Why Aren't You Using the Cycle Lane Incident

[Deleted member 35268]

Just about to conclude my commute home by bike and the last stretch is a newly laid tarmac minor road which has a cycle path on the opposite side.

I was then joined by a car who levelled up to me and asked the usual, un-educated "Why Aren't You Using the Cycle Lane".

What then ensued was attempts to block me, then being repeatedly chased down.

I think I will copy the page out of the highway code and stick it through their window

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/rul...s are marked by,your journey safer and easier.

61
Cycle Routes and Other Facilities. Cycle lanes are marked by a white line (which may be broken) along the carriageway (see Rule 140). Use facilities such as cycle lanes and tracks, advanced stop lines and toucan crossings (see Rules 62 and 73) where they make your journey safer and easier. This will depend on your experience and skills and the situation at the time. While such facilities are provided for reasons of safety, cyclists may exercise their judgement and are not obliged to use them.

 

[Alex321]

Just about to conclude my commute home by bike and the last stretch is a newly laid tarmac minor road which has a cycle path on the opposite side.

I was then joined by a car who levelled up to me and asked the usual, un-educated "Why Aren't You Using the Cycle Lane".

What then ensued was attempts to block me, then being repeatedly chased down.

I think I will copy the page out of the highway code and stick it through their window

Do you have a video camera? If so, save the footage, and send it to the police.

 

[rogerzilla]

The traditional response is, "why aren't you using the motorway?"

 

[Drago]

My usual response is to first check they're not bigger than me - which is fortunately rare - and then issue a resounding, "f*** off, c***."

Having completed my usual, preplanned, response scenario I then forget the worthless little turd ever existed and carry on my merry way.

People of that level of subterranean calibre deserve only the most rudimentary of acknowledgement.

 

[classic33]

I've given the replies of "I don't want to" and "It's not going where I want to go".

 

[Threevok]

My last reply was - "That's where I was going, when Stevie Wonder there (pointing to his wife at the wheel) nearly hit me"

 

[Deleted member 35268]

My usual response is to first check they're not bigger than me - which is fortunately rare - and then issue a resounding, "f*** off, c***."

Having completed my usual, preplanned, response scenario I then forget the worthless little turd ever existed and carry on my merry way.

People of that level of subterranean calibre deserve only the most rudimentary of acknowledgement.

I may or may not have used the first two words also. Oops. (Was Bigger)

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I've had people shout things from their vehicles but never had one come alongside me.
I would like to use the A127 cycle lane which goes from greater London to Southend but it's never been maintained and is full of glass,metal and other c**p.

 

[vickster]

I've had people shout things from their vehicles but never had one come alongside me.
I would like to use the A127 cycle lane which goes from greater London to Southend but it's never been maintained and is full of glass,metal and other c**p.

Have you tried reporting it? https://www.fillthathole.org.uk/hazards/report

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Have you tried reporting it? https://www.fillthathole.org.uk/hazards/report

Not so much potholes just debris.
I suppose i could phone Essex County Council who's job is it to maintain it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

"Gosh is that a cycle lane? I thought it was a drainage ditch."

 

[cougie uk]

I love a good bike path - but so many just aren't.

 

[Threevok]

I've never seen a road/gravel bike on any of the NCRs around here - and I don't blame them.

It's the reason I use a MTB for commuting. Anything else would fall apart.

 

[ColinJ]

My usual response is to first check they're not bigger than me - which is fortunately rare - and then issue a resounding, "f*** off, c***."

The driver may not be bigger than you but the car certainly IS! I try to avoid angering potentially psychotic killers armed with lethal vehicles - example.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

The driver may not be bigger than you but the car certainly IS! I try to avoid angering potentially psychotic killers armed with lethal vehicles - example.

Noted