RB73 said:Mmm, i can understand. But on the other hand im a cabbie and i could write exactly the same about the amount of absolute t**ts i see on two wheels.
Stay safe fella, its a war out there :roll:
1gear said:RB73 said:Mmm, i can understand. But on the other hand im a cabbie and i could write exactly the same about the amount of absolute t**ts i see on two wheels.
Stay safe fella, its a war out there :roll:
I can agree. I was riding along and had someone just dive off the pavement on a bike and straight into my path. Another one which came down my left hand side at traffic lights, to undertake me when i was about to turn left :shock:
I wouldnt mind, but im not going slow. Im not riding like an idiot, im just riding along.
Has anyone ever had someone on a bike move out when they get to a section of road with crossings in the middle? Anyone know why they do this, and do this at other times?
Fido said:Here in the Forest we have cyclists, runners, horses, horse drawn carriages, motor vehicles, caravans and walkers. Plus wandering pigs, donkeys and cattle and New Forest ponies.
It can be a bit slow and dangerous at times.
I used to run and cycle regularly and all too frequently encountered problems. Perhaps we are all a bit thoughtless and/or intolerant at times. The only way to avoid problems round here is to stay indoors.
Andy said:I cycle myself ( in good weather :? ) and some days you really do wonder why . I was in the car today behind a cyclist and a shit driver ahead of him on a tight two lane road - saw her suddenly pull into the side of the road and proudly skid onto double yellows and dick about with her phone oblivious to the traffic, or the cyclist who was alongside her that nearly had his foot trapped into her wheels.
In china you get an impossibly huge fine/imprisonment if you hit a pedestrian or cyclist so even tho the roads are chaos there, you keep your eyes peeled it seems. I try to take a deep breath and accept that some people just don't have a clue what they've just done or who they've nearly killed and others think city roads are built just for the use of their halfords sponsered shitheap !
Ben Hur type wheel spikes are the answer 1gear
IanM said:I'll tell you what's wrong, there are too many cyclists ( and drivers) making up their own highway code!
The amount of times that I am sat at a set of traffic lights on red, or at a pelican crossing, and A cyclist sneeks through while they're still on red is too numerous to mention. They'll either sneek through, or just hop onto the pavement and then rejoin the road after. Zebra crossings are another favorite. I'll stop and wait until the crossing is empty - pratt on a bike just goes up the inside.
Lights! It's 7:30 am in January, and they have no lights on. Again, not unique to cyclists, but come on, give us a chance to at least see you and then we might avoid you. and I am sure that a great deal of card drivers think "well I can see okay so I don't need lights". Err, I'm sorry, but half of the function of lights is that others can see you!
Basically, a large number cyclists, card drivers, van drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers and lorry drivers are shit at it.
Ian
Jeltz said:Some drivers simply don't know how much room to give a cyclist, some cyclists believe that red lights and one way streets don't apply to them, people that cycle at a decent speed frequently catch out drivers who expect them to be moving at a snails pace all examples of bad usage of the roads.
There needs to be more consideration shown by all road users. In the snowy weather people were much more aware of the "risks" and considerate driving was much more the norm now its back to "normal" its as bad as ever.
As has been said stay safe.
Jeltz said:Thankfully my area has mostly good drivers but its the tossers you tend to remember.
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