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i met an engineer who had a sticker with a similar 'stay back' message printed for the back of his van. he was self employed and had it custom made by a vinyl company at his own expense for the purpose of deterring cyclists from overtaking him, after he had hit one! he was genuinely a really nice guy but just a bit confused. i did try and preach the idea that cyclists are vulnerable, and that maybe the same cyclists that under/overtake dangerously are also likely to ignore such signage. the vinyl was huge, same width as one of the back doors and he said it cost him over 100, laughably impressed. i mainly struggle to understand why people feel this disdain for cyclists, lets face it, we already have a pretty raw deal in London and urbanised Britain.