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**Bruce 'Not Glug' Lee** · September 14th 18, 04:54 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport

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On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:00:42 +0100
Bruce 'Not Glug' Lee wrote:
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:40:38 +0100
Bruce 'Not Glug' Lee wrote:
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If you just stand at the side like a lemon you'll just have a stream of
traffic going past you. All in all it makes crossing the road in a busy
french city a rather unpleasent experience.

When I still lived in Paris, I would regularly walk down the bd des
MarÃ?Â©chaux from Porte de Vincennes to Porte DorÃ?Â©e. That boulevard has
sevral passages without lights, and if you tried to cross, you were
subjected to horns, abuse and occasionally threats. The only way to
stop bullying is the use of force - or the credible threat of force.

Hmm, not sure I'd want to put that to the test tbh. It might work 99% of
the time but the 1% is when you'll end up getting carted off to
Emergencie by SAMU.

Bullies are - in the overwhelming majority of cases - cowards. The
certainty of being the subject of overwhelming force and of suffering
life-changing injuries, will make them back down.

The person with the life changing injuries will the pedestrian trying to cross,
not the bully in the car.

I'm not suggesting you try to headbutt the car.

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