On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:01:38 +0100, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

I drive a lot at night... Drunken pedestrians are not a problem because they
are slow moving and localised around pubs and clubs. Drunken cyclists will
be flying out of every side road, and swerving onto the wrong side of the
road to avoid drunken pedestrians and yobs trying to steal the bikes.


That's an accurate description of the behaviour (at any time of the
day or night) of cyclists who are perfectly sober ... ;-)