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@el_squire
Used that little stretch of road a few times yesterday, first two journeys made little detours as the area was sealed off didn't really know what had happened until I got back to the forum.
Then on the way back into work at around 4:30ish a car did a really daft u-turn (just by Manze's) into myself and oncoming traffic and sped off.
Didn't think much of it until the exact same junction where this lady had her crash where the same car comes belting back up the road and then slams the anchors on last minute to career round the corner turning left straight across my path.
He was going too fast and misjudged his turning and didn't give himself time to act safely.
Worst thing was he had his little boy in the front with him and he's driving with reckless abandon.
If I had been a car driver I would have piled straight into the passenger side and it'd be a very different story.
Long and short of it is I was lucky but there are an awful lot of narky drivers getting funneled into a bottle neck, getting wound up and making silly judgements.
Thoughts go out to the lady cyclist and I hope she heals up fast