Suggested flew off car going the other way? Might not have been easy to circle back? Thankfully the driver whose car it smashed through the windscreen of was able to do a controlled stop on the hard shoulder.
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(11258 posts)- Started 12 years ago by Stepdoh
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Bouhnika was also accused of driving while over the drink drive limit and two charges of breaching the Road Traffic Act 1988 Section 41A.
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Could go in several "Todays rubbish ___" threads:
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Related stories on that page:
- Conwy driver jailed for head-on crash with cyclist
- Driver's near miss with overtaking lorry
- Driver's near-miss moment with child
- Hit and run victim 'shouldn't be here'
- Breathtaking 'near misses' at level crossings
- Cyclist's near-miss with train
But cyclists, eh?
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@Arelicat, yeah but the majority reading (and writing) these articles (i.e. the 70% roughly who drive) will hear a wee voice in the back of their minds:
"There but by the grace of God go I".
And therefore all these incidents can be dismissed as mere accidents of fate... After all, nothing can be done to improve the situation, nothing whatsoever, oh no.
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Another HGV wedged under the bridge at Cameron Toll. I thought the traffic down Okd Dalkeith Rd was even worse than usual. Whole fleet of fire engines and police cars
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That bridge really should be educated to avoid getting crashed into by lorries
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Police Scotland are working to establish what caused the incident, but it is understood Solly was startled by an overtaking vehicle that loudly revved its engine.
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This is actually rubbish driving from two years ago, but still: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/sep/18/cyclist-run-over-by-partially-sighted-motorist-still-battling-with-insurers
...Joanna Davies was dragged along the road for 20 metres by the elderly driver, who was found to have such poor eyesight that his car was impounded by the police on the spot.
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“I was cycling home on my new electric bike of three weeks when a driver ran me over from behind,” she says. “My bike and I were pulled under his car. A witness later described how he had carried on driving because he thought he had hit a traffic cone.”
Davies blacked out for a few seconds with the initial impact. “When I came to, I was being dragged along with my head inches from the rear wheel arch before I was able to free myself and roll away,” she says. “The driver carried on another 30m with my bike under his car and only stopped when other motorists forced him to pull over. Had I not been wearing a helmet the worst could have happened, and it was the most unbelievably terrifying event.”
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Waiting for a gap in oncoming traffic to turn right. After ~20s, the driver behind me beeped their horn. When I turned round, they informed me that I could have gone in the previous gap.
I took absolutely no pleasure at all in realising that they'd made me miss another suitable gap. What a shame.
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Speeding drivers in Holyrood Park on the way back home this afternoon. Two vehicles going uphill overtook one in front which was presumably observing the speed limit of 20mph, crossed into the opposite lane. I was coming downhill in the same lane, and shouted at the driver of the second vehicle when we narrowly avoided a head on collision. Of course it was a black Range Rover. Driver flipped the bird at me, what a charmer.
My daughter was following a short distance behind, and was subjected to a lecture from another driver behind her that she was apparently "cycling dangerously". In other words, inconveniencing them by holding their progress up by a few seconds.
Just shut the bloody park to these arrogant motorised folk!
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Heading into West Linton on the A702 from the west. This is downhill, and a 30 limit turning into a 20. I'm going to turn right at the Gordon Arms pub, but for now the downhill and stonking tail wind mean I'm doing over 20. The driver behind me is waiting patiently, and once I start signalling to turn right is obviously happy to let me do that.
All of a sudden, from behind us both, comes another driver sailing past us. Not fast, possibly only about 30mph, but honestly...
I wasn't even at the turn yet, so they didn't come near to me, but I was unimpressed.
(The car my father was driving was once hit in similar circumstances - he was turning right into the drive of the house they lived in at the time. The impact was at the rear passenger door and it is a good thing that he had no passengers...)
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Heading into West Linton on the A702 from the west. This is downhill, and a 30 limit turning into a 20. I'm going to turn right at the Gordon Arms pub, but for now the downhill and stonking tail wind mean I'm doing over 20. The driver behind me is waiting patiently, and once I start signalling to turn right is obviously happy to let me do that.
