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Emyr
Calling myself out today. Was going far too fast down Oxford street today and was wondering why those vans crossing in front of me weren't stopping for their red light.
I then realised their light was green and mine was red and I screeched to a halt just after the (fortunately empty) pedestrian crossing.
I then immediately dismounted and crossed the road, walked the one street down to the turning I was going to take, as if that was what I had planned to do anyway.
No idea why I did that. I guess Ive somehow got used to the idea of watching whether pedestrians are crossing the road to establish if I can proceed or not on Oxford street, rather than traffic lights.