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@Wrongcog
Yeah - you were right to have a word. That one shoe down scooty thing takes a good few seconds and that's too long. I hang back like a total jess these days even if the gap's big, the exit is available and I can see the red traffic light up ahead. They've only got to adjust their position due to something coming the other way and you're toast. I've never understood why it's so important to scoot to the front anyway - this is mostly people who pull away like they've got flat tyres anyway.