On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:25:09 +0100 Drew <[email protected]> wrote:
> My father-in-law told me once of an incident that happened to > him.... he was bus driver back in the days when town buses had the > open platform at the rear where passengers could jump on and off. > He was bringing a bus back to the main depot from one of the smaller > ones, as he was not in service he was travelling about 40 mph along a > long straight road, he put the indicator on and braked to turn into > the depot. There was a horrible clatter and cyclist and his bike were > suddenly right up the front of the bus next to him in the driver's > seat. The poor chap had been drafting him but couldn't get out of > the way when he braked and 'used' the open platform at the rear to > get on-board. He apparently 'only' broke his leg and got cuts and > bruises. our roads being what they are especially during /immediately after monsoons, there is also the additional problem of (sometimes huge) potholes since one can't see the road ahead. i guess most cyclists who draft know what is involved and like i told Bob, i have been cycling for almost two years now and just wanted to see what it was like... :) -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
