Protection of vulnerable road users from motorised traffic (both perceived and actual)

I didn’t say anything of the sort if it’s accuracy that you are after but your description of your ‘accident’ in your black BMW does seem particularly chilling:

You obviously slowed and turned across the path of a cyclist which you clearly didn’t see (mirror, signal, manouver if you need to ask) causing them to collide with you.
You then are not actually sure whether you hurt them or there was any damage (“seemed ok”) and drove off blaming the cyclist.

The hat fits and you are wearing it.

Were you there? We might have used you as an eye witness.

What did the Police say?

It wasn’t me but I agree it’s genius.

You’re setting the bar quite low for a description of “genius”.

Nothing. They were not called. The lady was fine. I left my contact details and never heard from her.

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You can check the edit history. It was komsomolez who changed it. (members with TL3 can edit topics titles)

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I’m curious why they would then stop and turn round further down the road. Is that because they missed and want to have another go? Usually a near miss is because either you weren’t visible in the first place or the driver wasn’t concentrating. It’s odd that they would then see fit to take time out of their day to find a spot to turn around and drive all the way back to you for the sake of having a go at you.

Near misses are usually an “Oh shit!.. Phew!” fleeting moment then it’s gone.

You see, I have come to appreciate trust levels after my initial skepticism.

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Well, with internet and all that once the cliché is well-established there could be some confirmation bias at play and people not noticing other dickheads.
But suppose is not that, neither statistics at play, maybe it is a feeling of power combined with little or no accountability?

Have you only had incidents with BMW drivers or were there others with other makes of car?

I agree with others that the BMW obsession seems a bit weird. Have you considered that it may actually be you who is the problem rather than the drivers? You do seem to have an awful lot of incidents whilst out in your bike.

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The edit history isn’t shown to us mere mortals. I suggest that maybe the permissions required to edit titles could do with a bit of a tweak.

Pretty fun thread for a Wednesday.

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Much like thanks etc on EF it’s a privilege you have to earn.

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Yeah, Fridays come earlier these days. I feel for Tom1234.

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Currently the rights to edit seem to be granted earlier than the ability to look at the edit history though.

I think most regulars should be trusted to use the edit topic title responsibly to help make topic titles clear etc. Kids can get excited when discovering a new toy, hopefully they settle down soon :wink:

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I’d already said what I thought, not much point repeating the same thing over and over… although clearly not everybody feels that way.

Do you see this:

I thought everyone was able to view edit history…

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Oh right yes, as you were. :flushed: