http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Roadrage at slateford rd/meggetgate? en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:34:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15049#post-191980 Sat, 27 Jun 2015 11:11:38 +0000 SRD 191980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was heading onto the path at meggetgate, when I heard a shout/saw a guy thump a tesco delivery lorry as they went under the bridge heading into town. </p> <p>couldn't see them after that, but could hear shouting for a while after. </p> <p>it was a nasty close pass right at the railings - enough to spook anyone. but what cyclist probably couldn't see was the large articulated lorry heading out of a town way too fast and too close to the tesco lorry. </p> <p>this is not to excuse the tesco driver, who could just have slowed up, but it did strike me how much context / angle shapes your view of things. </p>