Dear Cyclists....
Thanks very much this morning or driving so far over on the road that I couldn't overtake you- which meant driving at a stupidly slow pace behind you, as you decided to weave all over the road, wearing bright yellow lycra. Not pretty at any time- but at 8am, with no coffee?

O, and thanks also for feeling like you have a 'right' to cycle on public roads that you have not paid for - and when you seem not to respect the other road rules that drivers have to follow (such as stop signs/red lights)- you deserve to be run over.

I hate cyclists- don't advertise that you are too poor to afford a car, or that you are a guardian reading vegatarian out to save the planet.

Although bus drivers are twats - as are taxi drivers, and women drivers who think the speed limit is a suggestion,or a 'wouldn't it be great to go that fast one day'....
(audreyforbes audreyforbes, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:13, 2 replies)

Cyclists have the same rights as cars
Might be worth a glance at your highway code, but cyclists have the same rights as cars and the law does say that in order to overtake a cyclist you're supposed to treat it as a car and give it the same clearance.

So, the cyclist is under no obligation to keep far over toward the kerb, they could in fact cycle down the middle of the lane if they chose quite legally, and to overtake you "should" move completely into another lane to overtake if/when safe to do so.

I rarely cycle on the roads these days but I always used to get fucked off when cars assumed they had some greater rights.

Incidentally, when you say "public roads that you have not paid for" I assume you're referring to the road tax disc? Hate to break it to you but the tax disc doesn't "pay for the roads" either. It all comes out of the generic government budget, which means the roads are paid for by everybody, meaning the cyclist has in fact paid for the roads and quite possibly more than you depending on your salary and number of years you've paid income tax. The "tax disc" is instead just a tax on running a car.

Sorry for the dull lecture but I get arsey about people who think they have more rights on the roads than others.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:53, closed)

^^ This
Quote from http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/highwaycode:

"The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. Its rules apply to all road users: pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists, as well as motorcyclists and drivers."
( snee held his breath since, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:52, closed)

It applies to cyclists as well, eh?
Not that you'd realise.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:54, closed)

dear shuddering fuckwit
a) as a road user, i am entitled to use any part of the road i damn well please in the interests of keeping myself alive, especially if it means keeping myself well clear of mouthbreathing, pig ignorant ego-fucks like you.

b) lycra, whilst by and large not the most flattering of looks, is appropriate attire for the riding of a fucking bike, do you point and laugh at rugby players wearing studded boots?

c) roads are paid for by general taxation, the fact that you think your vehicle excise duty is a 'road tax' is a misnomer, if anything your 'road tax' goes some small way to paying for the shite your car pumps out into the atmosphere and the wear and tear you do to 'your' precious roads. Do you also reckon that alcohol duty should be spent on building better pubs?

I bike, i also own a car - as do many other cyclists so even by your own logic, you fucking owe ME for not using my car and clogging up the roads when i could.

d) you sound fat.
(hotpiss is very much liking your popping musics, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:54, closed)

I think I love you

(feckoffmeow, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 10:58, closed)

^
seconded.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:02, closed)

Thirded...
...even though I fucking hate lycra - no I'm not fat and yes I cycle to work. And back too, provided some part of my baaad chariot doesn't fall off.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 13:34, closed)

I'm not keen on lycra either.
I've got a pair of padded shorts for doing long rides, but avoid them where possible - I hate the feeling of the material!
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:20, closed)

i've got...
a pair of padded shorts for going down to the shops. and sleeping. and just sitting around watching telly. prison will do that to you.
(hotpiss is very much liking your popping musics, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 15:03, closed)

I think alcohol duty should be used to build better pubs.
That's an ace idea.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:03, closed)