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YOU WAIT FOR A BUS…

I was riding my supermoto along a Cornish single-lane road which had high hedges on both sides. I am Cornish, and I know how the roads work. Ahead of me I could see a stationary doubledecker bus. This is what passes for a regular bus route in Cornwall, so Iwas not surprised to see it out. Because the bus was stopped, there was a chance that the bus might reverse if there was some Emmet with a caravan or a campervan in the opposite lane, who cannot reverse like a Cornishman. I stopped about 60m behind the bus, and about 20m behind a 90-degree bend. The bus was stationary, but then a little Fiesta van came haring round the bend, in reverse, and smashed

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