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hamrack
i'm torn here - is this bad cyclist or bad driving
i watching a black merc in front of me in our tight car parking area at work, pulls off the "lane" used to access all the bays, over across 4 parking bays and start to swing left in a semi circle to reverse into one of them - not once does the merc stop
cyclists 2 meters behind the black merc when the merc left the "lane" decides to continue at speed in the "lane" but then shouts abuse at merc because it doesnt stop in its manoeuvre or sees the cyclist and almost hits her
personally i look at things as if i was in a car when cycling - if i was in a car and saw what the merc is doing, reversing into the lane , no way would you thread through the "lane" with a risk of getting bashed in the side, nor would you force the merc to stop its semi-circle manoeuvre just so you can squeeze through - for sure i'm narrower as a cyclist, but common sense suggests your risk is higher and just to simply wait....?