Motorist mindreading?

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by russotto

if I stop dead in front of me and you can't stop, perhaps you shouldn't have been drafting.

Yes, I take your point (by drafting I take it to mean that I was too close up the arse of the car in front), however there are occasions that will irritate, as when there is absolutely nothing in front of the offending vehicle, when, even allowing for the required minimum space between vehicles, a sudden and abrupt halt will unfortunately still catch one unawares..

Oh and one other thing. I do try to use their quaint ways of spelling and to use words and phrases they understand when communicating with my American cousins. It would help awfully if you would do the same. For instance 'drafting' had me completely stumped for a while - thought you were referring to some form of sketching or drawing, which of course I would never do whilst driving. It's spelt 'draught' over here, you know as in: 'there's a nasty draught in here, has someone left the ghucking window open?'

Many thanks

[Griff]

I especially love signalless (not a word) drivers when I'm cycling because I never know if they actually see me.

An explanation for the white car phenom would be that they are either rentals, folks who don't know the area they're driving in or people who buy rental vehicles, a self-selected group if there ever was one.