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SMIDSY phr. acronym for Sorry Mate I Didn't See You. See also SMIDGAF (Sorry Mate I Didn't Give a Fuck)

Used euphemistically SMIDSY is an excuse employed by road users instead of the more honest, but perhaps more damning, reality of 'Sorry Mate I Didn't Look Properly' (though it could also be said that SMIDLP probably doesn't scan as well). It can be utilised in any number of road situations such as pulling out of a junction without looking; setting off from a parking space without looking; or parking and opening a car door... without looking.

The variation of SMIDGAF is used in place of SMIDSY where it is clear that the road user did actually see you, and either deliberately or through general moronic incompetence has executed a manoeuvre that puts other users in danger, at a disadvantage, or creates major inconvenience for them. This is a clear example of such a SMIDGAF whereby the approaching cyclist is clearly visible for quite some time, riding in a visible primary position to avoid parked cars and an upcoming bus stop without weaving in traffic, and is 6 foot bloody 3 of highly visible bloke. The practice involves waiting until the cyclist is within 10-15 metres of the junction, and then decide to pull out causing said cyclist to execute a full stop. Other examples of SMIDGAF include moving into a hatched box junction before the way is clear and causing a blockage to other entrances when your light turns red; overtaking a cyclist then assuming that as soon as you are alongside considering that cyclist to have disappeared meaning you can turn left into the next junction (see also 'Left Hook'); and heading towards a road narrowing where the opposite direction has priority and going through anyway despite oncoming traffic.

Further reading:

SMIIS (Sorry Mate I'm Stupid)
SMIMITY (Sorry Mate I'm More Important Than You)
SMIPRT (Sorry Mate I've Paid Road Tax*)
SMIHAFL (Sorry Mate I've Had A Frontal Lobotomy)
SMIDRABCGATMPH (Sorry Mate I Didn't Realise A Bike Could Go At Thirty MPH)
SMIJC (Sorry Mate I'm Jeremy Clarkson - see also SMIIS, SMIMITY and SMIHAFL)

*see blips passim for the fact that road tax doesn't exist and is used as an excuse for poor road behaviour by imbeciles.

Of course were told that cyclists deliberately get run over (honestly, there are people out there who believe this, who probably also believe that JFK was shot by aliens and that George Osborne knows what the hell he's doing) because they know they can blame the driver and get compensation. Never mind the possible threat to life and limb (nor the fact that the penalties for driving over cyclists are generally derisory, really, seriously derisory), so maybe I'll just ride into the side of the van next time. Kerching!