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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.k-dsl.de!feeder.erje.net!lightspeed.eweka.nl!81.171.88.16.MISMATCH!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe10.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Wait like the rest of us Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:19:17 +0000 References:  <6rcancFj6baU1@mid.individual.net>  <3qv1l45b5tinu86rqnlsd0etrldm7hbk6j@4ax.com>         Lines: 47 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) 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: newsfe10.ams2 1230110378 82.21.204.127 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:19:38 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:19:38 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3095 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:681851

Light of Aria wrote: > > "_"  wrote in message > news:gHd4l.33007$Gh5.15312@newsfe16.ams2... >> Light of Aria wrote: >>> >>> "_"  wrote in message >>> news:vhb4l.60122$3Q.16893@newsfe27.ams2... >>>> Peter Grange wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:05:15 +0000, _  wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Were I wishing to travel at 60MPH on the flat on a NSL road, I >>>>>> don't think I'd want to come across an artic stuck behind a bike >>>>>> because the opposite lane is full. >>>>> >>>>> A bike quite legally on the road, paid for out of public money? Some >>>>> reason why he shouldn't be there is there? Is he holding you up that >>>>> much more that the proverbial little old man in the flat cap doing 30 >>>>> everywhere? >>>> >>>> No more reason than you cant use the cyclepath for your 40MPH >>>> downhill journey, no. >>> >>> >>> >>> There's no law to say I can't use the highway. >>> >>> I could use the cycle path, but at that speed, the highway would be >>> safer for all. >>> >>> >>> >> Thats fine, but try not to moan when you get cut up on the track that >> you choose to use thats shared with much faster vehicles :) > > > I won't moan when I get "cut-up". > > I may however report you to the Police for the offence of carless,

I'm *never* carless. I've got a selection to choose from.

> reckless, or dangerous driving depending on circumstances, witnesses, > and extremity of the hypothetical offence. > And I'm sure they'll take immediate action... lol