ALTERNATIVE CAR PARK
No hand signals.
Oh, why are they always bald?
If
you imagine this is your car...
A fist. You want me to imagine that your fist is
my car. Right. I'll keep him talking, you call the men in the
white coats.
...then
this is a motorcycle.
That's right, mate, your other hand is a motorcycle.
Your nose is an aeroplane, your left leg is Belgium and the top of your
head is London Planetarium.
Now,
when you drive up to a main road, it's easy to see other cars.
Because they're shaped like fists, yes. Okay.
Is the straitjacket here yet?
But
because a motorcycle is a third of the width of a car, he's very hard to
see.
It would help if he was wearing bright colours, instead
of being flesh coloured...
But
he's dead easy to hurt.
Whoops-a-daisy. The car has just punched the motorcyclist
in the stomach, and spilt his tomato ketchup all over the road.
Nasty.
Yes, you are.
And
that's why, at junctions, I'm asking you to give a second thought for bikes.
Why should I? They never think about me.
When did I last get a birthday card from a bike? Never.
Stop.
Think once for cars, hold it, then think again for bikes.
Especially bikes like this, which are being ridden at
three miles per hour by confused septegenarians.
If
you want to avoid this...
Hmmm, do I want to avoid this? Well, I suppose
it saves an insurance claim.
...think
once, think twice, think bike!
So does that mean I have to think three times?
But I only have two hands. Oh dear. Nurse? Nurse!.