A question of respect (let the flaming begin...)

[Buzz]

Never heard of the term "Off-siding" until now but the Bikesafe officer I was with told me about a couple of callouts he had in the last 6 months.

1) Pregnant woman crossing the road, biker "off-siding" and didn't see her, knocked her over and caused a miscarriage.  25, never been nicked, never had a brush with the law and ended up with 8 years in prison for manslaughter.

2) There are certain islands that cut the road in half for a good mile or so, the North Circular has many of these apparently.  2 bikers "off-sided" to find themselves on the wrong side of the road with no way back, both killed by a lorry.

Don't care if it's all BS or not, I won't be doing it in a hurry.