All of a sudden, from behind us both, comes another driver sailing past us. Not fast, possibly only about 30mph, but honestly...
I wasn't even at the turn yet, so they didn't come near to me, but I was unimpressed.
(The car my father was driving was once hit in similar circumstances - he was turning right into the drive of the house they lived in at the time. The impact was at the rear passenger door and it is a good thing that he had no passengers...)
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I didn't witness the driving, but the UPS driver in Stockbridge this morning had a bad day, first being shouted at by a cyclist who was somehow forced to cycle on the pavement (???) by the UPS van, then being reported to the police for abusive behaviour by a member of the public.
Apparently she told the cyclist he wasn't allowed on the pavement, but the driver said this was legal in Scotland and a Google search ensued.
It worries me when people who drive for a living don't know basic stuff from the Highway Code.Posted 2 years ago # -
I've found a lot of drivers are pretty binary thinkers, perhaps the UPS driver has been referred to the Home Office guidance in the past and(for a change) listened, thus pavement cycling = legal in their mind despite the actualities.
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One would hope. I'm still stuck on how the cyclist was forced to use the pavement--he didn't look to be in the sort of set up that copes well hopping up a kerb.
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The highlight of my week was seeing a bus driver pausing to tell off a DPD van driver who was trying to turn right into Murieston Crescent from Dalry Road.
(temporary no entry sign at the moment with the one way)
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I have some sympathy with the DPD fellow as I think that temporary sign really should be a "no through road". Full disclosure: when coming from town I tend to turn there and then walk to my house rather than go to the Ardmillan lights.
The other bizarre thing is why they didn't just shut Russell Road to motor vehicles in both directions while the student battery cage is constructed. The current one-way is an invitation for excessive speeders coming from Roseburn and chancers trying to sneak through from Dalry end.
Combine the two and "hilarity" ensues. I watch from my window.
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I decided to cycle into Roslin Glen from the end of the Rosewell cycle path to take advantage of the road closure which has moved west down the glen. It's now possible to go down and back out by Roslinlee - a nice way to get to the Carrington back roads. In theory, the road is closed except for access as it is not possible to get through to Roslin. Indeed it was lovely coming down the main road into the glen with partially new surfaces (but still some rough bits!) and no cars. But on the minor road by Roslinlee there was plenty of traffic, all apparently coming from the east, finding the road was closed then turning back. A lot were in groups, as if they were following eachother. In their favour, the sign on the main road, notifying of the closure, seems to have disappeared.
Hopefully fewer cars the next time I try this.I don't want them all laughing at my descending leg warmers.Posted 2 years ago # -
@amir - Polton Brae also advertised as closed to avoid a similar situation but no physical means of restricting driving down it so was busy as usual on Friday afternoon.
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Oop sorry for the misspelling of Rosslynlee - I did get some letters right.
@edinburgh87 I hope the traffic goes down on this wee triangle - they are nice roads for riding. The traffic should go down as it doesn't really go anywhere that traffic wants to go.
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Had to go across that roundabout at Firrhill tonight as cars coming the other way when I wanted to swing onto shared use pavement.
Almost taken out again, same as every time. Car driver just following the ones in front. I stopped to avoid being killed and the car driver thought they would have another go at me but fortunately I was joined by a car that also had right of way. So that was ok then
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That roundabout seems to be prone to right of way violations - particularly drivers coming from the Napier University direction for some reason. Not just when I'm on the bike, either: twice in recent weeks I've nearly had an unwanted close encounter whilst in the car. Conversely, I've also had people giving way to let me on to that roundabout when it was indisputably their right of way - which is almost equally disconcerting, since their erratic behaviour means that you can't entirely trust them not to suddenly set off towards you after all.
I think part of the problem is that it's quite big for a 'mini' roundabout and that confuses some of the poor dears. Coupled with the disappointingly small number of people who use their indicators properly, and further compounded by those who either don't look for them or simply ignore them (but truth be told those issues exist pretty much everywhere.)
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