"Paulmouk" writed in
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"Naqerj" wrote in message
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This is (sort of) another of those "Death Wish Cyclist" stylee
postings but...

Usual sort of thing: yesterday evening, during my once-a-week session
behind the wheel of a motor car, I was going down a bit of dual
carriage way in the nearside lane when I see a POB - dark cloths, no
lights, &c, &c. But here's the unusual bit: he [1] was cycling
*towards* me up the outside lane! I haven't noticed any report of an
accident in the local paper so I presume he made it OK as far as the
roundabout that was about 100 yards ahead of him... I wonder which
way he went around that.

[1] probably a he anyway, judging from his build.

--
Andrew

Had that happen to me many times in the last thirty years!
Difference though, is that it has always been cars in
Cambridgeshire/Huntingdonshire and usually late at night.
The most frightening was when it happened on a foggy night. and I
didn't even know about it 'till the car passed me . Would have been
horrifying if traffic from my direction had been two abreast (or
complying with the modern trend of never using the inside lane). At
least, it was very late and not too many people about.
My guess is drunk American servicemen from the air bases up there.

Paul.

Isn't this a macho German thing, ISTR there is a word for it which when
tranlsated means 'Ghost Driver'.