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Sniper8052(L96A1)
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I watched in dumbfounded disbelief yesterday as a cyclist travelled
toward me...#
Firstly he was travelling East, on the south carriageway, in the North
most lane of the Embankment just below Hungerford Bridge, against the
traffic flow. He then turned to his left,over the pedestrian refuge/
crossing and, without pausing, into the path of a taxi travelling East
in the North carriageway, at this point I thought he would surly die. He
avoided the imminent collision by turning very sharply East and wobbling
Eastwards before performing a U turn in the carriageway that took him
over the pedestrian refuge at the end of Northumberland Avenue nearly
hitting two pedestrians as he cycled between them. He then proceeded up
Northumberland Avenue toward Trafalgar Square crossing in front of two
or three motorcycles who dived to their brakes as he did so without
signalling his intent to cross the carriageway from left to right and
without even glancing behind him. Having completed this manoeuvre he
cycled up the Southbound carriageway almost without incident although a
pedestrian at the crossing halfway up nearly came to grief as the
cyclist zipped past from seemingly the wrong direction, I didn't note
the colour of the crossing. The cyclist then took the wrong side of the
island at the top of Northumberland Avenue again crossed the pedestrian
refuge/crossing area between pedestrians crossing and cycled out into
the traffic stream of vehicles moving ahead into Whitehall at which he
turned right in front of a very large blue bus emerging as if by magic,
for I could see no other reason why the bus did not hit him to zig round
the end of the pedestrian refuge separating East and West Traffic in
Whitehall at its junction with Trafalgar Square, his journey having
taken him a little distance into Whitehall. Having regained Trafalgar
Square he cycled through the Red ATS, in front of the Westbound traffic
entering Trafalgar Square and disappeared toward St James's. I just
could not believe his bare faced cheek or damn luck. If anyone deserved
to be a statistic it had to be him, frankly I can't see why he hasn't
been one yet - other than the bike looked brand new and was a female so
perhaps borrowed bike.
Sniper8052
toward me...#
Firstly he was travelling East, on the south carriageway, in the North
most lane of the Embankment just below Hungerford Bridge, against the
traffic flow. He then turned to his left,over the pedestrian refuge/
crossing and, without pausing, into the path of a taxi travelling East
in the North carriageway, at this point I thought he would surly die. He
avoided the imminent collision by turning very sharply East and wobbling
Eastwards before performing a U turn in the carriageway that took him
over the pedestrian refuge at the end of Northumberland Avenue nearly
hitting two pedestrians as he cycled between them. He then proceeded up
Northumberland Avenue toward Trafalgar Square crossing in front of two
or three motorcycles who dived to their brakes as he did so without
signalling his intent to cross the carriageway from left to right and
without even glancing behind him. Having completed this manoeuvre he
cycled up the Southbound carriageway almost without incident although a
pedestrian at the crossing halfway up nearly came to grief as the
cyclist zipped past from seemingly the wrong direction, I didn't note
the colour of the crossing. The cyclist then took the wrong side of the
island at the top of Northumberland Avenue again crossed the pedestrian
refuge/crossing area between pedestrians crossing and cycled out into
the traffic stream of vehicles moving ahead into Whitehall at which he
turned right in front of a very large blue bus emerging as if by magic,
for I could see no other reason why the bus did not hit him to zig round
the end of the pedestrian refuge separating East and West Traffic in
Whitehall at its junction with Trafalgar Square, his journey having
taken him a little distance into Whitehall. Having regained Trafalgar
Square he cycled through the Red ATS, in front of the Westbound traffic
entering Trafalgar Square and disappeared toward St James's. I just
could not believe his bare faced cheek or damn luck. If anyone deserved
to be a statistic it had to be him, frankly I can't see why he hasn't
been one yet - other than the bike looked brand new and was a female so
perhaps borrowed bike.
Sniper8052
