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2 from me.

Cameron Toll roundabout being shut again and the bus gate along at Prestonfield not being open to relieve the pressure.

Secondly to revisit cycle lanes. I was using the one on St Leonard's street on my commute home on Thursday. Guy came up a side street in his car, ignored the give way and straight across the cycle lane, wiped my back wheel out sending me sprawling to the ground and left me in a fair bit of pain. Had he hit me a second earlier he would have thrown me right into the road. No way he would have just driven across the lanes of a road like that. Either blind to cyclists or just doesn't care. Totally unapologetic into the bargain as well. Apparently I should have seen him (I did but didn't expect him to drive totally recklessly) and apparently I should have given way to him (why? The give way is on your road, I didn't expect you to plough right out without paying attention to other road users).

From now on I'll be using the road at that section and if any drivers complain I'll direct them to the aforementioned idiot for an explanation as to why.
Glad you're ok but can I suggest that the bit in bold is a mistake. Best way to stay upright in and around the city centre imo is to assume that every driver can and often will make such errors. Cycling ultradefensively slows the journey but by less in total than a single wait in A&E. Particularly when the roads are full of drivers on their way home from work - when cycleblindness is at its peak and rights of way are, to say the least, relaxed.

I'll throw in the cycle lane on Crewe Road South as it approaches the five-exit roundabout at the foot pf Orchard Brae. Many drivers on Crewe Road South turning left in to Comely Bank cannot cope with the cycle lane on their inside. There's often just too much going on for them, what with deciding what to have for their tea and scrutinising what's going on at all the other four exits so that they can time their entry on to the roundabout, for them also to be cyclist-aware. Cycling outside the cycle lane would seem to be the safest strategy.