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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.16.MISMATCH!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe21.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID: <2q1hl.19156$875.9368@newsfe21.ams2> From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Dangerous driving complaint and response. Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:13:56 +0000 References: <3a30696f-4bca-46fb-87d4-a4c5dac7867a@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com> 	<6uis19Ff35gnU1@mid.individual.net> <_sOdnQZUadVyCRnUnZ2dnUVZ8tXinZ2d@posted.plusnet>  Lines: 37 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe21.ams2 1233429246 82.21.204.127 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:14:06 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:14:06 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2916 X-Original-Bytes: 2873 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684445

spindrift wrote: > On Jan 31, 6:14 am, Danny Colyer  wrote: >> On 31/01/2009 11:46, Paul - xxx mobile wrote: >> >>> There seemed to be plenty room for an overtake where it was done ... >> And yet the car was close enough for the cyclist to slap the roof. >> >>> the overtake was finished before the pinch point was reached, so >>> reaching out and slapping the windscreen/roof was completely >>> unnecessary. >> QED. I certainly don't think it's unnecessary to alert a driver to the >> fact that he has just endangered your life. >> >>> It's unfortunate that the cyclist decided to move out way before the >>> pinch point, but didn't move out far enough to stop overtakes. >> I don't believe he moved out too early, but I /do/ believe he didn't >> move out far enough. >> >> -- >> Danny Colyer  >> Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often >> "The plural of anecdote is not data" - Frank Kotsonis > > > magna's had some tremendously positive responses to his video clips, > he prompted a Scotch bus company to carry "Cyclists beware" stickers > on their buses. > More likely a "Beware of this cyclist" sticker... > > It's a tremendous weapon against numpty drivers like the cabbie who > doesn't know road safety in the clip, a head cam costs less than a ton > now and is an immediate, impartial witness to the kind of numpty > behaviour every cyclist encounters. > Yeah. Trouble is, its also an immediate impartial witness to illegal behaviour such as that displayed by the cyclist, eh?