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  1. The policeman was arrogant. He was quite happy to be weary of other vehicles and move out of their way and the Ferrari was no different. He has to take responsibility for his own safety and actions. He actually moved closer to the Ferrari rather than the other way around. The guy, who probably has the cash, will have a good lawyer and sue the police officer and the police department for all he can.

     

    The police officer will has a buggered foot for the rest of his life. Was it worth it?

  2. To be honest after 6 weeks of driving in London that example is just typical. The amount of dangerous bikers on the roads horrifies me. They don't give a toot about other vehicles. All they care about is nipping through the middle of stationary or even 70mph flowing traffic. Oh there's a gap of 12ft that's MINE!!

     

    A bike is a vehicle that should obey the same rules as a car or truck. Not "get a bike to shortcut the traffic".

     

    On the A4 entering London Monday, biker accident. I know instantly how that would have occurred.

     

    What I find most odd that over the last 6 years in Birmingham I've not seen any evidence of idiotic bike riding, which affirms my theory of "get a bike to shortcut the traffic" for London.

     

    London is a nightmare for bikers....... Inconsiderate and all riding with a death wish.

     

    All I can say about the video rider is "sh!t" and he's a ****!!

     

    I agree and I would add cyclists to that when you're talking about central London. I work on the Strand and the number of times I've seen them put themselves and other people in danger is incredible. As for the div in the video I agree with one of the earlier posts that it looks like he might have thought he could go between the trucks and then realised he couldn't. Muppet.

     

    London is just a relatively small place given the number of people living there with small roads for all the forms of transport. Cycles, Bikers, Cars, Buses, Lorries, Vans they are all there trying to share that same 10ft wide bit of road. As much as cyclists want to go for every gap because they think its their prerogative to overtake in traffic, cars do also think on roads where it open up a bit they have to get back past.

     

    All that said, having been both in the saddle and in the seat, cyclists are definitely more in number in utterly shocking road use. From ridiculous attempts to undertake (I am turning left at a roundabout at Richmond bridge the other day and a cyclist tried to cut up the inside of me and go straight over instead of just waiting. All they way up to plain ignorance like on Priory Lane in Roehampton where the council went to great lengths and expense to build a cycle lane on the pavement, so taking space away from pedestrians, only for cyclists to completely ignore it and still cycle in the road at 15mph up the hill because they all have their yellow jerseys on with Sky written on them or something thinking they are Tour de France entrants.

     

    Totally! Hardly anyone on a bike uses the numerous cycle lanes around here.

     

    Totally agree with this. Cycle lanes are put in for the safety of the cyclist at the expense of our council taxes! Seriously one bug bear that really pisses me off to be stuck in a queue of cars that can't go round a cyclist when there is a perfectly good empty cycle lane right next to them!

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  3. No I haven't used it myself. Personally I wouldn't use C1 as it forms a hard layer. If you get it wrong or want to remove it you have to polish it out with a machine polisher. Also, it will set in the microfibre cloths that you use. If you reuse the cloths, you will scratch up your car. So you must get rid of them after you have used them.

     

    I have used C2 though and that had good beading that lasted well. I haven't trialled it properly to give a good judgement yet. They have brought out C2V2 though which is supposed to be even better,

     

    I have used Zaino Z2 Pro. This can't be put on in temperatures under 14 deg C so not much use in the winter. So this winter I have been using C2.

     

    Zaino can take ages to cure and three coats can take most of a day. So a whole weekend is needed to do it properly but the results are fantastic and it lasts 6 months with great beading.

     

    My intention is to use Zaino when it gets warmer as the finish is really good with 3 coats and then use C2 in the colder months as a quick sealant.

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