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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe28.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: spindthrift - magnatom antics Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:19:17 +0000 References:   	  	 	  	<68Yhl.6780$aJ3.722@newsfe23.ams2> <777496e0-8621-428f-b947-9fdc2bb54fe1@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Lines: 50 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <777496e0-8621-428f-b947-9fdc2bb54fe1@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com> 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: newsfe28.ams2 1233670771 82.21.204.127 (Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:19:31 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:19:31 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 4397 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684867

Squashme wrote: > On 3 Feb, 14:02, _  wrote: >> Squashme wrote: >>> On 3 Feb, 13:15, _  wrote: >>>> Squashme wrote: >>>>> On 3 Feb, 11:26, JNugent  wrote: >>>>>> JNugent wrote: >>>>>>> AndyC wrote: >>>>>>>> "relevant"  wrote: >>>>>>>>> Here is a letter I have sent - perhaps a few more on similar lines >>>>>>>> [big snip] >>>>>>>> I notice on this one: >>>>>>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7drPCPfWCIQ >>>>>>>> He admits to his mistake of not using the whole lane to overtake, but >>>>>>>> he misses the fact that he overtook a car that was indicating to >>>>>>>> change lane. While that is commonly done by aggressive drivers, if you >>>>>>>> do that on two wheels it is suicidal. >>>>>>>> If you are going to overtake a car that is already indicating, whether >>>>>>>> stationary or not, you do so at your own peril. Rights of way are >>>>>>>> meaningless when you are dead. >>>>>>> In his video "Undertaking On A Roundabout", the same poster castigates a >>>>>>> car-driver who passes him on the nearside on a large roundabout. The >>>>>>> roundabout seems to be the one seen in the video referenced in the OP >>>>>>> and the cyclist is way over to the offside, hard up against the island >>>>>>> (incidentally passing over a distinctive hatched-off area). >>>>>>> Perhaps he thinks that it is unlawful to pass on the nearside on a >>>>>>> roundabout (it isn't). And if one really objects to being "undertaken", >>>>>>> perhaps it'd be btter not to hog the offside edge of the one-way stretch >>>>>>> of road which is the carriageway of a large roundabout. >>>>>> Another of his videos ("White van-driver teaches me a lesson") appears to be >>>>>> functionally identical to the one involving the private hire car - recorded >>>>>> over the same route, in the same sort of conditions and almost at the same spot. >>>>>> Different motor vehicle, different driver, same cyclist. >>>>>> Anyone spot a pattern here? >>>>> Yes, but let's not be too harsh. Not all motorists are like that. Many >>>>> are not aggressive and do respect other road-users. >>>> LOL. Get some help with your issues, before you end up under my wheels. >>> Do you bring your anger problem up at your regular reviews? >>> And thanks for the warning, I shall avoid cycling in Lincolnshire. >> Hey, why not complain? You're good at that! LOL >> But no, I dont, because you dont make me angry. You make me laugh. You >> seem to have real problems with blinkers, old son. And unless you can >> get that sack of spuds off your shoulder, you WILL have a serious >> incident. And since you're on 2 wheels and your inevitable opponent will >> have four, there's a good chance it'll cost you more than cash. Here's >> hoping, eh? > > "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

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