http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "It’s a British problem because, as a legacy of the days when the gentry..." en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:42:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3482#post-36376 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:46:57 +0000 Kirst 36376@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My friend's stepmum used to go out with Dave Prowse, but when he was the Green Cross Code man, not when he was Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3482#post-36361 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:56:21 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 36361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[Dave Prowse]This is not the green man you are looking for[/Dave Prowse] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3482#post-36359 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:54:23 +0000 wingpig 36359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm. Is Dave Prowse to blame for implanting ROADS ARE DANGEROUS in our heads, resulting in "Cycled in? Are you insane?" and drivers inferring that because people have been warned to look right, look left then look right again for them that everyone else should watch out for them, not vice versa? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3482#post-36353 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:46:08 +0000 chdot 36353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>It’s a British problem because, as a legacy of the days when the gentry drove round in carriages, generations of school children have been indoctrinated to defer to drivers. If they so much as hear a car, they are taught to wait until it goes by.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7346/1107.full/reply#bmj_el_22365" rel="nofollow">http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7346/1107.full/reply#bmj_el_22365</a> </p>