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I'm sure this thread isn't the right place for the discussion but...
I have to say that after both being in the situation myself (did nothing wrong, ped walked out between buses whilst I was filtering with <1m to stop. Lost an evening, a helmet and a bike wheel all due to shit police who said I was "lucky" ped didn't want to charge... wtf?), and also hearing stories from customers of my shop... there's no fucking way I'd hang around these days. I'd also scarper: That road.cc article is sad, but spot on: Cyclists in this country are not represented well by the law, and culturally we're second class citizens on the road, so errr, yeah. Comes down to plod and the courts.... No thank you.