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[-] copd@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

UK has a car first culture where everyone driving thinks they are above anyone else who isn't driving. They believe they have a right to move at their maximum allotted speed without being interrupted by another human. I constantly have people speeding up into me when I cross the road or veering into incoming traffic while I'm on my bicycle to scare me with my life.

Other European countries I visit are not like this, not sure how it happened

When I was younger I used to road rage and break car rear windscreen wipers who played chicken with my life and cycle off while they were in traffic. I wish I was fit enough to continue doing that

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I was in a taxi last week and the driver sped up at a crossing pedestrian. I wanted to throttle him.

[-] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago

I was in Dorset yesterday and the difference between drivers there and here in London is big. Here they're happy to risk anyone's life to shave a few seconds off their journey. In Bournemouth, they were stopping at green lights to let us cross, even when there were no other cars behind them. I was keeping an eye out for cyclists too and the drivers were giving them room and stopping to let them turn, etc.

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