Sunday just gone, I was coming up School Hill, in Lewes, East Sussex approaching the traffic lights near the Law courts. A rather lovely looking brand new Ferrari purred away from the lights just in front of me, then . . . a dozy cow (for that's what she was) driving some Panda-type car strolled past me, but so close I hardly had to reach my arm out and bang loudly 3 times on the windows. The two small kids in the car with her were shocked, but not as much as me. Bloody useless driver seemed to shrink in her seat, but of course carried on, not stopping to ask if I was okay.
The 4x4 driver behind me, pulled up alongside, and shouted across his wife in the passenger seat: "Fucking hell mate, are you okay!!? How fucking close was she!!!?
I said I was okay, and he carried on.
I don't know what to do to make myself more visible, other than now trying a 'lollipop', to see if this will make any difference to my visibility.
I've gone past caring what my road bike will look like with a lollipop, and the scathing looks one might receive. Who cares? this one was way too close.