"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Sure, but since in such an exchange it's going to be the cyclist rather than the lorry driver who dies, it behoves them to be the more cautious of the two. Cyclists like to pretend that road use is a level playing field in which everyone has the right to carry on doing what they are doing regardless of the relative sizes and speeds of the various vehicles. They take the view that, as long as they are doing what they are supposed to, they should be able to expect to be fine. This is arrant nonsense and is why they keep dying.
The roads belong to the biggest. Any sensible driver knows that you remain wary of HGVs in order to maintain your safety as far as possible because everyone makes mistakes or suffers from momentary inattention. Unfortunately, cyclists act as though self-righteousness is going to protect them from several tonnes of fast-moving metal and are invariably wrong.
Last edited by Burney; 09-27-2016 at 11:42 AM.
I disagree. Watch it again. In the first shot, when you are looking at the front of the lorry, the cyclist is clearly going faster than the lorry (who is already indicating) and makes ground on the lorry on the inside. When you then see the shot from behind the lorry, it does look like the lorry is now going faster than the cyclist but as the cyclist has come up on his inside beforehand, he would have no idea he was there at all.
As I say, watch it again, you need to do it a few times cos you only see if for a second.