Bob W., Wonderful image you create here. Now get some pictures! Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bus drivers are the worst! >> >> ;) >> >> OK... maybe fourth, behind taxi drivers, couriers and the white-van- >> man. > > in London the buses and black taxis are the best - they're trained, > professional drivers who have probably seen more than their fair share of > crap on the streets, and who stand to lose their job if they don't drive > professionally all the time. > > Most London drivers are used to driving among swarms of cyclists and they've > become used to it and respond accordingly, but you do get a few rsoles more > or less evenly divided between the rest of the population, with perhaps > 4WDrivers being slightly in the majority. And scooter riders with L plates > that have been on so long they've started to bio-degrade. > > I've been cycling to work pretty much every day for the last 3.5 months now > and I'm still surprised at who is the worst for going through red lights and > cycling dangerously - the women I think of as little Miss Marples, generally > on a Pashley or similar sit-up-and-beg, basket on the front, wearing nice > clothes, apparently completely oblivious of everything around them, sailing > through red lights and crazy traffic like Mr. Magoo, leaving a wake of > destruction and confusion behind them. Breathtaking sometimes. > > There's also the cyclists who are taking part in the unspoken secret race, > of course, who can't bear to be overtaken. > > B > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
