http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Public Service Announcement en Thu, 21 May 2026 04:26:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1445#post-13700 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:41:34 +0000 Rabid Hamster 13700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kaputnik; should this 'near miss' not be under thread 'Random Carnage'? You could fill out a RIDDOR report for it and send in to HSE?<br /> ps spent yesterday evening being 'raced' by various wobbly 'student types' along Potterrow to Mayfield (as this is the KB feeder route). Anything low seems to be a 'challenge' for others to face off! The taxis love threatening you on this stretch as well, if you are below their indicator lens height! At least I can tank them all on the 'standing starts'! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1445#post-13669 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:44:54 +0000 gembo 13669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>kaputnik - was it a student trying weed for the first time and going out cycling - the right sort of territory and the time of year for people learning how to cross roads, walk etc on their own for the first time, the giggling also indicative </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1445#post-13661 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:08:07 +0000 kaputnik 13661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To the dozy idiot who spontaneously decided to try a 3-point turn across the Bruntsfield Links cycle lane.</p> <p><strong><u>Don't</u></strong></p> <p>You almost took out the 6 cyclists heading uphill behind you, including the guy who your obliviously meandering riding style had forced into the pedestrian lane.</p> <p>You very narrowly avoided being given an intimate encounter with the tarmac by the 2 bikes heading downhill (myself included on a bigger and heavier and stornger bike) who nearly T-boned you.</p> <p>And when you're asked "<em>what the <u>EXPLETIVE</u> you think you're doing?</em>", "<em>sorry</em>" is a more appropriate response than "<em>going back downhill</em>" and giggling.</p> <p>Next time I might not be able to - or inclined to - stop.</p> <p>So ends this public service announcement. </p>