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I had an encounter that could easily have ended tr...

2006-09-02T13:50:00.000+01:00

I had an encounter that could easily have ended tragically, I took a bike from Area 3 in Garki to Wuse and ended up on the ground with luckily only a bruised knee, no thanks to my okada rider colliding with another coming from behind. I was lucky no vehicle was speeding from behind, I could have ended up with a lot of crushed bones.

The way this okada riders go around town, i wonder if they had any sort of training not to talk of understanding traffic rules

Jeremy/Akin, I also love the dutch bicyles but fou...

2006-08-30T19:48:00.000+01:00

Jeremy/Akin, I also love the dutch bicyles but found them tricky to ride. I went on a day's bicycle tour of Amsterdam and surroundings a few years back and found the back pedalling to stop very tricky. We started our journey by the train station so I had to get to grips with the system quite quickly else get squashed by trams, bicycles, cars and buses. I got the hang in the end and found it quite fun after a time.

Bicycles, I have, 3 in fact, because I am a closet...

2006-08-30T19:24:00.000+01:00

Bicycles, I have, 3 in fact, because I am a closet circus-act.

None of them are Dutch however, I like controls at my hands, that is gears and brakes, the whole idea of stopping by back-pedalling scares me stiff.

Quite amusing that an Okada rides into your vehicle just as my cane sometimes collides with people's shins when I need space :-))

I have to make better use of my harbour, there is a sailing school downstairs, I might just do enough to get on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean 5.

of course the menancing okadas should pay, but wha...

2006-08-30T17:31:00.000+01:00

of course the menancing okadas should pay, but what if the demage is so minor? Besides, to take them to hospital is to incur charges yourself.

Anywhere else (read: civilized), the Okada driver ...

2006-08-30T17:06:00.000+01:00

Anywhere else (read: civilized), the Okada driver would have been cited for not wearing a helmet and a moving violation then taken in for medical attention cluthing those tickets.

I don't understand this philosophy that the injured are by that fact alone immune to the consequences of their actions. Injury doesn't preclude being wrong, it's a fallacy otherwise.

Jeremy: So, deep down then, you ARE a frog.

Heh heh. This reminds me - I once went to the Nehr...

2006-08-30T16:20:00.000+01:00

Heh heh. This reminds me - I once went to the Nehru Centre in Mayfair (Brahmins-only). A distinguished looking silver haired man came up to me and said, "Excuse me, aren't you the Director?" Wonderful being confused for a Bollywood big shot..

I also took to wearing a beret during my student days, only for a clutch of snarling Hull locals to shout one evening, "Oy, look at the fucking frog! Froggie! froggie!" (not quite so pleasant an experience). In fact, I am, despite my blog strapline, extremely English - apart from a drop of Norwegian-French a thousand years ago: my ancestors came over during the Norman conquest in 1066.

I just noticed you are coming up to your two year ...

2006-08-30T14:30:00.000+01:00

I just noticed you are coming up to your two year anniversary of the blog. Looking at the pics You could pass for an arab or half english, half pakistani guy. do you have any Asian in you?

Jay...Stop!! Envy is NOT YOU!!!! ...End of!As for ...

2006-08-30T10:26:00.000+01:00

Jay...Stop!! Envy is NOT YOU!!!! ...End of!

As for the okada...much as i understand that the guy maybe injured (and here goes the controvercial view)...That surely should not stop you from claiming compensation for the damage....Perhaps if more people claimed compensation from these irresponsible 2-wheeled-death- taxis, then perhaps they would be forced to ride their bikes in a more responsible manner not to mention the lives of their passengers. Furthermore, YES!YES!they should be forced to wear helmets...But in this case the owners should be fined and not the rider as most of these bikes are owned by some faceless local "Big-Man"!.