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On 05/08/2011 09:29, Simon Mason wrote: > A growing trend, sadly. > > http://www.swldxer.co.uk/bentrider.jpg

He gets shouted at, at least twice, every journey. You've only got his word that this isn't because he's cycling like a knob (jumping reds, mounting pavements, obstructing drivers unnecessarily, etc). Yet you take his word for it and assume that those who are shouting are just doing do because he's cycling.

This shows that 1) you believe that every cyclist is always right and every driver is always wrong and 2) you, like many other cyclists, have a victim mentality.

"Squeezing by at 6 inches"? Probably more like a foot and half. And when was the last time anyone heard of a collision being caused by a driver getting "too close"? Also isn't it amazing how well some people can judge the speed of cars that they're not actually in? And how this judged speed always seems to be "above" the speed limit? It couldn't just be sour grapes at being overtaken at all, could it?

Still, he's made the fatal mistake of saying that the camera's going to be recording *continuously* (you know, like all compo cams actually are): this means that if he comes up with some footage which suddenly starts in the middle of a confrontation, people are going to be asking why. Well, the psycholists won't (they don't mind incriminating footage being chopped off...if it helps to get motorist scum off the roads then it's worth it), but every reasonable person will.