Pet Peeves
What makes you angry? Get it off your chest so we can laugh at your impotent rage.
( , Thu 1 May 2008, 23:12)
What makes you angry? Get it off your chest so we can laugh at your impotent rage.
( , Thu 1 May 2008, 23:12)
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More transport-related whinges
Car drivers who haven't learnt or don't care about the Highway Codes rules to protect cyclists, and also fellow cyclists who moan when you disobey the rules in order to stay safe. For instance:
Cyclists may stay in the left hand lane when turning right at a roundabout because it's safer. Yeah right, till some fuktard thinks you're turning left and mows you down. I have also tried getting in the right hand lane, but car drivers think it's funny to squeeze past you on the right. So I occupy the middle of the lane and live with the horn blasts in order to stay safe, or i get off and walk round the roundabout. Neither of these tactics go down well with my fellow cyclists but it's far less dangerous so stuff em.
People complain when I ride around traffic lights, or get off and walk round them. But then transport planners don't take cyclists into account when timing the phases, so that there's sometimes not enough time for me to get through the junction/crossroads/narrow bridge/roadworks before the lights change again and I get mown down by cars from the other direction.
Fukkers that don't give me enough room really get on my t1ts too.
Or little old men on touring bikes cheerfully greeting me as they overtake me on huge hills that I am forced to get off and walk up. Nobody likes a showoff.
Thanks
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:38, 3 replies)
Car drivers who haven't learnt or don't care about the Highway Codes rules to protect cyclists, and also fellow cyclists who moan when you disobey the rules in order to stay safe. For instance:
Cyclists may stay in the left hand lane when turning right at a roundabout because it's safer. Yeah right, till some fuktard thinks you're turning left and mows you down. I have also tried getting in the right hand lane, but car drivers think it's funny to squeeze past you on the right. So I occupy the middle of the lane and live with the horn blasts in order to stay safe, or i get off and walk round the roundabout. Neither of these tactics go down well with my fellow cyclists but it's far less dangerous so stuff em.
People complain when I ride around traffic lights, or get off and walk round them. But then transport planners don't take cyclists into account when timing the phases, so that there's sometimes not enough time for me to get through the junction/crossroads/narrow bridge/roadworks before the lights change again and I get mown down by cars from the other direction.
Fukkers that don't give me enough room really get on my t1ts too.
Or little old men on touring bikes cheerfully greeting me as they overtake me on huge hills that I am forced to get off and walk up. Nobody likes a showoff.
Thanks
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:38, 3 replies)
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as a motorist what pisses me off is cyclists! far from being safe to ride on the highway in the first place, being able to reach speeds of 30MPH (or faster down hills), completly untaxed and ignoring red lights, and dont pay a thing specifically in relation to the roads I PAY TO BE ON. you dont like it? learn to drive.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:49, closed)
as a motorist what pisses me off is cyclists! far from being safe to ride on the highway in the first place, being able to reach speeds of 30MPH (or faster down hills), completly untaxed and ignoring red lights, and dont pay a thing specifically in relation to the roads I PAY TO BE ON. you dont like it? learn to drive.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:49, closed)
Actually drain
cyclists DO have the right to be on the road. Car drivers do not have the "right" to be on the road which is why you must pay car tax in order to be allowed to use the roads.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:56, closed)
cyclists DO have the right to be on the road. Car drivers do not have the "right" to be on the road which is why you must pay car tax in order to be allowed to use the roads.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 14:56, closed)
And what's more
Some* cyclists (including me) DO pay road tax.
* I was going to say "most" but felt deserted by facts.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 15:10, closed)
Some* cyclists (including me) DO pay road tax.
* I was going to say "most" but felt deserted by facts.
( , Wed 7 May 2008, 15:10, closed)
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