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@BringMeMyFix
A lot of people, whatever mode of transport they happen to be using, put their brains into stasis during the rush hour. It's a form of mass hysteria. There's a lot of unpredictability, and throwing yourself past the same high risk spots in a short space of time is doing nothing for your odds. The recentish change in road design hasn't helped (more pinch-points), the number of cyclists has increased, the number of cyclists who are inexperienced at group-riding / pseudo-racing / the handling characteristics of racing bicycles has also increased. Congestion's on the rise again, and a lot of impatient and disgruntled cagers use it as an occasional rat-run when things get fucked on the Marylebone Rd. It's tourist central. It's international student central. Visibility is poor on the SE corner. Footpaths spew people across the road at random spots, again with poor visibility as they suddenly appear from behind a hedge and step straight across relatively narrow pavements. There are a lot of private hire taxis in the area. Strava. Etc.