Tales from today's commute....

[bikingdad90]

Cold ride in this morning but enjoyed it lots apart from the twit in a corsa that tried to force me into the side of road at the entrance to this junction even though I was going straight over and looked over my shoulder more than once. I rode defensively over the roundabout and moved just enough that he couldn't get past until it was safe to do so.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=qu...F-8&ei=km-wUtaMFceThgeEmYCIBA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

 

[potsy]

A rare rucksack commute, after trying it out the other day and declaring it as 'never again' I had no other option as I had some stuff to bring back from work and the load lugging bike is kitted out with the studded tyres.
Certainly noticed the difference coming home with approx 5kg of 'stuff' in it, still managed to do a totally frivolous extra 2 miles though, good training for the forum ride on NYD

 

[Twelve Spokes]

That was horrendous coming back with plenty of hypocrites on their mobile phones.That was commute 198.

I doubt commute 199,200,201,202,203,204 and 205 are going to be much different.

 

[benb]

This morning at a junction an elderly lady pedestrian didn't have time to make it all the way across the road before the lights changed.
The driver next to me decided to aggressively rev his engine to register his displeasure at being slightly inconvenienced.
I may have been impolite to him.

I think it's a real problem: pedestrian crossing phases don't last long enough for people with even slight mobility issues, and some pedestrian crossings take ages to change in the pedestrian's favour.

 

[Frood42]

This morning at a junction an elderly lady pedestrian didn't have time to make it all the way across the road before the lights changed.
The driver next to me decided to aggressively rev his engine to register his displeasure at being slightly inconvenienced.
I may have been impolite to him.

I think it's a real problem: pedestrian crossing phases don't last long enough for people with even slight mobility issues, and some pedestrian crossings take ages to change in the pedestrian's favour.

There is a crossing at a busy gyratory system I have to use everyday to get to a Sainsburys, it's a pain.

http://goo.gl/maps/VyezM

The WAIT light doesn't always come on after pressing the button, it seems to be if the lights have recently turned in favour of traffic and people have recently used it there is a delay in being able to activate the lights.
So you then have to wait to press the button (repeated attempts to get it to activate), and then wait to cross the road, the phases are short and you have to use two sets of these to get across the road as you have an island in between. Not friendly at all, and not nice in bad weather as the road is quite open.

It annoys me that people in heated and dry cars are given priority over people stood at a crossing getting cold and wet, and you have to do it twice to actually get across the road...
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[Black Country Ste]

Bit of a chuckle on the way in. Following a red Audi and a motorcyclist comes down behind us, effing and blinding. Wondering what the grumbling was about I turned to look at him, he looked back. "Morning", he said and carried on. It looked like the car was turning right so the biker got ready to pass down the inside, only for the driver to carry on straight. "Oh, FFS!", et cetera.

It made up for me oversleeping and missing breakfast.

 

[cyberknight]

And the idiocy continues,
Nearly knocked off by a fire engine on the way home , it was not on the way to an emergency so it was not rushing or using it lights etc but overtook on a narrow road with oncoming traffic.
Letter of complaint sent to the appropriate email address with my concerns regarding their driving standards.

 

[potsy]

I had a 'lad' walk towards me this afternoon, he was in the road and obviously looking for trouble, as I get near he makes like he's going to throw a punch
I call him a nob and carry on my way, the ped that was on the pavement didn't look amused as the chav shouted 'f-off' in my direction

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

46 miles to go.... forecast for tomorrow looks a barrel of laughs for the way home...

 

[Frood42]

Wet commute home, but fairly warm, not a bad ride, even managed to hit 20+mph on some bits.
Got undertaken by someone doing a wheelie


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZFTAvdBFD8&feature=youtube_gdata_player


They appear around 16s, but light is a little poor, so hard to see.
.

 

[BSRU]

Windy but not as bad as forecast last night which stated I would have a wet ride in, nice and dry the whole time.

 

[jagman.2003]

Good scoot home. But quality of driving from other road users definitely on the decline. Makes me consider the rest of this weeks commuting. One close 'drive-thru' on a mini roundabout. My front light clearly lit up the interior of the car to show the driver with fixed stare straight ahead. They seem too busy rushing around with their heads up their arxes' worrying about Christmas. Definitely won't be riding on the last day of work.
On the upside waved cordially at 'clown horn' cyclist & got a couple of friendly 'parps' of the horn. Put a smile on my face for a couple of miles.

 

[fossyant]

I had a 'lad' walk towards me this afternoon, he was in the road and obviously looking for trouble, as I get near he makes like he's going to throw a punch
I call him a nob and carry on my way, the ped that was on the pavement didn't look amused as the chav shouted 'f-off' in my direction

Brinny ?

I've had that once by a group of teenagers, deliberately walk out on me. Unfortunately for them I was winding up for a 40 mph descent and was already above 30, so the scream of 'f-ing get out of the way' stopped them, one lad did try to punch me, but his aim wasn't good given my speed (I'd gone past before he could launch at me).

 

[fossyant]

My commute went like this.

Start, stop, start, stop, stop more, start a little, crawl, crawl....yadda yadda for an hour before finally pulling up at work to pay £2.30 to park ! Why do people do this for a 6 mile drive ?

 

[ianrauk]

I see blue skies, I see sun, I see sunshine..it makes a bloody change.
Roads are still very wet though and there's more expected rain for the commute home.