Death of a Hampstead cyclist BBC1 19:30 (03/10/07)

andrewleitch86 I like to pass on the right but it's quite scary when cars are going the other way. I've seen a few of the cyclist ahead boxes or whatever they're called with a lane down the middle between the two traffic lanes.

I often sail down the middle of two lines of stationary cars/buses/vans/etc.. (which puts a big grin on my face as I think how trapped they look) but occasionally catch myself thinking "what if...some pedestrian was to dodge out from in front of one of those vans, some guy just on his way home from work taking a shortcut".

That scares me, it would make enough of a mess just 1 bike + two people. I usually slow down after that, until the next set of lights.

If you thought about the dangers all the time, you'd never get on two wheels at all.

Thank fsck for adrenaline, kkeps me coming back every time!