Re: Fell off

the.Mark

congokid wrote:
> I wrote about coming off my Brompton just over a year ago.
> Brian's 's fall sounds similar to mine, though in my case
> there was wheel slippage - on some damp metal manhole covers
> at the bottom of an incline.
It's not just manhole covers that can be dangerous when damp, white lines
can be too. I came off last week when I crossed the white line marking out a
bus lane. Luckily I ended up with just a bruised knee.
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Mark

1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels.

David Martin

the.Mark wrote:

> It's not just manhole covers that can be dangerous when damp, white lines
> can be too. I came off last week when I crossed the white line marking out a
> bus lane. Luckily I ended up with just a bruised knee.

How did you fall off the windcheetah? or were you too used to the extra
stability of three wheels?

It's risk compensation you know...

...d

the.Mark

David Martin wrote:
> the.Mark wrote:
>
>> It's not just manhole covers that can be dangerous when damp,
>> white lines can be too. I came off last week when I crossed
>> the white line marking out a bus lane. Luckily I ended up
>> with just a bruised knee.
>
> How did you fall off the windcheetah? or were you too used to
> the extra stability of three wheels?
>
> It's risk compensation you know...
>
> ..d

The roads are too mucky for the windcheetah. :-(
I was on the MTB and I was changing lanes to overtake all the cars in the
bus lane. I was hardly moving when my front wheel crossed the white line and
just dissappeared from under me.

I was wondering what the bus lanes were for if the cars just use them when
they feel like it. Tonight I saw a police car following all the other
drivers into it like they were sheep.
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Mark

1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels.

Dave Larrington

the.Mark wrote:

> I was wondering what the bus lanes were for if the cars just use them
> when they feel like it. Tonight I saw a police car following all the
> other drivers into it like they were sheep.

On the way home last night, after 7 pm when most of the bus lanes revert to
being unbus lanes, /no-one/ was using them except cyclists and buses. I'm
just a primitive creature of the heath, so excuse my savage ignorance, but
how do people with that level of inability to read basic road signs manage
to get driving licences?

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Velvet

Dave Larrington wrote:
> the.Mark wrote:
>
>
>>I was wondering what the bus lanes were for if the cars just use them
>>when they feel like it. Tonight I saw a police car following all the
>>other drivers into it like they were sheep.
>
>
> On the way home last night, after 7 pm when most of the bus lanes revert to
> being unbus lanes, /no-one/ was using them except cyclists and buses. I'm
> just a primitive creature of the heath, so excuse my savage ignorance, but
> how do people with that level of inability to read basic road signs manage
> to get driving licences?
>

See, this is the thing. When there's lots of traffic, is when the lanes
aren't allowed to be used by cars etc - cos you can't all fit in the
'non-bus' lane. But when traffic is light, there's ample room in that
'non-bus' lane, so why tangle with the cyclists/buses - no point, might
as well stay where you were to start with - it avoids conflict with
cyclists etc who presumably would still be using the lane.

I believe this is the reason why bus lanes infuriate so many motorists -
and to be honest, I *know* why bus lanes are there, but there seems no
reason why they shouldn't be 24 hour, other than the fact that out of
hours you can park in a bus lane (or some of them).



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Velvet