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# |Have a simple graphical depiction..
Of why I never made it to the office yesterday...
All drivers are bastards!

No contact, I chose snow covered grass as my escape route!

(I helped save b3ta! Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:28, archived)
# Serves you right for cycling on the pavement on the wrong side of the road
(I helped save b3ta! Richard Shitheels, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:29, archived)
# ^this.
(I helped save b3ta! Chumps 👀, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:33, archived)
# You are both assuming it was the cyclist who failed to make it in to work
I should imagine the driver of the red car would be pretty shook up as well
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:34, archived)
# It's true, I was the cyclist...but it was a cycle path..and on the other side of the road is death.
(I helped save b3ta! Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:35, archived)
# your are a psychopath
on a cycle path?
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:41, archived)
# Surely you're joking? (...what's that blue sign there, just where the red car ends up?)
I hope you're okay, Pixieelf!
(I helped save b3ta! Bee Nice |-|, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:36, archived)
# am all good thx.
I was more amused than anything that they made a cycle lane as the road there was dangerous...so the cars seemed to get jealous and want to use it!
(I helped save b3ta! Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:37, archived)
# Still should have been cycling with the traffic not towards it.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:38, archived)
# Then you wouldn't have seen it coming

If you walk down a country lane, the idea is to walk on the side of oncoming traffic so you can see it.
(I helped save b3ta! Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 19:02, archived)
# ^This^
I berated one the other day for cycling on the pavement, and he screamed "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?!" at me. When I pointed out it was a pavement, not a cyclepath, he said aloofly (and rather camply), "Oh I'm not even going to bother!" and cycled off.

Pricks.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:40, archived)
# i get pissed off at the ones that think it's ok to go through red lights because they are on a push bike
and that the highway code doesn't apply to them.

they'd be the first ones to scream blue murder if they got knocked off after going through a red light.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 18:06, archived)
# i got hit by a car once
guy didn't bother to look right as he pulled out of a T-junction, smashed right into the side of me, destroyed my bike and half of my body. (to be clear he didn't pull out in front of me he actually drove straight into me, no traffic lights and i had absolute right of way)

if idiots like that are allowed to drive and put my life at risk i think i might just use the pavement. i dont hurt anybody, i dont force people off the path or speed past them i politely ask to be let past or go onto the grass to get past them.
(That Random Guy, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 19:08, archived)
# O_O
shit dude
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 19:50, archived)
# email to your insurance company with the claim form.
(I helped save b3ta! spesh., Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:30, archived)
# Silly car
Cycle lanes are not for you!
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:35, archived)
# You should offer this sevice to people involved in accidents, to help with their claims...!!
Hope you and your bike are ok.....
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:35, archived)
# both cyclist and bike are doing fine.
no damage, just a 'WTF' moment as I weighed up possible escape options.
(I helped save b3ta! Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:36, archived)
# Remember earlier this year.....in the thick snow and ice...
I chose a pavement and fence "no one on the pavment" rather than a head on with another car.... lucky the pavement had more grip and I stopped....
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:44, archived)
# I don't even dare take my bike out at this time of year.
I feel safe enough myself, but it's selfish cunts not allowing for conditions that make it suicidal. I get enough near misses when the roads are good. The number of cars (mainly school run mothers, I might add) I've seen charging down ungritted hills towards junctions over the last few weeks ...
I use our shitty and unreliable local bus service instead, allowing three and a half hours a day for travelling instead of one - if it turns up at all.
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:41, archived)
# I gave up cycling compleatly, about 8 years ago.....
Just through fear of being knocked off.....
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:48, archived)
# I wouldn't dare to suggest all cyclists are ignorant
but the one who jumped a red light and got killed by the woman driver texting is still dead, while the woman driver will be out of prison soon. So who's dead and who's the dumbass?
(glammerocity state of the art Luddite, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:46, archived)
# People on bikes need to die...heh heh
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Tue 21 Dec 2010, 17:50, archived)