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@joemontana
morning all
i've seen an accident this morning in front of cutty sark 8.20am, the sorta classic overtake and turn. nasty cinema-like stuff, bike flew over to the other side of the car, rider on the floor banging on the car side to make her stop, and the driver still took 2 seconds to come to a full stop. i was quite sure the driver was trying to flee the scene, but aparently she hadnt realised at all of the happening -- which is quite shocking.
to tell you the truth, the cyclist was fairly fast (about 30kmh), but the driver seems to have neglected looking into the side mirror at all. there was this long line of cyclist, with a reckless driver like that it could've been any of us.
i was going to stick around, but there was already enough people and the rider seemed fine -- even asked the driver to 'please' call an ambulance and 'just' a broken arm... if it was me i would have been shouting and kicking. i'm quite sure i could see the bone popping out thou, but my presence wouldnt benefit them in any way. i could only swear at the driver, so i left.
it's horrible that we have to go thru those situations, and i've been trying to be more careful too. i mean, since i'm an accidented american tool who will get smoked (see http://www.lfgss.com/thread33652.html) i've been trying to be more chilled, cos i definitely dont want to be there myself.
are you trying to be safer too? and look out for those drivers.