At some point in the last few years, cars have stopped using their indicators (turn signals). This is definitely a recent development, since I cannot remember ever having cause for complaint on this issue before I left London the first time ten years ago.

I passed my driving test about sixteen years ago and I can still remember the adage: mirror, signal, manoeuvre. However, it would seem that most of the drivers in London are amnesiac fucktards, since hardly any of them follow that procedure.

In light of that reality, my general desire to stay alive and the fact that I see so many (newbie?) cyclists behaving as if they aren’t aware of this failure on the part of motorists, my first top tip relates to the safest way I have devised for cycling in the vicinity of large amounts of vehicles safely. The following is just the general rule I go by; there are learned exceptions and also occasional moments of plain idiocy on my part. Feel free to add your own tips about this in the comments section.
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