is it me or are all cyclists completely insane!
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Small rant for the morning.
Maybe it’s just Southampton but do people make a conscious effort to not have lights or high visibility clothing? I regularly leave for work at 5am and most nights I am back after dark.
This morning I start my morning drive and pass 3 cyclists in the space of 500m with no lights on and wearing full black clothing!
Last night on my way home same again this time 2 cyclists side by side, so lights wearing black. i beep them and all i get is them swearing at me! WTF! GET OUT OF THE f
kING WAY!
Its becoming beyond a joke now, the thing that pisses me off the most is that if I hit one of theSE complete idiots I would be the guilty one!
Maybe it’s just Southampton but do people make a conscious effort to not have lights or high visibility clothing? I regularly leave for work at 5am and most nights I am back after dark.
This morning I start my morning drive and pass 3 cyclists in the space of 500m with no lights on and wearing full black clothing!
Last night on my way home same again this time 2 cyclists side by side, so lights wearing black. i beep them and all i get is them swearing at me! WTF! GET OUT OF THE f
kING WAY!Its becoming beyond a joke now, the thing that pisses me off the most is that if I hit one of theSE complete idiots I would be the guilty one!
swerni said:
It's you.
1 out of 10 for the rant
Not enough profanity and has been done to death
Is true all MX5 drivers are gay?
PH Generalisation matters.
I do not think there was any need for that Swerni. You are just as bad as the original poster. I cycle a lot and also am a big petrol head. I always cycle without a high visibility vest but usually have lights. In my younger days I frequently went without lights as I was always short of money and weighed that up against the chance of being hit by a car.1 out of 10 for the rant
Not enough profanity and has been done to death
Is true all MX5 drivers are gay?
PH Generalisation matters.
I think unless you are driving in the gutter and/or have bad eyesight you are unikely to hit a cyclist. There is an arguement that says the less safety features that are employed the more careful a car driver will be ergo less accidents. A bit like the removal of pavements.
Pip
Pip1968 said:
I do not think there was any need for that Swerni. You are just as bad as the original poster. I cycle a lot and also am a big petrol head. I always cycle without a high visibility vest but usually have lights. In my younger days I frequently went without lights as I was always short of money and weighed that up against the chance of being hit by a car.
I think unless you are driving in the gutter and/or have bad eyesight you are unikely to hit a cyclist. There is an arguement that says the less safety features that are employed the more careful a car driver will be ergo less accidents. A bit like the removal of pavements.
Pip
true, though i agree to an extent, all the pavements around here are for bikes and pedestrians cyclists still use the road, whats the point of cycle paths if they are not going to be used? I think unless you are driving in the gutter and/or have bad eyesight you are unikely to hit a cyclist. There is an arguement that says the less safety features that are employed the more careful a car driver will be ergo less accidents. A bit like the removal of pavements.
Pip
swerni said:
My comments weren't about the cyclists.
I cycle several thousand miles every year and despair at some of the other cyclists on the road.
My comments were more bases on
1. We have done this to death
2. Very poorly worded rant
3. Mass generalisation.
I personally go out light up like a bloody Christmas tree.
well someone got up on the wrong side of the bed.I cycle several thousand miles every year and despair at some of the other cyclists on the road.
My comments were more bases on
1. We have done this to death
2. Very poorly worded rant
3. Mass generalisation.
I personally go out light up like a bloody Christmas tree.
1. sorry i havent seen this as of yet,
2. i dont get a f
k what you think of my english you pompus tt3. granted it is puting all cyclists in one basket but i see more with out lights than with.
garrykiller said:
true, though i agree to an extent, all the pavements around here are for bikes and pedestrians cyclists still use the road, whats the point of cycle paths if they are not going to be used?
Often they are no good to cycle in. For example, shared use paths often have really poor design, not to mention iPod zombies wandering all over the path, dogst, broken glass, nails.budgie smuggler said:
Often they are no good to cycle in. For example, shared use paths often have really poor design, not to mention iPod zombies wandering all over the path, dogst, broken glass, nails.
cant say i ever see nails or glass but i do wonder why some people walk in clearly marked cycle lanes. t, broken glass, nails.
garrykiller said:
well someone got up on the wrong side of the bed.
1. sorry i havent seen this as of yet,
2. i dont get a fk what you think of my english you pompus tt
3. granted it is puting all cyclists in one basket but i see more with out lights than with.
Much better rant than the original. 6/101. sorry i havent seen this as of yet,
2. i dont get a f
k what you think of my english you pompus tt3. granted it is puting all cyclists in one basket but i see more with out lights than with.
But if you didn't give a f
k (as you so eloquently put it) what others on the forum think then why did you bother to post?You can't polish a turd eh?
Inner city cyclists... Hate em.
Cyclist does something silly, get knocked off, makes big fuss... It's the driver thats made the villain 99.9% of the time.
Then you get the "Oh we're so vulnerable," jibe... Well don't do daft things like jump lights, weave traffic or squeeze past 32 tonne trucks for crying out loud. You might bloody live longer.
Cyclist does something silly, get knocked off, makes big fuss... It's the driver thats made the villain 99.9% of the time.
Then you get the "Oh we're so vulnerable," jibe... Well don't do daft things like jump lights, weave traffic or squeeze past 32 tonne trucks for crying out loud. You might bloody live longer.
garrykiller said:
true, though i agree to an extent, all the pavements around here are for bikes and pedestrians cyclists still use the road, whats the point of cycle paths if they are not going to be used?
90% of cycle lanes are a joke. They also seem to make you invisible, whenever I ride in one I suddenly become invisible to car drivers.I find it safer not to use them and to stick to the roads and make myself seen.
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