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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: What’s the matter with you? http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: What’s the matter with you? en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:51:01 +0000 gembo on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335184 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:36:04 +0000 gembo 335184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Thanks@ejstubbs It was like we were in a rather nasty part of northern France and I was way over on the wrong side. He didn’t cut the corner at all he was a hundred per cent correct if we had been in a grim part of northern France. ejstubbs on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335176 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:18:11 +0000 ejstubbs 335176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @gembo: the boy racer decided to take the corner right over on my side Sounds like you were very restrained in the circumstances. I absolutely hate it when people cut corners for no reason other than they're too lazy to turn their <rule 2> steering wheel just that little bit more. Especially in built up areas where the corners are usually tight and often fairly blind. Even more so given that modern vehicles have power steering so it's not as if it's even hard work to do it properly. I mean, it's pretty much the first rule of the road you're ever taught: drive on the left. That's the default. You need a good reason to do otherwise, and being lazy and lackadaisical isn't it. And you need to take especial care when you do choose to do it, not just assume that "I drive this way every day and there's never anyone coming the other way", which seems to be a common approach amongst the rat-runners who use my street. Sorry. Rant over. I were right about that saddle on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335175 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:15:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've e-mailed Cycling Scotland asking them to include Billy Whiz wrong-side blind corner driving in their next campaign. We must share the road responsibly. gembo on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335172 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:26:24 +0000 gembo 335172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I was cycling on as I retorted. He had the mad look and would have failed certain drug tests. minus six on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335167 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:31:56 +0000 minus six 335167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ its a relatively low key incident, a surreal retort might have sufficed, but i like to live dangerously so would probably have stretched to "youre reeking of piss, son" gembo on "What’s the matter with you?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20311#post-335165 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:09:21 +0000 gembo 335165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Said the boy racer driving slowly towards me on my side of the road. I had turned off Gilmore Place towards the canal and was about to turn left to where ther traffic wardens coagulate. I was aware of a van parked up on the ramp up to the canal towards Akva so I was in the gutter and it was ca’ canny. This was most fortunate as the boy racer decided to take the corner right over on my side. He was also perhaps watching the van. I suggested He was on my side of the road. He didn’t like that so I suggested it again. No swearing.