Nearly wiped out a whole cycling club

[400bhp]

Nice picture. Anyway, I'm having trouble finding a reference in the Highway Code where it says
Can you help?

But it does say

be considerate of other road users

 

[ChrisV]

Just found the Ignore function

 

[Kajjal]

If you want to injured on a road bike go one on one with a car. Regardless of the niceties or otherwise there is a difference between confident and dangerous riding.

In mountain biking the equivalent is going on one with a horse or a tractor. It will not turn out well for you.

 

[Mr Celine]

I've come around a blind corner on a roundabout many times to discover my route blocked by stationery traffic in the junction.

Stationary stationery traffic is even worse!

 

[DRM]

Stationary stationery traffic is even worse!

Someone should throw the book at that truck driver, theres plenty on the road for starters

 

[Tin Pot]

I nearly wiped out a family of four at a bus stop today!

Then, I took the key out of the ignition, left the car on my driveway and cycled to my destination instead.

Phew, close call!

 

[TheJDog]

They're as crap as the car drivers they pretend to despise

Absolutely right, we're all fallible in our own ways no matter what our mode of transport.

People who live in igloos shouldn't throw penguins?

People who live in igloos live at the top of the planet, penguins at the bottom.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Absolutely right, we're all fallible in our own ways no matter what our mode of transport.



People who live in igloos live at the top of the planet, penguins at the bottom.

There's a white Land Rover Defender nearby with all the macho 'off-road' bolt on goodies. Written across the back is : Antarctic Polar Bear Survey Vehicle.

 

[jefmcg]

People who live in igloos live at the top of the planet, penguins at the bottom

Apparently there are penguins in the Arctic now, because people.

 

[Cuchilo]

Apparently there are penguins in the Arctic now, because people.

Invited them to stay for a holiday ?
Coloured in some ducks to tempt them over ?

 

[Tim Hall]

Apparently there are penguins in the Arctic now, because people.

Some time ago Penguin wrappers had the rib tickler "Q: What do you call a penguin in the desert? A:Lost." My inner pedant started jumping up and down. Surely, I thought, the Antarctic can be classified as a desert, as it's a region of low rainfall. Anyhoo, I was pleased to see recently that there's now an alternate side splitter: "Q: What do you call 500 penguins in Trafalgar Square? A: Lost.". Phew.

 

[martint235]

No - read the original post. I don't have a problem with two/three abreast. It was the whole "pelaton" just pulling straight out onto the roundabout in front of me and causing cars to do emergency stops that was the problem.

The one, and only, time I went out with a club something similar happened. The front of the ride just pulled straight onto a roundabout ignoring the car coming from the right. To then make matters worse, because the lady driver of the car declined to stop to let the rest of the group onto the roundabout, she was subjected to torrents of abuse from the cyclists in front of me.

This, and the attitude of the ride leader when I rode up to be alongside him to tell him about this and why I wouldn't be continuing my ride with them, led me to write to the secretary of the club. "I wasn't there so I can't possibly comment. And it's more likely that the riders hurling abuse weren't actually from our club". Yes Gemini Bicycling Club, I'm looking at you here.

I've not felt the need to go out with a club since.

 

[winjim]

Apparently there are penguins in the Arctic now, because people.

To be fair, there are penguins in Edinburgh.

 

[jefmcg]

A truck driver is delivering some penguins to the zoo. But his truck breaks down in a dessert near the zoo. Luckily, a pickup truck soon comes by. The driver flags him down and hands him $300 saying, "Take these penguins to the zoo."

A few hours later he sees the same guy heading the opposite way with the penguins still in the back. He yells at the man, "You were supposed to take them to the zoo!"

The guy replies, "I did, but we had money left over so we're going to the movies."

 

[glenn forger]

The polar bears are moving south and there's talk of them mating with brown bears. The cubs are called growlers.