Only stupid people who forget that the engine inside their car allows them to overtake a cyclist with great ease.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 9:52, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

When they're not weaving around two or three abreast in the middle of the fucking carriageway, yeah.

( Kroney, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 9:54, Reply)

Most cyclists don't to that.
The ones that do are screaming out for natural selection.
( Muns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 9:55, Reply)

i had a cyclist ride into my non-moving car
the prick went over the bonnet and inconvenienced yet more people as they had to screech to avoid him. shook me right up. only half an hour later did i think to check the side of the car.

£500 of painting and dent damage. thanks a lot, you cycling CUNT.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:08, Reply)

That's not my concern
I'm doing my bit to avoid hitting them, but if we do collide I'm surrounded by metal and glass, so will come out relatively unscathed.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 9:57, Reply)

I very nearly hit one, once.
One of those lycra-clad pricks with the streamlined helmets, cycling in a group of similar down a very steep, fast road. Weaved right out when I tried to pass him, seemingly on purpose.

Stuck his finger up and screamed at me when I sounded my horn.

I don't know what he thought had happened, but he was fucking lucky not to end up under my wheels.
( Kroney, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 9:59, Reply)

I am courteous and considerate to all other road users, be they driver, cyclist or pedestrian
But if they break any of the simple, easy-to-follow rules of the road (such as stopping at a red traffic light), then I will do my utmost to ram them off the road.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:06, Reply)

I bet you barely manage a tut, and even then do so very quietly so the scary strangers can't hear you.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:07, Reply)

common sight in london
some cycling buffoon wearing an IPOD cycling in the BUS LANE.

free strawberry jam for all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:10, Reply)

Aren't cyclists allowed to use most bus lanes? Seemed sign posted that way last time i was in the village.

( Peej, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:12, Reply)

they are
but you shouldn't cycle down them wearing an ipod. mental.

when it came in, someone in the paper said that it was like letting lions and gazelles use the same lane in the sahara.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:13, Reply)

this should come under driving (riding) without due care and attention
on a bike your ears are vital to hear what's behind you, if you're listening to headphones you can't hear the bus that's about to splat you.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:13, Reply)

Yes, they should ban car radios too.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:14, Reply)

On a motorbike with a crash helmet and loud engine, you can't hear fuck all.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:17, Reply)

but you are not significantly slower than all other traffic and not paying attention

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:20, Reply)

but you do need to take a test
and show a level of competence for this, which your average cyclist doesnt
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:20, Reply)

So deaf people shouldn't be allowed to ride bikes right?

( Peej, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:20, Reply)

I would expect a deaf person to use their other senses much more to compensate
the problem with the iPod wankers is they don't have any awareness of their surroundings.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:24, Reply)

NO FUCK EM THE NO EARS PRICKS

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:27, Reply)

I don't know about London, but round here those lanes are for buses and cycles.
What really boils my piss is that taxis are permitted to use them too.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:14, Reply)

fuck off
they shouldn't let those pleb vehicles slow down the taxi lane
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:15, Reply)

Wasnt there a spate of
Ferraris and Lambos being registered as taxis in that there London, or was this and internet truth?
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:19, Reply)

Apparently Gazza has died.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:22, Reply)

NOT AGAIN...
*gets chicken and fishing rod
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:22, Reply)

yeah
it's always perfectly safe to do this. you really should do it more often.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:04, Reply)

I'm a strong believer that the driving test should include some sort of spatial awareness test.
If you can't work out which spaces you can safely fit your car through, you shouldn't be allowed on the road.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:07, Reply)

this is precisely HOW you end up being stuck behind a selfish cyclist
who doesn't give a monkeys that he is slowing down lots of people
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:09, Reply)

I agree with this entirely.

( Kroney, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:09, Reply)

Gets my vote
If you include kneecappings for tailgaters, I'm in
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:11, Reply)

And lane hogs.
We should either properly punish those twats, or fully legalise undertaking.
( Kroney, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:11, Reply)

I would also have those stingers the police use to stop stolen cars pop up on the white line at the traffic lights when they change to red and line the lanes of roundabouts with nails.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:17, Reply)

^^this
most motorway queues and a lot of accidents start with a line of tailgaters, one brakes, the next one brakes and so on and 10 cars back they either have to stop dead or crash, it's called caterpillar effect.

Mark of a good driver is anticipation, you should never have to use the brakes on a motorway till you exit, if you do it means you or someone else did something wrong.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:18, Reply)

Ok, this is getting boring now
Sorry everyone.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:21, Reply)

I absolutely love it when I see a tiny car like a Yaris or something slam the anchors on because they think they won't fit through a gap.
Despite the Transit in front of them managing to sail through it with ease.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:20, Reply)

I don't, because I'm usually driving the car behind him.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 8 Jul 2014, 10:21, Reply)