Why do I get beeped?

[Pat "5mph"]

Question: an I a numpty on a bike? - with a driving license to boot

On exiting my housing estate, the road splits in 2 ( directional arrows on the road): after about 100 meters, traffic lights. Left lane only turns left, right lane only turns right. I need to turn right to join a dual carriage way, where I need to stay on the left for a couple of Km.
So, on exiting where I live, I join the right hand lane in primary position, until the lights, after the lights I stay on the left like a good girl. Am I doing this wrong, as I often get beeped if a car wants to reach the lights to turn right, but I'm in the way? Where should I be?

Also, on exiting my work, same scenario, only this time the markings are even clearer: my work is in a coul de sac, you enter a one way road, 2 lanes clearly marked all the way as left if you want to go left at the exit junction lights, right if (like me) you want to turn right. I get beeped there too.

I'm away to wash my hair, expecting a flood of "you are a numpty" replies on my return.
Don't forget to state the reason of my numptyness, so I can change my ways

 

[colly]

Maybe, and it's just a thought.........................you have a cute arse.

Me? I rarely get beeped, cute arse or no.

 

[daSmirnov]

You're a cyclist in the way!!! GET OFF THE ROAD.

Sounds like you're doing everything exactly like you should. Next time it happens, assuming its safe to do so. Stop your bike, give it a once over and look in the road to see if anything fell off. Then look at the driver and shrug your shoulders.

 

[Gary E]

No, you're spot on.

Just morons that are too impatient (or too important) to wait their turn behind a bike.

What's the alternative? You approach in the left (incorrect) lane and then try to cut across 2 lanes of traffic to turn right? If you did that they'd have a reason to beep.

 

[Psyclist]

I think you should pull them over (if possible) and ask/confront the, see what their reason is.

 

[Gary E]

Had a similar thing happen to me a while ago. I laid my bike down in the middle of the road (gambled he wouldn't run over it ) and walked back for a word. Strangely enough he was very subdued.
The guy in the car behind him was laughing at the whole thing. I took a few more seconds to walk back and appologise for holding him up but he said not to worry and that it had made his day

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Cheers for the answers so far: Colly, I don't have a cute behind, but I've got a cute bike

 

[YahudaMoon]

Some girls said 'look at that guys ar*e' as I cycled past them yesterday.

They then all started laughing lol

I haven't got a cute ar*e either lol

 

[Gary E]

When I'm out in Lycra, and hear any laughing at all, I just assume it's at me

 

[ufkacbln]

Cheers for the answers so far: Colly, I don't have a cute behind, but I've got a cute bike

As I have pointed out before......... it is a sign of old age maturity when you can remember more detail about the bike than the rider!

 

[Gary E]

Talking about getting old maturing, I walking down the street with a mate the other day and a very nice looking young lady rode by on a bike.
I know she was very nice looking because my mate told me so.
To my eternal shame all I was thinking at the time was "that's a nice bike, carbon forks too...."

Shoot me now!​

 

[Recycler]

My problem is that, when I get beeped on the road near home, I don't always know whether it is a "get out of the way" beep or a "Hi, good to see you" beep from somebody in the village.

On more than one occasion a two fingered wave has had to be quickly changed to a cheery "How are you?" wave

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My problem is that, when I get beeped on the road near home, I don't always know whether it is a "get out of the way" beep or a "Hi, good to see you" beep from somebody in the village.

On more than one occasion a two fingered wave has had to be quickly changed to a cheery "How are you?" wave

I was recently painfully bonking and struggling like hell to get my fat can up a hill at the end of a bad ride where I had horribly over-stretched myself. The car that was loitering behind me passed and a ton of mocking came from a head sticking out of the passenger window. I didn't deign to make eye contact (didn't want to give them the satisfaction), but I did unleash a torrent of annihilating verbal abuse.

Later that day I found the 'mocker' was my father in law offering genuine encouragement

Perception is nine tenths of the truth when we're struggling...

 

[broomwagon]

Give 'em the middle finger, to$*ers!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

(...) but I did unleash a torrent of annihilating verbal abuse.

Later that day I found the 'mocker' was my father in law offering genuine encouragement

Perception is nine tenths of the truth when we're struggling...

Just as well it was not your mother in law