got his registration
number, scarpered with a cheery "bye bye" and emailed the council. Still
waiting for response.

Trying to "educate" a motorist is a waste of time as they will not learn.

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Coming home tonight, big oil tanker thingy overtakes me. More accurately,
drives past as if I wasn't there. About two feet between tanker and kerb.
Tanker very fast. Two sunken grids at kerb. If I swerve out to avoid grids
I go under tanker's wheels. If I bounce across the grids I might swerve
sideways. Bouncing across had less risk. Eek.

If tanker was 2 foot from kerb and you are alive to tell the tale then you
must have been about 3 inches from the kerb! Never get less than 2-3 foot
from kerb as you will be giving up all your "escape" space if you do.

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A mile from home, it starts raining. Only thirty seconds of rain but just
enough to soak me to the bone, and I'm wearing shorts & T-shirt and road
too busy to stop and put jacket on.

With this hot weather what I would give for a refreshing shower.

"Adrian Boliston" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Coming home tonight, big oil tanker thingy overtakes me. More
accurately, drives past as if I wasn't there. About two feet between
tanker and kerb. Tanker very fast. Two sunken grids at kerb. If I
swerve out to avoid grids I go under tanker's wheels. If I bounce
across the grids I might swerve sideways. Bouncing across had less
risk. Eek.

If tanker was 2 foot from kerb and you are alive to tell the tale then
you must have been about 3 inches from the kerb! Never get less than
2-3 foot from kerb as you will be giving up all your "escape" space if
you do.

I did start out a few feet from the kerb, bur Mr Tanker Driver forced his
way past. Maybe 2 foot was a bit on the low side but it was definitely too
close. I know I shouldn't let them past if it's not safe for them to do so
but tankers at 30mph are intimidating.

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A mile from home, it starts raining. Only thirty seconds of rain but
just enough to soak me to the bone, and I'm wearing shorts & T-shirt
and road too busy to stop and put jacket on.

With this hot weather what I would give for a refreshing shower.

Lucky you, it was cold and windy where I was.

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"Iain Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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... and catch the taxi up as it's stopped at the newsagent's 100
100 yards down the road. I say to the driver, "do you know you've just
gone through a red light?" Of course he was totally so-what about it.
"I'm not [censored] waiting there all day"

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Trying to "educate" a motorist is a waste of time as they will not learn.

Won't stop this highly qualified professional driver complaining long
and loud about cyclists who go through red lights though.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

Iain Jones said:

Riding to work this morning

<all sorts of bad things>

Numbers come in threes, too:

1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9, 10 11 12 etc.

I'm sure if the saying blamed fours we'd manage to find the pattern
there too.

Sounds like a rough day though...!

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m.

Dave Kahn <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Adrian Boliston said:

"Iain Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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... and catch the taxi up as it's stopped at the newsagent's 100
100 yards down the road. I say to the driver, "do you know you've just
gone through a red light?" Of course he was totally so-what about it.
"I'm not [censored] waiting there all day"

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Trying to "educate" a motorist is a waste of time as they will not learn.

Won't stop this highly qualified professional driver complaining long
and loud about cyclists who go through red lights though.

My thoughts exactly. Got the standard reply from the council this morning,
"your email has been forwarded to the relevant department". That one, and
the other three or four I've sent about odd little things like council
tax...