GTR1400MAN wrote:As for using the service station ... my mate was nearly wiped out here yesterday, while filling his bike with fuel, by a van using the forecourt to miss out the ped crossing at red!
Ah yes, there was a similar technique sometimes used at Meon Hut when I was taking part in road rallies as a student (ie to dive through the petrol station to avoid sitting for ages at a red light - usually in the wee small hours when very few other road users around).