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  • sorry for my ignorance, what does SMIDSY'd stand for?

  • google it?

  • got it, thanks

  • back to my post then... anyone witnessed this before?

    it was more the fact that the woman stuck her arm out in the first place, entertaining the idea of the guy pulling over

  • ES sellers, one more thing to look out for I guess

  • This was a first for me...

    Riding back to Waterloo yesterday, an old man in his hatchback pulls over and stops his car without indicating in front of me... to grab an evening standard out of the hands of the outstretched arm of an Evening Standard seller. I had to skid and jump off my bike to avoid hitting them.

    Has anyone had a similar experience? Reckon I should write to the Standard about this?

    Yep at the big round about on Stamford Road (Waterloo Bridge).
    Often cabs pull over with no warning for the paper... definately worth mentioning to them

  • Yep at the big round about on Stamford Road (Waterloo Bridge).
    Often cabs pull over with no warning for the paper... definately worth mentioning to them

    That's exactly where it was! grrrr

  • Stamford Street*, on a similar note I often see ( I live there) Kelvin Mackenzie walk down there with a standard, before chucking it on the floor.

  • Kelvin Mackenzie, a confirmed liar and discredited tory scumbag - FACT.

    Bloke who got knocked off there is pretty cool to just stand up and say 'both of you in the wrong'. has this case been heard yet?

  • Sorry to dredge this topic up but I figured it fitted well here.

    Three weeks ago I was involved in a SMIDSY. Easily the worst accident that I've had, even though I got off extremely lightly in the scheme of things. The responses from family and friends has been pretty much uniformly sympathetic, but I keep on getting this:

    "Weren't you wearing fluorescents?"

    Which just makes me want to scream and rage, or at least gesticulate wildly at my walls in mute aggression. It always smacks of me being blamed for having the temerity to be hit by a car. I know in my heart of hearts that they don't mean it in this way but still, seriously!? I hate feeling like I'm somehow 'fair game' if I don't wear my Mr.Noddy's First Fluorescent Gimp Suit (weekend wear only).

    As a note with my accident I was hit whilst in primary, approaching a roundabout to turn right on a well lit dual carriageway A road (the only way to get to my location, natch) wearing a light on my bag and with a secondary light on my bike.

  • Repped

  • SMIDSY survivors unite here :)

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