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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe27.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Cars pulling out of junctions Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:46:39 +0000 References:  <1i0exl19dmo30$.zax26vx739a3.dlg@40tude.net>  <8NydnUCPzo1MIwDUnZ2dnUVZ8j2WnZ2d@bt.com>      <87iqn5gs2c.fsf@toy.config>   <87ab8hgqqm.fsf@toy.config> Lines: 16 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87ab8hgqqm.fsf@toy.config> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.23.23.138 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe27.ams2 1235141201 82.23.23.138 (Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:46:41 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:46:41 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2257 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:686548

Daniel Barlow wrote: > _  writes: > >> My only "motivation" was to point out that pulling out in front of >> someone is an activity undertaken by cyclists as well as motorists. > > In which case, thank you for your contribution and I would be interested if > you could expand on what relevance it had to the discussion at the > time - how when cycling to handle other vehicles pulling out into your > path while failing to notice (or pretending not to notice) you're > there. or was it just an attempt to change the subject? > Maybe it was just me pointing out that you shouldn't feel 'singled out' as a cyclist having this happen? It doesn't help you avoid it, but it does show that its unlikely to be the case that the drivers you encounter are actively attempting to endanger cycling.