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Why do bends matter if the motorists are driving safely? If a broken down truck was round the corner you'd be dead, unless you drove at a speed relative to visibility in which case the cyclists would be fine.
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Surely it doesn't matter if they are 2 abreast if you are in your own lane?
Surely it doesn't matter if they are 2 abreast if you are in your own lane?
No shortage of twats when you're on two wheels. Bicycle or motorbike.*Other twats are available
I've never been hit by any vehicle with fewer than four wheels*.No shortage of twats when you're on two wheels. Bicycle or motorbike.
Go on, spill the beans.*..if we don't count a sailing dinghy that ran me down once.
I nearly did - I was snorkelling, and his anti-submarine watch was inadequate...Go on, spill the beans.
Kinky!I was snorkelling
But they're following the rules of the road? Again today my elbow was clipped by a twat in a corsa* that didn't think I should be allowed right of the double yellows, yet drivers are supposed to afford cyclists as much room as any other road user. Mad as it sounds I find the best way to be allowed my own space is a flailing rucksack strap with a bit of metal on the end, as drivers care more about paintwork than cyclists. I've also since Christmas had at least 4 cars accelerate past me only to then do a hard left onto browning Street resulting in massive breaking and swearing on my behalf. So forgive me for taking my bit of road back, but legally I'm in the right. It's not like we're allowed on the pavements.
*Other twats are available
Yet for some reason some cyclists seem to think they are invulnerable. If they think at all.In town it's a bit different, on NSL roads though I would have thought common sense would prevail, regardless of the law. I for one wouldn't like to ride on that road, let alone in the middle of a lane in the twisties.
I've just reread this and what I actually meant to say is that there is no shortage of twats, amongst other road users, when you're on a cycle or a motorbike.No shortage of twats when you're on two wheels. Bicycle or motorbike.
You should really have seen what was coming round the corner...I'm beginning to regret resurrecting this thread.
Hello to you if you read this...
About half 4, we're going south on the Lichfield Rd, moving past the Riverway crossroads, an Ambulance is blues & twos and everyone is getting out of the way.
I hop onto the pavement so that everyone else can do that too.
The Ambulance passes and things start moving again so i hop back down into the road.
And you f**king BEEP me.
You f**king beep me, dude.
I'm interested to know now what you expect me to do? I've pulled over to allow the Ambulance to pass, and now i'm getting back on - i'm just rejoining the road as it was before it was paused - you were behind me then, and are behind me now. It's not like it's a section of road that is too narrow for passing, wtf, just go round.
Anyway, to recap, you BEEP
I flip you the finger. I am not sorry in the least. You are in the wrong here, get over it.
Then you f**king BEEP me again!
OK now we've entered a new phase. Now i flip the finger, extend it, take prime position and hold it for about as long as i pulled onto the pavement out of the way of the Ambulance. The temptation to hold that all the way to the railway bridge was strong, but i am not entirely unreasonable, regardless of the low opinion many here have of me.
When you passed me - before we had even reached St. Leonard's, to give some sort of inkling as to how little amount of your no doubt precious time i had actually eaten into - you screamed something out of your lowered passenger side window at me.
Sadly, i didn't hear what you screamed, but i'd like you to know that i screamed something back, and i think you might likewise have missed it.
So i said GET F**KED
Thanks babb, i'll let him know xYou can pick up action cameras for about £30, I got a decent one a few years ago, no need to spend go pro money.
Something like this would do the job, as long as he isn't planning to run a YouTube channel with it.Thanks babb, i'll let him know x