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@skoota
Oddly enough, it is often the drivers attitude or reaction that can cause the poor reactions, without boring you with another "I nearly got me killed" story - a woman in a BMW or Merc put the fear of god into me with a thoughtless/reckless move that had my testicles on the move - but she was so apologetic (and genuinely so) that the situation diffused almost instantly.
My testicles later returned from my stomach and all three of us went down the pub (me and my two testicles not the woman).[/quote]
exactamundo man, it amazing how easily the wind can be blown from my sails, by a simple 'sorry'. Its the refusal or 'fuck you', even when i don't get angry and explain really patiently that what they are doing is dangerous... That said its also really easy to spot those people on bikes, i saw a lady hit a pot hole coming out of hyde park in the wet/dark four fucking brompton/hybrids stared at her like she was some kind of mechanical toy that just came apart. i was the only one to go over and ask "are you all right?" she laughed her arse off, at her silliness for not seeing the pot hole, but it really made me want to push those four fuckers over and then enquire "are you all right?'