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being discussed here, the story is rather different, the car was driving on the wrong side of the road and hit someone.
Then, quite ridiculously, Mr Hussain decided he was not going to budge when we refused to do so as we occupied the bus lane on the Horton Square side. He was not "surrounded" as he erroneously claims, we were in front of him, in the bus lane. the lane he should have taken, to his left remained clear throughout the incident, apart from when cars occupied it as they waited for the lights to change when joining the ring road.
I saw the incident with the wing mirror. The "cyclist" in question was not on his bike at the time. So should he be referred to as a pedestrian? And, by association, is he then giving all pedestrians a bad name? Anyway, the police officer ushered the taxi into the right hand lane to continue, illegally, across the bus gate. I don't know if the PEDESTRIAN saw the taxi coming but the next minute, he was rolling off it's wing, and off came the mirror, as per its design, so that it did not injure the PEDESTRIAN further.
We have had less furore in recent weeks in the local media after a cyclist was killed. Yet alas, due to an easily repairable bit of damage to a Hackney Carriage, reported entirely from the point of view of the driver and with the added flashing lights and bells and whistles of the entirely disgusting sensationalist headline, members of this group have decided to condemn events that they did not witness themselves. An absolutely reprehensible source, generating some oddly vehement feedback, in my opinion. -
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Boris Johnson’s network of cycle superhighways were severely criticised today by a police safety expert.
Pc Simon Wickenden, from the Met’s traffic management unit, also said that Transport for London ignored police warnings about the danger faced by cyclists due to the design and lack of legal status of the blue painted lanes.
He was giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Brian Dorling, 58, who was the first cyclist to be killed on a superhighway. He collided with an HGV at Bow roundabout in October 2011.
Pc Wickenden told Poplar coroner’s court: “I consider the use of the blue road surface marking to be ambiguous and to lead to confusion.” He said there were advantages and disadvantages with the extension of the blue lane across the junction in Bow. Mr Dorling was seeking to ride straight across and the HGV was turning left.
Pc Wickenden said: “The advantage is that it highlights the potential presence of cyclists to drivers… The disadvantage is quite clear. One: it places cyclists in a position in the roundabout where they may come into conflict with traffic when it is leaving the roundabout. Two: it may give cyclists a false sense of security.” He added: “In my view, it would be safer not to have the marking at all on the roundabout.”
The hearing continues.

It's not a lane. It's not even a significant amount of paint, it looks pretty narrow. You could take an assertive Primary but then you'd have to swerve back in to get to the segregated lane. Ross Lydall tweeted something interesting, if an average-sized vehicle was in the near side lane there is NO WAY it could fit without encroaching the blue paint. The lane's not wide enough. So, the paint has actually made things worse. It directs people into danger.
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Because I love Sandra Bullock I watched a film called Blind Side and was staggered at the paternalism and casual racism, Googled it and saw a few people felt the same:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-blankenship/should-we-want-movies-lik_b_293888.html
The film's not very good either.
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Watch Highlander instead, it's got a Frenchman doing a Scottish accent and a Scot doing an Egyptian/Spanish accent. Neither succeed.