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spindrift wrote: > What you or the idiot cabbie feel is irrelevant, thank God. The cabbie > broke the law, you may not like the law but there you go. > > Highway Code: > > 167 > DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road > users. > > 108 > Cossing the line is only lawful if overtaking a pedal cycle, horse or > road maintenance vehicle, when the cycle, horse or maintenance vehicle > is travelling less than 10mph > > 188 > Leave the same room for a bicycle as for a car. > What you and the idiot cyclist feel is irrelevant, thank God. The HC is not the law. Sorry. HTH.

> That's three road safety guidleines breached there. > > A High Court judge once ruled that a cyclist is entitled to wobble. > Drivers should have more control over their vehicles than cyclists who > are dependent upon physical strength and effort to pilot their > machines. > > http://www.theorytestadvice.co.uk/thetests/hplesson.htm > > I remember my driving instructor explaining that cyclists may have to > alter their course to avoid broken glass, potholes, bust drain covers > etc etc. Had magnatom deviated from his course to avoid road debris > whilst the cabbie was bullying his way recklessly past he'd be dead.

Feel free to ignore the rest of the points raised and instead stick to your "the drivers a nutter, the bikers a saint" monologue.