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  • Edinburgh cyclist in narrow escape as motorist careers into oncoming tr

    From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 26 06:34:20 2023
    An Edinburgh cyclist has had a terrifying encounter in the city centre after a car turned into the wrong lane and almost crashed into them.

    The video, which was taken on Wednesday August 23 at 3.35pm, shows a cyclist travelling down North Bridge towards Leith Street.

    They make the correct turn as they head towards Leith Street, but shockingly, a motorist coming in the opposite direction enters into the cyclist's lane and oncoming traffic.

    The driver, who is in a red Peugeot, then scarily realises their error before swerving into a lane travelling in the correct direction.

    However, the careless motorist again travels through a red light and turns up onto North Bridge by using the incorrect lane and failing to indicate.

    The cyclist thankfully is not struck by the motorist as they perform several dangerous manoeuvres at the busy city centre junction.

    The clip was shared by @EdCycleHome on X and is captioned ‘Just another normal day in #Edinburgh!’

    Several X users shared their dismay at the driver’s actions, one person said: “I drive in the town as part of my business but I have never seen this type of thing before.”

    Whilst another added: “That's actually a new one for me.”
    And someone else said: “What the hell!”

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-cyclist-narrow-escape-motorist-27591801

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Sat Aug 26 14:20:27 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

    An Edinburgh cyclist has had a terrifying encounter in the city centre
    after a car turned into the wrong lane and almost crashed into them.

    The cyclist had some FIVE SECONDS in which to react, but instead of taking taking evasive action, carries on crossing the hatched area and manages to exclaim “What the fuck” about the car doing the same thing coming the other way in the same hatched area.

    Not a brilliant series of PBK actions.

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-cyclist-narrow-escape-motorist-27591801

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    Spike

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  • From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 26 08:45:01 2023
    1 day ago

    Probably a rental car with tourist in it who normally drives on the opposite side .

    Seen it happening before with a car exiting the airport onto the A8 going against the flow of traffic.

    Never the less the driver here ought to be charged.

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