People in cars taking ages to move when the lights go green.
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What is that all about? I know some cars have start stop stuff now, but there seems to be an increase in people buggering about at the lights lately. You time your approach, so you don't have to stop (especially useful on a hill, when clipped in) and the light goes green, you pick up speed, and the munch in the car at the lights is sat there not moving. This really winds me up.
I commute into and out of Liverpool every day and it's a rare occurrence for a car to pass me before I have cleared the junction. Usually I am almost 100 metres from the stop line by the time a car will pass (not holding them up, genuinely takes that long for the average motorist to get going). That being said though, I do treat the commute like sprint training 
I did have a weird road rage incident last week where I was stuck behind a car on a narrow lane, lights went green and he didn't move. A car behind me beeped the horn and he started shouting at me! I just laughed and shrugged saying I'm on a pushbike and pointed to the car behind. He still mumbled something like 'fupping cyclists' before finally moving off.
I did have a weird road rage incident last week where I was stuck behind a car on a narrow lane, lights went green and he didn't move. A car behind me beeped the horn and he started shouting at me! I just laughed and shrugged saying I'm on a pushbike and pointed to the car behind. He still mumbled something like 'fupping cyclists' before finally moving off.
Had one at temp. traffic lights the other day. Black BMW 1 series at the head of the queue, I passed the rest of the queue, but I don't like to pass the first car, especially when it's been red for a while. Anyway, like I said, I passed the rest of the queue, most of whom had squeezed themselves past me, and then hugged the kerb to prevent me tootling up their left side. I swung in behind the BMW, just as the light went green, and I hadn't needed to put a foot down. All I needed was for him to move off at something resembling a 'normal driving speed' so that I could draft him to the other end of the works. What I got was him briefly moving, then stopping and staring at me (eyes locked in the door mirror). I had to wave the daft sod to get on his way, and no doubt him, and the rest of the drivers too, would blame me for the (very brief) delay.
king idiots on bikes.If they're on a hill, have you considered that there's a certain amount of balancing the clutch with the handbrake before pulling off?
Possibly made even more precarious once they've realised there's a cyclist behind them - at which point 'Don't roll back. don't roll back' is probably running through their brains and making them a little unsure of themselves.
I think if you want motorists to cut 'us' a little slack, then it has to go both ways.
Possibly made even more precarious once they've realised there's a cyclist behind them - at which point 'Don't roll back. don't roll back' is probably running through their brains and making them a little unsure of themselves.
I think if you want motorists to cut 'us' a little slack, then it has to go both ways.
Ive seen some drivers pull off slow when I am behind them on the bike as they are triple checking what I am doing, as so many riders trundle up the inside or dive past in front. You cant blame them, some people just dawdle a bit.
Blimey we have got threads running on "too many stickers on my bike" and "drivers pulling away too slowly"
Think they should be deleted and moved to the First World Problems thread in the lounge
Blimey we have got threads running on "too many stickers on my bike" and "drivers pulling away too slowly"
Think they should be deleted and moved to the First World Problems thread in the lounge
Kell said:
If they're on a hill, have you considered that there's a certain amount of balancing the clutch with the handbrake before pulling off?
Possibly made even more precarious once they've realised there's a cyclist behind them - at which point 'Don't roll back. don't roll back' is probably running through their brains and making them a little unsure of themselves.
I think if you want motorists to cut 'us' a little slack, then it has to go both ways.
I wasn't talking about the ones who are actually making an effort to get away, or being cautious. I was referring to the ones who just sit there buggering about.Possibly made even more precarious once they've realised there's a cyclist behind them - at which point 'Don't roll back. don't roll back' is probably running through their brains and making them a little unsure of themselves.
I think if you want motorists to cut 'us' a little slack, then it has to go both ways.
bingybongy said:
No there isn't.
Yes there is. I often get people who ride a bike trying to tell me how they "love cycling". The thing is, the ones that never take their bikes out in grotty weather, or they don't ever go outside a 3 mile radius etc.etc.etc. don't "love cycling". If you love something, you put up with the good, and the bad, and the indifferent ( making observations about situations which could be improved, to make life more pleasant, and so on)The people who don't ride no matter what, dont "love" cycling, they just stare at its arse as it walks past.I don't do many 'long' rides, but I do more miles a month than my brother-in-law who goes out for a couple of 30 milers most weekends.
I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
Kell said:
I don't do many 'long' rides, but I do more miles a month than my brother-in-law who goes out for a couple of 30 milers most weekends.
I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
Nope you just ride a bike, apparently.I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
Kell said:
I don't do many 'long' rides, but I do more miles a month than my brother-in-law who goes out for a couple of 30 milers most weekends.
I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
You're a cyclist in my book. Commuting on a bike, when there is a safer and more comfy way, is exactly the sort of thing that makes the difference.I commute in atrocious weather, day-in, day-out and would always prefer to do that than have to endure the tube.
Am I a cyclist or not? I'm confused now.
Nuggety said:
Yes there is. I often get people who ride a bike trying to tell me how they "love cycling". The thing is, the ones that never take their bikes out in grotty weather, or they don't ever go outside a 3 mile radius etc.etc.etc. don't "love cycling". If you love something, you put up with the good, and the bad, and the indifferent ( making observations about situations which could be improved, to make life more pleasant, and so on)The people who don't ride no matter what, dont "love" cycling, they just stare at its arse as it walks past.
Seriously? Car vs bike, or motorbike vs bicycle, flame wars aren't enough for you? You actually want to split cycling into two groups too?How do we decide who is a cyclist and who is a bike rider? I don't want to be in the group that everyone laughs at, so want to make sure I can join the other one.
My missus, an otherwise good driver, but:
Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
PurpleTurtle said:
My missus, an otherwise good driver, but:
Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
That's the spirit.Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
I both cycle and drive for the commute depending on the mood and i would say i agree with the OP for both methods of travel - often it is people on their phones holding people up - you beep them and they swear at you usually.
In the mornings though it can often be folk who are still semi-asleep and just not there 100% - makes me wonder if they should be driving tbh considering their reaction times in that state of non-alertness will likely be worse than an 90 yr behind the wheel.
In the mornings though it can often be folk who are still semi-asleep and just not there 100% - makes me wonder if they should be driving tbh considering their reaction times in that state of non-alertness will likely be worse than an 90 yr behind the wheel.
PurpleTurtle said:
My missus, an otherwise good driver, but:
Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
LTB! [/mumsnet]Firstly we got engaged, she 'fessed up after about a month to regularly being honked at red lights on her way to work because she was sat their gawping at her engagegement ring.
Now, four months up the duff, she gets the same as she's sat there stroking her bloody bump ignoring the bloody lights going green!
It's got to the point where when we're out together in the car I'm repeatedly having to say 'green light!'
Trying my best to improve matters, OP, I feel your pain!
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