Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Lovely sunny ride today but
1. Idiot taxi van thinks overtaking me on the right as I pull out onto a main road is a good idea putting him on the wrong side of the road
2. Silly girl with personalised reg coupe/cabrio thing using handheld phone nearly took out another rider because she was not watching the road, and gave me a teenage huff when I asked her not to use car & phone at the same time.
Cockwombles ahoy !
1. Idiot taxi van thinks overtaking me on the right as I pull out onto a main road is a good idea putting him on the wrong side of the road
2. Silly girl with personalised reg coupe/cabrio thing using handheld phone nearly took out another rider because she was not watching the road, and gave me a teenage huff when I asked her not to use car & phone at the same time.
Cockwombles ahoy !
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
POKEMON GO WARNING! Watch out for PANKAKYU!
Pankakyu is a particularly nasty type of Pokemon. He is flat with protruding bone and internal organs, and leaves a red bloody trail behind him. His favourite food is pavement pizza.. Translating literally as "Pancake = You", he is the ONLY pokemon that you will find in the middle of the main road when you wander out hypnotised by your bloody phone playing that stupid game.
(In other words, the phone-zombie apocalypse seemed to be upon us this morning and will only get worse as teenagers embark on their summer holidays - watch out for phone-zombies - coming to roads and cycle tracks near you)
Pankakyu is a particularly nasty type of Pokemon. He is flat with protruding bone and internal organs, and leaves a red bloody trail behind him. His favourite food is pavement pizza.. Translating literally as "Pancake = You", he is the ONLY pokemon that you will find in the middle of the main road when you wander out hypnotised by your bloody phone playing that stupid game.
(In other words, the phone-zombie apocalypse seemed to be upon us this morning and will only get worse as teenagers embark on their summer holidays - watch out for phone-zombies - coming to roads and cycle tracks near you)
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
This is my thread by the way. It was created over 22,000 posts ago for me to moan about one particular commute.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
So today was ok. Some of the usual "must get to the back of that traffic queue" but I just smile and wave at those (I really wish I could ride with no hands cos then I could applaud!). The plus point of the day was a lost Czech lorry, one of the big double length truck with trailer (as opposed to articulated). He was heading from Penge towards Norwood really slowly as he couldn't manoeuvre easily and he was stuck behind a bus. Took the first opportunity to get past him and the bus and voila, empty road all the way to work.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Things have gone nuts round here with crazed impatient and incompetent drivers. It is not even all that hot.
My son had a bad aborted overtake from a housing association van on a narrow uphill road on his paper round this morning, I had someone fail to give way at a junction, a dangerously aborted overtake and a close pass all in just 6 miles to work.
We can go for weeks with no incidents or problems then "boom" !
My son had a bad aborted overtake from a housing association van on a narrow uphill road on his paper round this morning, I had someone fail to give way at a junction, a dangerously aborted overtake and a close pass all in just 6 miles to work.
We can go for weeks with no incidents or problems then "boom" !
Starchivore
I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
- Location
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
On a downhill slope into town yesterday I was passed very closely by an ice cream van. There was no danger and he was passing very slowly but I feel there is a principle involved and like to help people identify their mistakes so I reached out and administered a couple of firm slaps to the side of the van as it passed- saw his face in the mirror and he looked really shocked. Which was slightly worrying in itself- he must have known I was there….
