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  • February 26, 2013 at 5:45 pm #18080
    foxyloxy

    Tuesday 19th February,had a good 30 miles or so training ride,came from Farnsfield,Notts,up to the White Post traffic island on the A614,nothing coming from my right so I could enter the island,I was level with the lane coming from my left,and I had seen the silver mercedes saloon coming,and the Pratt did not stop,so instead of going straight over the island,I had to turn right around the island to avoid being knocked off,fortunately the driver stopped,and when he saw I was ok,he dissapeared.I WAS WEARING A DAYGLOW YELLOW TOP,RED WHITE AND BLACK,BOTTOMS,and still the driver could not see me,licence from a cornflake packet came to mind!!I have been riding 57 years this year,2013,and retired from work as a night trunk LGV1 Driver last march,so I am sure my Cycling Road Craft is well up to scratch 😉

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  • February 26, 2013 at 7:14 pm #719171
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    cidermart

    Yeah I’ve had a couple of
    Yeah I’ve had a couple of close ones recently myself but they were far from polite about the whole affair in fact one of them went around the roundabout so his tosser of a passenger could call me a c@#* and throw a coke can at me. Sadly I didn’t get their number so that the local constabulary could have a chat.

    February 26, 2013 at 6:45 pm #719169
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    notfastenough

    And that’s the thing about
    And that’s the thing about high-vis – if the berk doesn’t look, no amount of dayglo is going to save anyone.

    Glad you’re ok and that you saw it in time to take appropriate action.

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