On 22 Aug, 21:01, novice  wrote:
> Phil W Lee wrote:
> > novice  considered Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:49:45 +0100 the
> > perfect time to write:
>
> >>Squashmewrote:
> >>> On 22 Aug, 16:35, The Real Doctor  wrote:
> >>>> On 22 Aug, 15:52,Squashme wrote:
>
> >>>>> On 22 Aug, 13:15, The Real Doctor  wrote:
> >>>>>> It was also rotten anticipation on the part of the cyclist. Why, when
> >>>>>> he saw her signalling, did he not simply slow down fractionally? What
> >>>>>> was to be gained by all that pissy self-righteous tooting and
> >>>>>> shouting. Yes, people do occasionally do things suboptimally - so
> >>>>>> what? We're all human, and little bit of give and take goes a long
> >>>>>> way.
> >>>>> Yes, it goes a long way towards the motorist not even noticing her own
> >>>>> stupidity. Why was she turning from the middle of the road, across the
> >>>>> nearside lane?
> >>>> Because there was a slow moving vehicle in the nearside lane, and
> >>>> faster moving vehicles are allowed to pas slower moving vehicles.
> >>> They are not obliged to, are they? Especially if they are immediately
> >>> going to turn left? Or is it some Freudian thing?
>
> >>>> If the cyclist hadn't done his nut as she passed - so that she slowed
> >>>> down to see what the matter was - she'd have been able to make the
> >>>> left turn well in front of him, from the nearside lane.
>
> >>> She created the problem. Knowing that she wanted to turn left, she
> >>> should have stayed behind the bike in the nearside lane, until the
> >>> cyclist had passed the turning. Then she could have turned safely from
> >>> the nearside lane. All that she needed to do was anticipate. Just
> >>> needed a bit of "give and take" on her part.
>
> >> You can be sanctimonious and flat, or whole and avoid the faster
> >> traffic. Make your selection... NOW.
>
> > But in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, etc*, cycles ARE the faster
> > traffic, so you'd better get those damned cages out of the way before
> > we all get mountain bikes and start riding over them.
>
> > *Just about any town during the crush hours.
>
> I've probably been overtaken by a cyclist five times or less in my life.
> The number of cyclists I've passed is beyond counting.

Jeez, and it hurt enough for you to count.