lucky7! more like unlucky7!

i'm not sure i agree with that. thinking like a driver is the only way to cycle, i think, in london: you gotta be aggressive, you have to be confident enough to sit in the middle of the lane and piss off all the cars behind you that can't squeeze by (and therefore knock you off) etc etc. if you cycle around like some pussy cyclist, always in the gutter, you are bound to get knocked off sooner or later.

I don't think I've made my point very well... It shows that I don't drive!

I agree with you about being aggressive and positioning yourself prominently. You'll never catch me doing it - pretty much my whole way to uni I ride in the middle of the lane, all the way along Hammersmith Road, Kensington High St and Kensington Gore. Riding in the gutter is a away to get yourself killed.

I think what I'm trying to say is a car driver doesn't have to think at traffic lights about pulling away quickly, or be overly worried if another driver might pull out on them when going past a junction on their left with a car turning onto your road, and so on. Overall I think a car driver has to be a lot less alert than a cyclist... A collision for them in London will probably be no more than a hefty nudge. For us it means serious injuries.

As I said, I don't drive, so I'm speculating what it's like for a driver.