The daily Close Call

Today was an odd one, not a motorised vehicle incident, but alas two f**kwits on cycle incidents, first one, I'm flying down Crouch End hill towards Hornsey nearly spinning in 53/11, out pootles white genesis flyer, headphones not looking right across me - how I didnt wipe him and myself out I'll never know, needless to say he went on his merry way weaving through traffic and RLJ through ped's.

Then after watching numerous other RLJ on Finsbury Park and Holloway road (not empty btw fast moving traffic) but I guess the headphones and wavefarers make you immune to getting hurt when a car/van hits you, I think well one near miss aint too bad, boom I get to Penton Road to jump off and head down Pentonville, so I go on the right of the traffic to get to crossing and low and behold cyclist weaves straight out of waiting cars to the right doesn't look and bang we collide - WTF!!!! surely, have a look mate if you're going to pull out to the right, but no its my fault somehow for cycling down the right and he didn't think anyone would be there, apart from cars, motorcycles and other cycles...

Guess it's the sunny weather, brings out all the chumps, roll on the rain, I may get a bit soaked getting work but at least I get there in one piece.

People need to chill the fuck out around the intersection of Penton Road and Rentonville Road. It's a pretty massive road with heavy traffic to consider RLJing, and everyday I see people take a cursory glance and sail through. Half the time they have to pull up in a hurry midway across anyway. When the turn green its a clusterfuck of people shoulder to shoulder putting in 110% to get in front.