• This happened to me yesterday - reminded me of the lady that hit the man on his bike and then told everyone about it via the Tweeter service:

    • Minding my own business on a narrow country road I've ridden countless times;
    • I hear the sound of someone revving the tits off a one litre engine and brace myself for evasive maneuvers - it is common for drivers here to try and squeeze past at speed;
    • White 2010 Corsa piloted by a young, blonde driver hopelessly over-eggs a tiny bend in the road directly in front of me, sees me, and in the small amount of time available her reaction is to shit herself, wildly turn the wheel and almost bin the car into the ditch on the right-hand side of the road;
    • Sensing impending danger I come to a halt at the side of the road. Unfortunately there's nowhere else to go, to my left is a big hedge.
    • In order to avoid the ditch the driver then steers violently in the opposite direction, causing the car to start to swap ends and make upsetting noises. Realising the car is now out of control, my bum jammed itself in the 'open' position and will not shut; my only recourse is to initiate swearing at the driver, a bit like this: "Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell!".
    • Driver manages to keep the front of the car pointing forwards but more through good luck than good judgement and just gets around me - she looked away from me but managed to beep her horn - I'm still deliberating over the significance of this;
    • She drove off whilst I enthusiastically gesticulated and voiced my concerns over her exuberant driving style; it looked like she was going to stop but continued, albeit at a snail's pace.

    Disappointingly my immediate response was to pull out my phone and start trotting out a text to a nice girl I met the other day, words to the effect of "I just nearly got mown down! You should probably come over tonight, etc etc".

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