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AFDS may sound indignant about this, but I'm fully with him. I can only imagine how I'd feel if it were my sister or daughter that had been killed by a cyclist.
I have a confession to make. Years ago, when couriering, I knocked over a lady crossing the Euston Road. I was in the "right" (green light on the main road I was on)....but I knew that I was going too fast, and when I cut behind her, it startled her and she jumped back. She hit the ground with force, and her skull craked open. I looked at her and screamed obcenities at her because I thought she was dead and I was scared as shit. The police came and were going to arrest me, but all the witnesses said exactly what happened. I was let off. It could have been worse. I had seen her straggling behind a group crossing the road, and aimed to go at least a few metres behind. She stepped back and jumped back in the same second, and I couldnt avoid her. I still do the same speeds, but I slow when I see peds that I might hit. Being in the right, and being cocky about is just wrong.