"Sacrifice position for safety"
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed 
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Or it’s dark and your headlights aren’t very good.Horse wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 am If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed![]()
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
[X] SpecsaversThe Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:18 pm I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
There's a down side...The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:18 pm I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...

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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Well, I could point out that's Westminster Bridge.
I drove down the Euston Road last week, and it was nose-to-tail gridlock all the way, thanks to the COVID-friendly full lane width cycle lane which has reduced one of London's busiest routes to a single lane for much of its length. In four seconds I mostly moved zero metres.
I drove down the Euston Road last week, and it was nose-to-tail gridlock all the way, thanks to the COVID-friendly full lane width cycle lane which has reduced one of London's busiest routes to a single lane for much of its length. In four seconds I mostly moved zero metres.
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
To be fair, you could have waited another 26 days before pointing that out
The theory holds, then, you didn't need to check it again. QED
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
You are surprisingly literal. Anyway, Earth has not anything to show more fair.
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slowsider wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:06 pmYou are surprisingly literal. Anyway, Earth has not anything to show more fair.![]()
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Don't get me started on those segregated cycle lanes.
Of course, now that I have an e-bike I think they're wonderful
Actually, I think they are a pretty bad idea. They permanently reduce road space for all road users except cyclists, on arterial routes that cyclists could by and large avoid, with a bit of planning. And when cyclists aren't using them - basically most of the time outside rush-hour - they are wasted space.
Of course, now that I have an e-bike I think they're wonderful
Actually, I think they are a pretty bad idea. They permanently reduce road space for all road users except cyclists, on arterial routes that cyclists could by and large avoid, with a bit of planning. And when cyclists aren't using them - basically most of the time outside rush-hour - they are wasted space.
