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    From Spike@21:1/5 to Brian on Fri Jun 16 14:48:01 2023
    Brian <noinv@lid.org> wrote:

    Who rode onto a mini roundabout in front of me about 40 mins ago:

    Vehicles on the roundabout have priority.

    Signaling Right while breaking the above rule doesn’t change it.

    But for my quick reactions and good brakes, you’d be in A&E now, if not the morgue.

    Well done on the quick thinking and avoiding action.

    I assume this was the cyclist’s ‘don’t brake or stop under any circumstances’ syndrome in full operation.

    ‘Priority’ to a cyclist means they have it at all times and in any situation; by and large they seem to have read only those parts of the
    Highway Code that benefit them. I blame the cyclist media and web sites for fostering this mist unfortunate attitude.

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Fri Jun 16 16:38:47 2023
    On 16/06/2023 03:48 pm, Spike wrote:
    Brian <noinv@lid.org> wrote:

    Who rode onto a mini roundabout in front of me about 40 mins ago:

    Vehicles on the roundabout have priority.

    Signaling Right while breaking the above rule doesn’t change it.

    But for my quick reactions and good brakes, you’d be in A&E now, if not the
    morgue.

    Well done on the quick thinking and avoiding action.

    I assume this was the cyclist’s ‘don’t brake or stop under any circumstances’ syndrome in full operation.

    ‘Priority’ to a cyclist means they have it at all times and in any situation; by and large they seem to have read only those parts of the Highway Code that benefit them. I blame the cyclist media and web sites for fostering this mist unfortunate attitude.

    Freudian?

    The mist would be red, of course.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri Jun 16 17:23:37 2023
    JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
    On 16/06/2023 03:48 pm, Spike wrote:
    Brian <noinv@lid.org> wrote:

    Who rode onto a mini roundabout in front of me about 40 mins ago:

    Vehicles on the roundabout have priority.

    Signaling Right while breaking the above rule doesn’t change it.

    But for my quick reactions and good brakes, you’d be in A&E now, if not the
    morgue.

    Well done on the quick thinking and avoiding action.

    I assume this was the cyclist’s ‘don’t brake or stop under any
    circumstances’ syndrome in full operation.

    ‘Priority’ to a cyclist means they have it at all times and in any
    situation; by and large they seem to have read only those parts of the
    Highway Code that benefit them. I blame the cyclist media and web sites for >> fostering this mist unfortunate attitude.

    Freudian?

    Possibly not…my irritating spell checker keeps changing were to we’re, for example.

    The mist would be red, of course.


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