Because 99.9% of cyclists think the law shouldn't apply to them
Because, y'know, they're on a bike. And that's good for the environment or something.

And that they're all ignorant, arrogant twats.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:09, 3 replies)

Hardly all of them
When you notice a cyclist acting like a twat and jumping red lights, you no doubt think to yourself, 'There goes a twat' and rightly so.

When you see a cyclist acting sensibly, obeying signals etc, I doubt you think, now there goes a sensible cyclist.

I'm a cyclist, and I use cycle paths where possible, otherwise I ride on the road. I follow the laws on the road as I expect car drivers to do, and still I've been driven straight into at T junctions by numpty drivers

I accept that all car drivers are not this way (otherwise there's no way in hell I'd cycle on the roads at all), but some of them are. Goes for cyclists unfortunately.

Part of the reason is the shitty cycle paths that the government half heartedly put in everywhere. We could learn a lot from Holland.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:17, closed)

I dunno.
I work in central Mordor. I see a lot of dickhead cyclists, one of which stopped and threatened to spark me as I had had the audacity to cross the road on the green man.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:18, closed)

Arm out - throat height
In London they jump red lights at crossings all the time. Unfortunately the speed they put on to get in front of you works against them when a 16st commuter "accidently" collides with them.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:25, closed)

Again, yeah...
...the desire to install a rear-view so I can be ready to clothesline one of the pillocks amongst us grows with each time I see one of them do it.

*smack* 'AWK! WTF!' 'Red means stop, dickhead'. Though if I was going to do that, I'd have to find some Accord decals for my bike.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:52, closed)

They were obviously a cunt
Unfortunately they exist.

I try to redress the balance by being a jolly civil cyclist, with a bell on my bike and everything. When going down the towpath, I always make sure to give a cheery wave and a thankyou.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 19:01, closed)

Cycle paths don't always help
Quite a few years ago they built a cycle path along a considerable length of the A127. I used to use it a fair bit - it was new, flat, well-maintained and got me the other side of the kerb from 70mph traffic.

Yet amazingly I still used to see (and still do) the lycra-clad brigade avoiding it as if they'd catch saddle-itch or something.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:21, closed)

Yeah, I notice that...
...in my neck of the woods too. I figure possibly that being dressed like a penis in a novelty condom sponsored by who-the-fuck-ever has some effect on thier common sense.

I'd rather ride seperate from the motorised traffic if I can, so why the novelty condoms don't is a mystery to me.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:30, closed)

In general...
...I do take note when I see a sensible cyclist because it's such a rarity. The mickey-takers are so prevalent as to cause confusion in my brain when I actually see one obeying the law.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:24, closed)

Okay first let me say...
...cunt. Or is that 'troll', I can never tell.

Now I've got that off my chest, yes, I totally agree with the main poster on this one. I ride a bike to work amongst other places and it makes my blood fucking boil when some twat sails past me through a red light where I've stopped like I'm supposed to. I'm waiting for one to sail past me straight under the wheels of a white van - it isn't often one gets to observe Darwinism in action.

It's my opinion that cyclists who mean to use the road should be licenced to some degree, and compulsory insurance should also be applied. In addition to making us all safer no matter what device we're using to travel on the roads, it would reduce the admittedly and regrettably large twat quotient that exists amongst us push-bikers, because a shitbag always prefers not to pay.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:20, closed)

See above reply to LemonEntry.
I think that bike riders, considering that they're road users, should be treated exactly as any other road user, ie, tested, taxed, licensed and should be bound by transport laws.

Of the cyclists in Mordor, 99.9% think that they're above it, and if they're couriers, that they're being really cool anarchists by, frankly, endangering their lives and others jumping lights, riding on pavements, etc.

No more. There is a huge amount more bad behaviour from cyclist than any other road user I've seen, in my experience.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:26, closed)

I agree
I think it's because they don't have to tax, insure, etc., or have plates on their bikes they often feel "outside of the law".

I'd tell you of a few run-ins I've had with cycle couriers, but fear I'd be missing my target audience :-)
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:34, closed)

Bollocks...
...a lot of cyclists do it because they currently can without landing in court. If it were the same for motorists they'd be exactly the same. Oh, and repeating what I said in not-so-many-words isn't reducing your cunt/troll status any.

It's not about cyclists, it's about human nature. Laws regulate our behaviour, and cyclists aren't bound by enough to keep them safe and stop them pissing people off when they break the rules that rightfully bind others. Common sense is a decent substitute, but only as long as you have some and sadly it doesn't seem to come as standard with most brains.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:35, closed)

"It's not about cyclists, it's about human nature."
Hahahahahahaha

Last I heard, cyclists are human. As such they are able to make the choice as to whether or not they want to obey the law.

Going by your logic, it's not my fault I kill people who piss me off, it's just human nature, and the government should do more to stop me.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:38, closed)

Wait, let me think...
...nope, you're still a cunt. Oh, and you're still repeating what I say.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:40, closed)

Good point well presented.
I stand down, defeated.

I'm not repeating what you say. Cyclists ARE bound by enough laws. They're just not killed prosecuted enough.

Of course, it's still down to the individual cyclist as to whether or not they act like a cunt. And 99.9% of the cyclists in Mordor chose to act like cunts.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:40, closed)

Then...
...you need to read up a little on this. That's what I do when it becomes apparent that I don't know what I'm talking about, and urgently so when I come off as an ignoramus on top.

Okay, I'm done. Getting irritated now.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:55, closed)

What are you on about?
Are you denying me what I see on my way to work, day in, day out, for the past six years?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:57, closed)

I wouldn't mention your education if I were you.
After all, you felt it appropriate to begin a conversation by calling someone a cunt. Are you really surprised that people might not agree with you after that?
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 1:19, closed)

Methinks you should lighten up a little
It seems that you're actually agreeing with most of A Vagabonds points, so why the hostility?
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 22:13, closed)

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( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 17:14, closed)