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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe18.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Cyclist hits granny in pavement crash in Brighton Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:16:21 +0000 References:  <698a4b24fce5bea4f83a2414417e675f@pseudo.borked.net>  <1vnin41isdl6frpiduf2na0qpnn2reu3sc@4ax.com> <6O-dnQfE74QBd-TUnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d@pipex.net> <_FJel.3490$lT1.240@newsfe18.ams2> <74lon4pjbv5dgst7l6eeu948okup1is3ra@4ax.com>  Lines: 17 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: newsfe18.ams2 1232900249 82.21.204.127 (Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:29 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:29 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2216 X-Original-Bytes: 2173 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:683974

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:05:02 +0000, David Hansen >  said in > <74lon4pjbv5dgst7l6eeu948okup1is3ra@4ax.com>: > >> However, councils are adding white paint and blue signs to >> pavements. By magic that turns the pavement into a "cycle facility", >> which cyclists are supposed to be grateful for and want to use. > > And woe betide them if they fail to show the proper gratitude. It > is of course Perfectly Reasonable to drive a 38T artic at them in > order to educate them as to the folly of failing to use a narrow > grit-strewn footpath instead of a road when Magic White Paint (TM) > is in place. > Unfortunately I dont have a 38T artic available. Can I use a 2 1/2T Landy instead?