Ouch!
Of all the roads and intersections in London including The Elephant and Castle gyratory, Hyde Park, The Blackwall Tunnel to name a few -this downhill stretch is one that I fear the most!

I've got to keep a wary eye on cars that are pulling into the garage and overtake me and turn left but not indicating. Or pull out from the garage expecting me to slow down. Or turn into Honor Oak Road, again overtaking and not indicating. It's a real frenetic intersection.

Your poor wife! My constant fear of being hit by a vehicle has me obeying the rules. Indeed, your example of your wife clearly highlights that you cannot generalise.

I've just bought another fine helmet. It's one of those that's got a red light built into the back of helmet and this thingy that flips out from the visor comes right up to almost touching my eyeball and allows me to see what's happening behind me. It looks sooooooooooooooooooo cool. I feel like a cross between The Terminator (the original movie) and those guys from X-men 2 that invaded Charles Xavier's School for the Gifted. But sitting on my big pretty green and white Schwinn Beachcruiser cycle, I probably look like a pillock.