Road reporting

[johnckirk]

Last week the Express published a blog post: Hey cyclist, stop shouting...Basically, the writer (Penny Stretton) was doing a driving lesson, then she swerved to avoid a lorry and almost hit a cyclist. This cyclist then shouted at her, which ruined the rest of her lesson. In fairness, she admits that she shouldn't have been driving when she was

Comments

[ext_526441]

Just ban car driving - job done!

[stagknight]

Get a taxi home.

"I could drive home slightly tired, and probably nothing bad will happen, or I could spend so much money that I can't afford to eat this week and get a taxi."

[sulkyblue]

I've not read read the article (not going to give them the page views to be honest) but my first response was... What was the driving instructor doing in all this? Not least because as far as I'm aware all BSM cars are dual control

[johnckirk]

Fair point: I'd be interested to hear from the BSM, although I assume that it would be against their policies to discuss individual cases like this.

I'll also admit that I've seen some idiot cyclists out there. I think the "record" was when I saw two people on one bike: one on the saddle and the other sitting on the handlebars. They were out after dark, with no lights on the bike, wearing dark clothing (and with dark skin). They were on the wrong side of the road, turning right, i.e. they were going around a blind corner. Frankly, if they'd been hit by a car then they'd have only themselves to blame. If the Express writer had described a similar situation then I'd sympathise with her, but her description is so muddled that I don't trust it.