fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Well it didn't get him very far did it.....ho..hum.... the wobbly bob !!
Numpty cyclist
- Thread starter magnatom
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snapper_37
Barbara Woodhouse's Love Child
- Location
- Wolves
I've been sooo excited to see this all day as the tube of the you is blocked at work.
What a tosser. Glad you caught him up Mag (and so easily lol).
What a tosser. Glad you caught him up Mag (and so easily lol).
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
Thanks for that, Magnatom ! Like others, I've been waiting all day to see this when I got home (YouTube's blocked at work, understandably !).
Made my day that - what a laugh you gave me, and the look on his face was priceless. A fine example of "the lights are on but nobody's home", that expression !
I don't understand why people think you should have kept quiet - that's the problem these days, no-one speaks up for themselves and no-one's willing to confront anyone else over their behaviour. We keep our heads down, walk on and look the other way for fear of bringing attention to ourselves or for fear of violence. Yet we still feel the need to bemoan society and its ills, without taking some responsibility for trying to do something about it.
The bewildered-looking chap in your video might just learn something - that having a wee flashing light on your rucksack isn't going to defend you against a vehicle ploughing into you when you're somewhere you shouldn't be. That red-light-jumping is illegal. That not every cyclist thinks it's one of those laws that they can pick and choose to ignore. That one day his antics might mean that he never completes his journey. That other cyclists will call you out on your behaving like an @rseh0le.
(Ooooo... that was in danger of turning into a rant. Phew ! Stopped in time....)
Made my day that - what a laugh you gave me, and the look on his face was priceless. A fine example of "the lights are on but nobody's home", that expression !
I don't understand why people think you should have kept quiet - that's the problem these days, no-one speaks up for themselves and no-one's willing to confront anyone else over their behaviour. We keep our heads down, walk on and look the other way for fear of bringing attention to ourselves or for fear of violence. Yet we still feel the need to bemoan society and its ills, without taking some responsibility for trying to do something about it.
The bewildered-looking chap in your video might just learn something - that having a wee flashing light on your rucksack isn't going to defend you against a vehicle ploughing into you when you're somewhere you shouldn't be. That red-light-jumping is illegal. That not every cyclist thinks it's one of those laws that they can pick and choose to ignore. That one day his antics might mean that he never completes his journey. That other cyclists will call you out on your behaving like an @rseh0le.
(Ooooo... that was in danger of turning into a rant. Phew ! Stopped in time....)
hackbike 666
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No im not saying mag shouldn't say anything im just saying im fed up with fighting a losing battle.If people cant work out that they are supposed to stop at traffic signals then they shouldn't be on the road.
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
hackbike 666 said:
And it's up to us to keep telling them that until they get the message, though I do understand that it seems like a losing battle.
But the more people see others doing it, the more they think its acceptable / the norm and the more cyclists will do it. If we start berating more idiots for doing it, there's a chance that it might not seem quite as cool to do it when you get taken to task every time.
Then again, I may perhaps be naive because Edinburgh hasn't reached the same epidemic levels of RLJ-ers that somewhere like London has....
snapper_37
Barbara Woodhouse's Love Child
- Location
- Wolves
I had a NC come up the side of a HGV (at lights) on my way home. I'm 99.9% sure it's because he wanted to pass me. I thought 'You twat!' and shook my head and as I sat behind the said HGV I looked around and saw a passenger and a driver in a car shaking their heads and giving me the thumbs up. That means something to me.
Luckily the HGV went straight on. I caught the NC up within seconds and passed him .... but then again he did jump onto the pavement so had all the hurdles of peds. Bless
Luckily the HGV went straight on. I caught the NC up within seconds and passed him .... but then again he did jump onto the pavement so had all the hurdles of peds. Bless
Well you think this guy was a numpty (ok at least I did!) I had a numpty first class tonight on the way home. I overtook him close to my work. At a junction further along he caught up with me at a junction I was turning right at. Just as I was turning he sneaked past me on my right, swerving past me during my turn. He noticed he had cut me up and waved me past... fair enough.
Anyway in the tunnel (which at the moment is two way) he sits right on my tail on the way down (I'm going slower due to the possibility of oncoming cyclists). Further down, I pulled away a bit, but on the way uphe caught up again (I wasn't racing). We come to a curved section where you can't see around the corner and he decided at this point to overtake! There is no way he could have have avoided any oncoming cyclists and a collision would have been nasty.
I'll post the video when I get a chance.
What is it with cyclists at the moment!
Anyway in the tunnel (which at the moment is two way) he sits right on my tail on the way down (I'm going slower due to the possibility of oncoming cyclists). Further down, I pulled away a bit, but on the way uphe caught up again (I wasn't racing). We come to a curved section where you can't see around the corner and he decided at this point to overtake! There is no way he could have have avoided any oncoming cyclists and a collision would have been nasty.
I'll post the video when I get a chance.
What is it with cyclists at the moment!
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
magnatom said:Well you think this guy was a numpty (ok at least I did!) I had a numpty first class tonight on the way home. I overtook him close to my work. At a junction further along he caught up with me at a junction I was turning right at. Just as I was turning he sneaked past me on my right, swerving past me during my turn. He noticed he had cut me up and waved me past... fair enough.
Anyway in the tunnel (which at the moment is two way) he sits right on my tail on the way down (I'm going slower due to the possibility of oncoming cyclists). Further down, I pulled away a bit, but on the way uphe caught up again (I wasn't racing). We come to a curved section where you can't see around the corner and he decided at this point to overtake! There is no way he could have have avoided any oncoming cyclists and a collision would have been nasty.
I'll post the video when I get a chance.
What is it with cyclists at the moment!
Like I've experienced with motorists on the last two cold, icy days I've cycled - there seems to be a desperation to get home when the weather's not so good. It seems to manifest itself in some crazy, risky driving just to get home that little bit quicker. Seems to affect cyclists as well !!
Joseph
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Glasgow, UK
magnatom said:
*cough*
You might want to have a look at the big yellow sign above the entrance to that tunnel
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/largeimage.php?imid=1082030
IIRC it says 'cyclists dismount and use pathway' under that graffiti.
[That said, I cycle both ways - but when I go the wrong way, I'll fully aware it's my responsibility to make sure there's no way someone coming the other way will crash in to me no matter how stupid they're being. And regardless of that I agree it's completely irresponsible to overtake on the blind corners.]
Joseph said:*cough*
You might want to have a look at the big yellow sign above the entrance to that tunnel
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/largeimage.php?imid=1082030
IIRC it says 'cyclists dismount and use pathway' under that graffiti.
[That said, I cycle both ways - but when I go the wrong way, I'll fully aware it's my responsibility to make sure there's no way someone coming the other way will crash in to me no matter how stupid they're being. And regardless of that I agree it's completely irresponsible to overtake on the blind corners.]
Aaactually! It doesn't say anything about dismounting! It tells you to use the other entrance! Only it is closed, so nah, nah, nah, nah nah!
If they really set that rule, I will be heading for the Bells bridge!