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  • Is the collapsing economy causing apocolyptic driving?

    I decided to roll over to the city centre to fetch something about half past 4, little did I know what awaited me.

    Ive ridden to town daily through rush hour for the past two years and I have to say there was something eerily different about today. Other than it being absolutley rammed, everyone was driving faster, drivers were paniccy and totally unreadable, and no-one was slowing down for ANYTHING!

    In total I had the fear of death THREE times today.

    But the one incident at Belgrave Middleway was absolutley extroadinarily shocking.

    Ive actually been hit by a car before, but that was nothing compared to this. I am still a bit jittery. You kind of become confident/complacent after feeling youve learnt everythng about the way traffic moves, how long it takes you to react, and exactly how safe you are out on the road. This is why you feel a helmet is useless.

    But how often do you actually think about extroadinary events? Being victim "wacky" driving worthy of being on a TV show?

    Today a small white van (big surprise!) which was 2 exits behind me, sped half around belgrave round-about , caught up with me (who was signalling right to make sure all the drivers new where I was going) , sped past my inside (right) and suddenly turned left ACROSS my path, when there was LESS than a cars width in left in front of me at around 40mph!

    I somehow managed to managed to miraculously avoid collision because I turned my handlebars left as the car came across my path, it brushed my wheel & bars!

    If I had tried to brake/skid I wouldve been in intensive care. If the road hadnt just dried up minutes earlier, I wouldve been in a morgue.

    I then proceeded to collapse in shock on the grass island, where I tried to compose myself. I called 999, but only realised I never actually got hurt halfway through. So I reported the plate, they said they would "look out for it" (yeah right!)

    Well anyway, that was some scary shit. I thought it would be useful to start sharing some accounts of near misses & danger spots. Anybody else got some?

    Ill add a pictorial account tommorow.

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