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He might claim to have been trying to be humourous in his article (a la Clarkson, albeit a substandard attempt) but he doesn't really come across as joking. How will readers know? Articles like this all go to reinforcing anti cycling driving behaviour and encourages the sort of incidents that the following blog post talks about...
http://greenbristolblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-day-another-victim.html
From the comments:
*"The pictured cyclist is a friend of mine, he was hit off his bike on prince street as mentioned above, where it would appear the driver was not used to sharing the road with cyclists, (as he was not from Bristol).
My friend tells me the Driver seemed to become agitated because he was cycling in front of him. They had a verbal exchange, where my friend in the heat of the moment spat in front of the drivers car, (an act he deeply regrets). After which the driver slowed in pace almost to a stop then my friend (the cyclist)who was in front of the car, said possibly the driver was trying to nudge him slighty, but instead excelerated over the back half of his bike, He rode over his right leg and draged him a few metres. As you can see from the photo's on this site.
Lucky the bike stuck under the cars bumper preventing him from possibly being killed. The driver then revearsed back over my friends leg again, this time freeing him but not the bike. which remained stuck under the car, until he retrieved it afterwards.
As you can imagine he was quite shook up by the incident but is very happy to be alive. He has a swallon leg, with friction burns from being dragged on his shoulder, left arm, and also has slight swelling and abrasion to his leg and knee, from where it was stuck between the bike and the bumper of the car.
He has been unable to return to work this week as he is obviouly aching, slightly shocked and sore.
His father is intending to deal with the incident, via the drivers insurance company. Though he himself is unsure what to think or do about the whole palava?
As a friend I would like to thank all of you for documenting what happened on his behalf, and he would also like to thank the kind and decent members of the public and emergency services that came to his aid."*