I have decided a few things recently,based on responses and threads on here, and my own personal experiences of even the last 2 days for example, that you can just about forget about the highway code, road traffic act, land reform act etc etc when you take to the roads here.
Why, because they are utterly useless in the real world of Edinburgh. Not one person driving badly gives a monkeys about the law, safety or anything else, why should i?
I have tried remonstrating,and its just not worth it.
I have tried complaining,stock replies, fob offs etc
I have been to the polis, why did i even bother?
I have tried cycling as safely as possible, and yet still have found my life or health threatened by a minority of idiots in motorised vehicles of all shapes and sizes.
Therefore, i will not try to remonstrate ever again,
i will not report bad driving anymore,
i will not report bad anything anymore.
Its all really pretty futile i have come to realise, any complaint to a business etc, is most likely regarded as a blip at best.
And will be disregarded sooner or later.
I will continue to ride as safely and considerately as i can,(not always truly legally,salmoning Rose St first thing pre 7am is standard, as opposed to negociating along deathtrap Princes St), but i do always try to be legal anyway, so anyone that "messes" with me during my journeys, will now absolutely feel my full unbridled wrath.
I have hivis, i wear an "H" on the roads, i use my bell with consideration and frugally. I have reflectors and lights.
So Ive done more than enough.
Any driver choosing to mess with me now on the road, will meet a very very frightening person indeed.
Gloves are off now,as are all bets, period.
Be safe out there folks........
The Radgeworks