I'm only an occasional cyclist (Brompton owner) who is usually
infuriated with cyclist who get the rest of us a bad name and motorists
who don't regard (properly behanved0 cyclists as "traffic".

Well, I developed an interesting angle on this yesterday when - as a
pedestrian in Piccadilly - I managed to get knocked down by a cyclist.
With a number of other people I was crossing a side street at a green
pelican crossing on (pedestrian) green. Motor traffic had been stopped
for some time.

A cyclist apparently came past all the queuing traffic and simply
ploughed through the red light while the crowd were crossing and
happened to hit me. I'm not hurt (I managed to get straight up and I
was surprised at just how many passers by stopped to help) but after
yelling "tosser", presumably at me, she just cycled off. This wasn't
some speeding child or youth but an older woman with helmet and yellow
jacket

Oh well, at least it wasn't a car or lorry.......
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
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