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@jar
Courier-type-fellow on a stealth-machine, dressed in black, Cambridge Circus in the pissing rain this evening at around 5.30 - 6.00pm. No lights.
I was in a van and I didn't see you. I'm a cyclist and a motorcyclist and I look out for bikes, all the time. It's bad enough in the dark, let alone when it's dark and wet, to see cyclists. When you're dressed in black, on a black bike, with no lights, you're virtually invisible to motorists (even sympathetic ones) and it's only a matter of time before you're toast.
Lights, people. And horrible flouro vests, at least when it's raining.