cyclists

[HellNoHellYeah]

Thread and posts removed for being offensive and overly sweary - The Administrator

[zephyr]

Feel better now?

[SeanMacGabhann]

So you didn't meet encounter someone who happened to be overly aggressive - you met someone who happened to be a cyclist and therefore was ALREADY overly aggressive

Did she "try and run you over" or was she just selfish and didn't see you? The first options sounds premeditated and unlikely

Generalising about a whole group of people isn't likely to win friends. Or influence anyone

As it happens 2 different cyclists have nearly crashed into me in the last week and a bit. But compared to many dozens of drivers who were oblivious to me because they were on a mobile or refused to stop at a pedestrian crossing, I'm more wary of the latter

[Sandperson]

that's ok Hellno, I am a cyclist and I hate you. ;-)

[louisiana]

HellNoHellYeah.

That kind of says it all, really.

[bigbadwolf]

HellNoHellYeah Wrote:

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> I can't stand their stupid lycra shorts and the

> way they cycle on the pavement or appear out of

> nowhere. One of these c**ts got really arsey with

> me last night after she tried to run me over.

> Idiots.

You think you've got it bad?

Years ago a worked as a motorbike courier (alot of fun) and cycle couriers would do something called 'Alley catting' on a fixie (no gears) bike.

That was irritating and life threatening for others.

This still goes on.

[????]

I predict my 100 on this by lunchtime Thursday

[bon3yard]

*yawns*

[Andystar]

I encounter idiot cyclists every other day, they always speed through the red lights on a cycle lane near my work place & they don't think it applies to them...I've lost count of the times I've almost been hit, I've almost been hit several times when getting off my bus because they think its ok to cycle quickly between the bus & the pavement..Seriously, there should be a cycling proficiency test...

It annoys me because it totally ruins it for the majority of cyclists who are pretty decent ( & who obey the highway code )

[Ladymuck]

Andystar Wrote:

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> It annoys me because it totally ruins it for the

> majority of cyclists who are pretty decent ( & who

> obey the highway code )

It annoys me too Andystar...In fact I cringe every time a cyclist flouts the law. I am an experienced cyclist who has undertaken cycling proficiency, I abide by the rules/law , "give way" to drivers where practicable and stop for old ladies etc, I have 3rd party insurance, and my bike is registered etc. etc. Despite this, I suffer regular abuse (some physical) from drivers purely they choose to tar me with the same brush as cyclists who (e.g.) breach the Highway Code etc. But what to do? I love cycling, it costs me pennies, it keeps me trim and healthy, and its gets me to my destinations on time.

So please don't hate me, drivers.::o

[????]

may shock people but drivers are pedestrians are cyclists too...these are not nutually exclusive groups

[Jeremy]

You're right, quids.

I am shocked.

[skidmarks]

I hate people who drive through red lights, selfish f#ckers. All the intergreens are having to be increased (the time between one light going red and the next one going green) to give a larger safety period to accommodate these w@nkers so they don?t cause some hideous accident.

What it means to you and I is more queuing and waiting at traffic lights... unless you jump the lights

[Loz]

Every now and again you get that 'should I brake or should I go' orange light moment. If the answer is 'go' I'm always amazed to look back in my mirror to see two or three vehicles have followed me through the lights. Madness.

Of course if you do stop, a quick glance back to see the driver behind with a 'grrr. we could have made that' look on his/her face always brightens the day...

[woofmarkthedog]

HellNoHellYeah Wrote:

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> I can't stand their stupid lycra shorts and the

> way they cycle on the pavement or appear out of

> nowhere. One of these c**ts got really arsey with

> me last night after she tried to run me over.

> Idiots.

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H N Y

See I hate Brazil nuts.......ewwwww the brown patchy skin , Oh and that I am fatally allergic to them too.

Though I have never seen one "jump the lights" or attempt "to run me over".....YET!

Keep me updated with any other postable phobias you have acquired, keeps me in stitches you know!

Look out "SKATEBOARDER on a UNI-CYCLE".....only jokin'

W**F

[EDKiwi]

I drive around London a lot in my day to day work and am also amazed at the amount of red light running by both cars and cycles, several times a day I get cyclist running red lights out of side streets and then looking shocked that there is actually traffic heading towards them from the other direction.

On the same note I had a white van driver honking his horn at me yesterday for not running the lights as they when from orange to red as we approached them. Maybe we should put all red light runners in a special part of the city and let natural selection sort em out.

[Jeremy]

I think there are some drivers who just refuse to stop at the lights if the car in front goes through.

[skidmarks]

I?ve seen drivers overtake stationary vehicles on the stop line at a red light, go around the wrong side of the splitter island to jump the light, just to get as quickly as possible to the next queue of traffic.