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1. morgs - Member

   I have just got in to work, opened up my emails and found the below. Now, not that it is very exciting, but ShD is an industry magazine relating to the logistics industry.

   The way this comes across to me is that it is a rant. It isn't a piece of news within the digest, it is the only subject in the main body of the email.

   Is this just a little off?

   Cheers
   Morgs
   

   Take care when turning left
   In the past week, I've seen cyclists on two separate occasions squeezing up the inside of a commercial vehicle waiting at traffic lights. On one of those two occasions, the rider was unaware that the vehicle was indicating left.

   My shouted warning was ignored - the cyclist was listening to music on earphones. Thankfully, the driver of the vehicle was alert, and allowed the cyclist to pull away before executing his turn. But it could have been so different.

   Take care when turning left, for there are plenty of idiots out there putting themselves in incredibly vulnerable positions. Even if you were unsighted and blameless, could you live with the knowledge that one of these idiots was crushed under the wheels of your vehicle?
   Kind regards
   Peter MacLeod
   Editor ShD
   

   Posted 9 months ago #
2. CaptainFlashheart - Member

   Seems very good advice on how not to kill an idiot, IMO.

   Posted 9 months ago #
3. alfabus - Member

   Sounds fair enough to me... Cyclists who go down the left of lorries at junctions are idiots, and I would like lorry drivers to be aware of them and not kill them.

   He doesn't preclude that other cyclists exist, who do not go down the left of lorries and are not idiots.

   Dave

   Posted 9 months ago #
4. don simon - Member

   there are plenty of idiots out there

   
   Fair comment.

   Posted 9 months ago #
5. neilsonwheels - Member

   Some cyclists are idiots.

   Some car drivers are idiots.

   Posted 9 months ago #
6. camerone - Member

   As above, cyclists who squeeze between vehicles and the kerb are asking for trouble, this chap is warning his drivers to the hazard in the hope of not squishing someone. As a cyclist I have no issue with these people being referred to as idiots, putting yourself in the blind spot of a big lorry with 30cm of road to manoeuvre in is idiotic.

   Posted 9 months ago #
7. clubber - Member

   for there are plenty of idiots out there putting themselves in incredibly vulnerable positions

   the above seems to be the crux of it and I can't disagree with the statement.

   Who knows, that email might actually make a driver think twice and help save someone from themself.

   Posted 9 months ago #
8. ollie - Member

   As others have said It seems a pretty sound bit of advice and not a rant at all.
   I always cringe when I see people going up the inside of any vehicles near junctions.

   Posted 9 months ago #
9. morgs - Member

   not saying he is wrong or doesn't have a valid point, just wasn't sure about the delivery.

   thanks for thoughts!

   Posted 9 months ago #
10. MrSalmon - Member

    It maybe sounds a tiny bit like he wrote it when he was a bit miffed but you can't argue with what he's saying, and as alfabus points out he's not having a go at cyclists in general. So no probs.

    Posted 9 months ago #

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