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@Jimmy_Fingers
I love the ped freeze. I was barreling down a hill the other day at the bottom of which were lights, a left hand turn and a ped crossing on the other side. I was giving it beans through the green light and picking my line when a girl decides to cross. It might have worked for us both if she just carried on, but instead she froze right in he spot me and my bike were going to be in about 1 seconds time. What was irksome about that is she looked me in the eye as she started to cross, so she knew I was coming, must have badly misjudged the speed I was doing. I braked and swerved and gave her a reproachful 'oh come on, please, for fuck's sake' to which I got a 'fuck off' in return. A less alert cyclist might have just barrelled into her, and at 30mph it wouldn't have been pretty, but apparently it's ok to tell someone to fuck off when you've cross the road in front of them dangerously.