In article <By1En8.Btt@exnet.co.uk> dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon) writes:
>In article <11062@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> dmarsh@cs.strath.ac.uk (David R Marsh CS91) writes:
>>1 This is *my* lane. That's why I'm cycling in the centre of it. I've left a
>> lane on my right for you (gosh, I'm so generous).
>>2 If you (a car) enter my lane you do so at your own risk.
>>3 If you pass by me so closely that I can touch your car <thump> then I will
>> do so. You're *too* close.
>>4 If you have a problem with that then I'll be happy to argue about it at the
>> next traffic lights. Failing that, I'll take down your numberplate and report
>> you to the police. (I've not tried this, but many rec.bicycles.* people
>> confirm that this has the desired effect.)
...chopped a bit
>I just cycle in the middle of my lane if being hassled. Why not? I'm
>a vehicle with the same status as any other (when not on a motorway
>B^>).
Ah-ha you don't have the same status as a horse 'vehicle', isn't it time the
laws were updated, its currently something like horses always have right of way, next it'll be milk floats as they are equally slow and you don't know what they are doing either ? Horses should'nt have to be classed as transport anymore,
they should be left to run the fields and make little horses :*)
calvski
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