On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 14:13 +0000, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any > commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. > > P, one minor accident in six years; 6,000+miles covered; god knows how much > time saved
I was extremely surprised the first few times I rode a motorbike through central London. Turns out drivers here often have far better awareness of the presence of two-wheelers, and are far more likely to helpfully move over / provide small gaps for you to sneak through / etc, than those in any of the other (large and small) towns I'd ridden in previously. That said, there are still plenty of blind / homicidal drivers out there too, so it's still best to keep your eyes wide open and your cynicism turned up to 11.