On 05/08/2010 12:43, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2010\08\05 08:00, Arthur Figgis wrote:

Is there also an element of no-one caring about crime involving bikes -
instead people just drone on about having once seen a cyclist
slaughtering wimmin-n-children on the pavement, or - even worse - the
time a car had to give way at a junction because a cyclist was on the
/road/, rather on the pavement where "it's safer, innit"?

Never mind droning on, have you ever heard anyone even complain a single
time about a car having to give way to a bike at a junction, unless the
bike was driving through a red light or shooting off a pavement?

Yes, of course I have. Have you not?

A not uncommon situation is a motorist shouting at a cyclist who is
waiting for safe time to move, the driver thinking there is a gap
because she* doesn't realise there is moving traffic which the cyclist
can see but the motorist (presumably) isn't aware of. A lot of people
also don't seem to realise that bikes can't easily go backwards.

*it usually is IME. My totally unverified theory is that a male driver
might be more likely to use a bike himself.
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK