I really dislike a lot of cyclists
I walk to work and at the beginning of my walk the cyclists are fine, they're in their cycle lane, minding their own business and not offending anyone. However, once I reach the city they turn into absolute fucktards. They run red lights, especially when all the lights are red and the green walking man is flashing, that's when they choose to cycle diagonally across the junction, obliterating pedestrians as they go. That really annoys me, I have to wait ages for the green man to actually start flashing and when he does I still have to make a mad dash across the road because the stupid cyclists decide that the green WALKING man applies to them too.

They're like bullies, cars pick on them because they're weaker, so they pick on the pedestrians because we're weaker still.

I don't mind if they have to ride on the pavement occasionally because the road is particularly narrow or hazardous or whatever, but it's the fact that they still cycle at quite a speed and cut corners really closely, not caring if they plough into a pedestrian on the way, we're all expected to dive out of their way. I wouldn't walk in the road, they shouldn't cycle on the pavement.

However, on the flip side, I want to cycle to work but I'm too fucking scared because cars not only dislike you and ignore you, some of them actively go out of their way to shit you up. If I were to cycle to work, I would be fine for the first 0.8 miles, but then as soon as I reach the city and the cycle paths end, I would have three huge cross roads to try and navigate, with cars trying to mow me down. And at the final crossroads I would need to turn left and then immediately right. I have so far been unable to navigate this without a car trying to kill me by overtaking me on the corner or by completely ignoring the fact that I need to turn right and just going around me anyway. It's because of all the cyclists who run red lights and do whatever the fuck they like that cars behave like this.

So really, cyclists are the reason that everything I love is dead.

EDIT: Mictoboy pretty much covered what I wanted to say, but in like 1/27th of the words. I guess I've got my ranty hat on today.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Mar 2010, 16:07, Reply)