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Called out a girl pulling directly alongside a left turning car this morning as I was patiently waiting behind. He was indicating left so I just said to her, "Why not wait? There's no way he can see you there." The junction is super narrow with two lanes of traffic performing a Mario Kart-style whipping-round-the-corner at speed so pretty daft. I say to her, "Y'know, someone was killed doing the same thing not too long ago" to which she replies, with the kind of face a 4 year old reserves for statements of idiocy about the best kind of Lego to get (Ninjago not Technix, from personal experience), "What? You were killed doing that?" I figure there's no way to reason with her, so just say, "Well, best of luck." Sure enough the light changes and left turning bloke has to brake to avoid mashing her. I get past her and say, "Nice one." Her reply, with the same "Duhh" face: " You don't have to be so arsey about it."
I despair. As a bike trainer I am kinda preconditioned to politely tell other riders how to look after themselves and not fuel drivers' rage and hopefully give cyclists who may not be au fait with potential dangers some measure of advice, but, re: thread title, is it even worth it. Perhaps I should just be less "arsey."