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Tuarts said:Oscuro Italiano in the break but I don't think he will last long.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Can I just take this opportunity to note that although I love cycling as a sport, the sight of fat commuter cyclists running lights and generally building up ill will towards cyclists in general by motorists really annoys me.
And my walk to work crosses over several of the new bike lanes, so I can very near run over at least once a week...
You'd then get ACF singing "kumbaya, my Kristoff.... kumbaya, ooooh Kristoff, kumbayaaaa".Dekker_Tifosi said:But then we have Ryo Hazuki changing the lyrics:
"Kumbaya, my Rujano, kumbaya.... kumbaya, my Rujano, kumbayaaaa"
Dekker_Tifosi said:But then we have Ryo Hazuki changing the lyrics:
"Kumbaya, my Rujano, kumbaya.... kumbaya, my Rujano, kumbayaaaa"
Tuarts said:Oscuro Italiano in the break but I don't think he will last long.
Captain_Cavman said:Bloody pedestrians wandering about in the bike lanes and acting surprised when a bike suddenly appears to be hurtling towards them. What are they thinking? "Ooh look, they've done this bit of tarmac in red and painted a bike on it. Community-based art perhaps?"
As for motorists who harbour ill-will towards cyclists, these are some of the most ignorant members of society who regularly come out with errant nonsense such as, "Cyclists shouldn't be allowed on the road because they don't pay road tax." or "Cyclists should ride within two feet of the curb." Motorised like this shouldn't be pandered to, they should have their licences removed. And possibly their reproductive organs too.
Cav for the win. By 15 yards or more.
Captain_Cavman said:Bloody pedestrians wandering about in the bike lanes and acting surprised when a bike suddenly appears to be hurtling towards them. What are they thinking? "Ooh look, they've done this bit of tarmac in red and painted a bike on it. Community-based art perhaps?"
As for motorists who harbour ill-will towards cyclists, these are some of the most ignorant members of society who regularly come out with errant nonsense such as, "Cyclists shouldn't be allowed on the road because they don't pay road tax." or "Cyclists should ride within two feet of the curb." Motorised like this shouldn't be pandered to, they should have their licences removed. And possibly their reproductive organs too.
Cav for the win. By 15 yards or more.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Read the high-way code - pedestrians have right of way on duel use cycle paths.
And being on a bike doesn't give you the right to run traffic lights - sad sack amateurs doing crap like that is the reason drivers dislike cyclists, and thus contributes to real cyclists getting knocked off by drivers who aren't as careful as they might be.
kurtinsc said:I don't know how it is in other places, but in my area cyclist can treat traffic lights as stop signs. Motorcycle riders can as well. Has to do with the sensors that trigger the light to change not recognizing objects the size of a bike/motorcycle.
I don't think many motorists know that law though.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Read the high-way code - pedestrians have right of way on duel use cycle paths.
And being on a bike doesn't give you the right to run traffic lights - sad sack amateurs doing crap like that is the reason drivers dislike cyclists, and thus contributes to real cyclists getting knocked off by drivers who aren't as careful as they might be.