Cycling, as I have done so, for quite a few years now, it takes something special to surprise me and yet here it was on a sunny Friday morning. Whilst drawing closer to traffic I was aware of a small car pulling out from the opposite side of the road to join the back of a queue where two lanes of traffic had stopped. The traffic was longer on the right hand side as this was to go straight on at the light and the left hand side was much shorter as this was for traffic turning left. The small car wanted to go left so was about to move across to the left hand lane when all of a sudden I caught sight of a cyclist who decided that not only did the lights not apply to him, but also that cycling between cars pointing in the other direction was a good idea. Better still, cycling at speed!
The inevitable happened resulting in an ambulance being called, a damaged car as well as shaken drivers and a broken bike. The cyclist appeared concussed and had blood pouring from his head and elbows as he ranted about bad drivers.
Are all cyclists getting a bad name because of the 'few', or is the 'few' now becoming the majority?
LCO
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