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Boris admits bendy-buses are safe - but he'll axe them anyway
On 23 Oct, 10:42, Adrian wrote:
MIG gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: A left turning cement truck killed a cyclist in Cambridge. There was disputed evidence about whether he was even indicating. To be honest, I'm not sure that indicating or not actually matters. If the wagon overtook the cyclist immediately before turning left, then the indicators are irrelevant - the HGV driver is absolutely bang-to- rights guilty. If the cyclist was undertaking the wagon as the wagon slowed down with a junction or entrance coming up on the left, then the indicators are irrelevant - the cyclist made a monumentally ****ing stupid manouvre, basically committing suicide. Same applies if they were both stationary at lights. If the wagon pulled up next to a cyclist already there, then the driver is utterly to blame. If the cyclist went up the inside of a stationary wagon, then the cyclist is utterly to blame. The best survival tactic for the cyclist is to get to the front, or else they are bound to be on the inside of something when the queue moves. Sometimes due to bad luck Bad luck, my arse. If you've not JUST seen them go red, assume they're about to go green, and be on the defensive. Same applies t'other way round - as long as you've not JUST seen 'em go green, you should assume they're about to go red, and be prepared to stop. the lights change just as you are trying to get to the front. So stay behind the wagon. Then it doesn't matter WHEN the lights change. And then you are stuck on the inside of a queue of vehicles that may be turning left and whose drivers may not have seen you. That's why you need to get to the front. If the cement truck was indicating, I might hold back in that situation, but otherwise I'd try to get to the front. Why the impatience? What I said. You get to the front to help you survive, nothing to do with impatience. So indicating does make a difference (whether that was the situation in Cambridge I don't know). What ever happened to "discretion is the better part of valour"? "He who runs away lives to fight another day"? Why not, indeed, go past the wagon on the RIGHT? Y'know, the side that you're meant to overtake stuff...? Not at a queue at a junction. That's totally irrelevant. How would you squeeze between the bumpers to get to the right anyway? Would it be safe to pop out from between vehicles into the middle of the road? |
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