Boris's latest mad-cap idea:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7998687.stm and other sources.

So, the idea is that this allows cyclists to move off before lorries and
thus not get trapped/killed when they move off and turn left. And it is
cited that 13 deaths occurred because of this. What they fail to say is how
many cyclists would be killed when they see the red light as a proverbial
"green light" to run the red without paying any attention to what's
approaching from their right and get subsequently hit by some other vehicle
crossing the junction on green. I'm sure they would be meant to give way,
blah blah blah, but would that happen in reality?

Quite barmy!

On Apr 14, 7:38*pm, "Graculus"
wrote:
Boris's latest mad-cap idea:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...7998687.stmand other sources.

So, the idea is that this allows cyclists to move off before lorries and
thus not get trapped/killed when they move off and turn left. And it is
cited that 13 deaths occurred because of this. What they fail to say is how
many cyclists would be killed when they see the red light as a proverbial
"green light" to run the red without paying any attention to what's
approaching from their right and get subsequently hit by some other vehicle
crossing the junction on green. I'm sure they would be meant to give way,
blah blah blah, but would that happen in reality?

Quite barmy!

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

MIG wrote:

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

There is a traffic lighted junction I use regularly to turn left. If I am in
the car I just go on green. If I am on the bike I check to the right then go
(on green).

In article d0b9dc37-37a6-441e-8bf7-
, MIG says...

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

Is that why the other day, a cyclist yet again decided to cycle up the
inside of an artic turning left at a roundabout with railings, even
though the lorry had been in front of her, resulting in her being
crushed?

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Conor wrote:
In article d0b9dc37-37a6-441e-8bf7-
, MIG says...

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

Is that why the other day, a cyclist yet again decided to cycle up the
inside of an artic turning left at a roundabout with railings, even
though the lorry had been in front of her, resulting in her being
crushed?

Was that part of your witness statement?

In article , Marc says...
Conor wrote:
In article d0b9dc37-37a6-441e-8bf7-
, MIG says...

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

Is that why the other day, a cyclist yet again decided to cycle up the
inside of an artic turning left at a roundabout with railings, even
though the lorry had been in front of her, resulting in her being
crushed?

Was that part of your witness statement?

No, just that of everyone who saw the incident. The woman deliberately
placed herself in danger. The lorry was already part way through the
manouvre when the braindead bitch decided she couldn't be arsed to wait
and went up the inside of the lorry.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:14:31PM +0100, Conor wrote:
In article d0b9dc37-37a6-441e-8bf7-
, MIG says...
Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.
Is that why the other day, a cyclist yet again decided to cycle up the
inside of an artic turning left at a roundabout with railings, even
though the lorry had been in front of her, resulting in her being
crushed?

This no doubt also explains the cyclist who tried to kill me as I was
getting off a bus a coupla weeks ago. They spend so much time looking
for people who are *trying* to kill them (of whom there are
approximately zero) that they don't bother to look out for people who
might accidentally kill them (most drivers), people who might kill them
because the cyclist did something stupid (the driver of that artic), or
people who they might kill (me).

--
David Cantrell | top google result for "internet beard fetish club"

You may now start misinterpreting what I just
wrote, and attacking that misinterpretation.

In article ,
(David Cantrell) wrote:

This no doubt also explains the cyclist who tried to kill me as I was
getting off a bus a coupla weeks ago. They spend so much time looking
for people who are *trying* to kill them (of whom there are
approximately zero) that they don't bother to look out for people who
might accidentally kill them (most drivers), people who might kill them
because the cyclist did something stupid (the driver of that artic), or
people who they might kill (me).

You can't spend much time cycling in London if you think that, then.

On every visit to London I can guarantee you I will pass at least one taxi
stopped in a cycle advance stop box as well as several motorbikes. I've
had my ration of both already and I'm not going back to Cambridge till
tomorrow afternoon. The motorbikes problem has been made worse by Boris
allowing them in his bus lanes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 07:25:28AM -0500, wrote:
(David Cantrell) wrote:
This no doubt also explains the cyclist who tried to kill me as I was
getting off a bus a coupla weeks ago. They spend so much time looking
for people who are *trying* to kill them (of whom there are
approximately zero) that they don't bother to look out for people who
might accidentally kill them (most drivers), people who might kill them
because the cyclist did something stupid (the driver of that artic), or
people who they might kill (me).
You can't spend much time cycling in London if you think that, then.
On every visit to London I can guarantee you I will pass at least one taxi
stopped in a cycle advance stop box as well as several motorbikes.

Could you explain exactly what that has to do with anything I wrote?

--
David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist

For every vengeance, there is an equal and opposite revengeance.
-- Cartoon Law X

"Conor" wrote in message
...
In article d0b9dc37-37a6-441e-8bf7-
, MIG says...

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill
them, given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe
bet that they would be paying attention.

Is that why the other day, a cyclist yet again decided to cycle up the
inside of an artic turning left at a roundabout with railings, even
though the lorry had been in front of her, resulting in her being
crushed?

It's just part of a natural selection process to weed out those lacking in
intelligence.
I only feel sorry for the lorry driver.