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...and on top of the actual collisions there are near-misses, which cause significant stress to pedestrians (I assume most of this is just through thoughtlessne
by richmarr 11y ago
...and on top of the actual collisions there are near-misses, which cause significant stress to pedestrians (I assume most of this is just through thoughtlessness rather than wanting to buzz the tower).
To be clear, I've been cycling on the streets of London since I was about 6; this comment isn't coming from a place of cycle-hatred.
- batou 11y agoThis was London as well. Farringdon in particular. I'm was also a cyclist but I wont get on the things now.
- dalore 11y agoI had one in London run a red, just missed me. I said woah and kind of swung out to protect myself/hit him as you do. He took offence and started hunting me down the streets of London and then wanted to fight. If I wasn't so hungover and with a heavy full backpack with laptops in it I might have. But I just walked away whilst he was yelling insults. He had no time so had to run the red, but he had lots of time to take out his road rage on a pedestrian.
- batou 11y agoGood for you - probably the best outcome. I'd have probably just flipped my shit. Someone pulled a knife on me in Ealing and my reaction was to smash him in the face. Hurt like hell but not as much as the later realisation that I could have pissed him off and ended up worse off than I did.