Tales from today's commute....

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Tea m'dear.. tea

there was me thinking ...



wait for it....



hot chocolate - tis cold enough outside today...

 

[fossyant]

No ride. Off work in bed dosed up on cocodamol. Playing havoc with my mileage targets.

 

[ianrauk]

In fine bone china of course..... with pinkies out!

Careful.....

 

[potsy]

No ride. Off work in bed dosed up on cocodamol. Playing havoc with my mileage targets.

Wuss

 

[ianrauk]

No ride. Off work in bed dosed up on cocodamol. Playing havoc with my mileage targets.

Blimey... get well soon bud..

 

[Matthew_T]

I dont know about Welsh Councils but English Councils are Dutybound to reply. I think they can ignore it only if its been through a particular process to identify it as SPAM but even the most spurious of questions get responded to.
The flashing light thing really is a myth, especially if its in ground loop detectors . Have a look a closer look at the site is there is epoxy rectangle in the ground something like this or this. In the first example there's a series of detectors and passing over them all at the correct speed nearly always triggers the lights even though its minor side road. In the second example drivers flash their lights all the time to no avail, it really craics me up the slip is dominated by the main A90 and also is a bus gate they just have to be patient (I nip through the bus gate )

Occasionally you get both types if there's a particular problem but more often if there's two one is redundant and getting replaced by the other.

If there's a box on top of the signals itself then it is a microvave detectors, approach is the key in this case (correct speed/ timing it right) but there can be problems with these types of detector; the below TAL leaflet sums it up.
http://www.ukroads.org/webfiles/tal16-99.pdf

Thanks for that. These are the lights that I seemed to trigger by riding in primary: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=rh...=Q1QXH9HYgc-UVf5WQblGOw&cbp=12,49.54,,0,14.89
And this is the other side which didnt trigger: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=rh...=xoWODlyavIHA-TL1lFqwug&cbp=12,215.47,,0,7.31 I probably wasnt approaching this side fast enough.

 

[HLaB]

That's three day's in a row I've done the same 11 mile route (well almost the end of todays changed to 11.2, as I just went with the flow). I might change it tomorrow or Monday Nothing to report other than the usual 'must overtake cyclist' automians, its important they get to that queue 2 secs faster

 

[MisterStan]

Nothing to report other than the usual 'must overtake cyclist' automians, its important they get to that queue 2 secs faster

That is precisely what happened with my left hook earlier - he even ended up sitting at a red light long enough for me to use all the swear words I know and a few I didn't realise I knew.

 

[subaqua]

took over twice as long this morning- not thursday legs but pubic ( sic) transport . 1 hour and ten minutes instead of 30 minutes. tonights trip home will be 3 Hours- but will involve virgin trains first class carriage annd service- free beer woo hoo

 

[HLaB]

That is precisely what happened with my left hook earlier - he even ended up sitting at a red light long enough for me to use all the swear words I know and a few I didn't realise I knew.

Typical either that they pull out on you, just to pull off into the next side road

 

[gaz]

When I got to work I realised the base layer top I was wearing was not only inside out.. it was back to front...

You twit!

 

[GrasB]

First proper outing on my M5 CroMo low racer & just over 30 miles door to door time 1h 16m 9s (1h 11m 27s rolling) ... but I wasn't really trying . I did get a soaked neck & head though

Return was just as fast & into a headwind, though this time I was trying. My body position is obviously different to my Giro as my glutes really ache today.

 

[gaz]

Had a bit of hail this morning, only small pieces but hail none the less.

 

[ianrauk]

You twit!

Sir twit to you...

 

[Arjimlad]

Numpty drivers today - it's all kicking off !!

1) aggressive impatient fat bloke in a Skoda trying to push me out into traffic, as I was waiting to turn right out of a side road;

2) Woman in a Saab cabriolet seemed surprised that I cycled round a parked scaffolding lorry rather than bunny-hopping over it, gave me "evils" as she overtook; and

3) my poor secretary had a tailgating knobweasel Audi loon follow her to work inches from her back bumper too.

Freaky Thursday !

I am contemplating visiting the fat Skoda bloke on my way home because I know where he lives and he refused to discuss his actions with me at the lights, before left hooking me, but on the other hand, what would that achieve ?