Traffic Lights cyclists
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- dajaniel0
I often break a red light but *only* if it is one of those basic pedestrian crossings and it is very very clear that nobody is around... I wouldn't jump at a junction's red light.
I did that yesterday, and I was tailed by a cop who gave me a bollocking; quite rightly I guess.
- dajaniel0
Sounds like a lot of people here are saying they hate cyclists because they once heard that someone else said they hated cyclists... so on blah blah... still don't understand the argument for hating them.
Another thing is that I suspect people who say they hate cyclists might be too fat or unfit to be able to use one, so their envy is playing through bizarre vitriol.
- moth0
Pisses me off no-end and I'm quite likely to try and dismount them.
Chances are in London they'll all die at some point anyway, and I just see cyclists as part of the worlds "stupid people" filter.
- 23kon0
cyclists piss me off no end and i've ranted endlessly on here about them.
they either need to decide whether they want to be classed as pedestrians (using pavement) or a road user and NOT be both.
they should be far more accountable for their actions and i'd like to see the police cracking down in the ones that shoot red lights.
If i broke as many laws driving to work as some cyclists do going to work then i'd be in prison.I was behind a police car the other day and was stopped at lights and a few cyclists came up . i was GAGGING for them to shoot the lights or mount the pavement cos i wouldve been hard on my horn to grab the police's attention then point in the direction of the cyclists and have been shouting "get the c*nt!" out my window.
these days i go out of my way to inconvenience smartarse cyclists and tuck up tight to the kerb or parked vehicles when going along in slow moving traffic.
as a pedestrian too they get on my wick and i'd love the opportunity to get clipped by one or to be able to take evasive action to save myself but also knock them clean off their bike.
a brolly through the spokes would be absolute classic and i'm pretty sure it would gain a round of applause from everyone else standing around at the lights or waiting to cross the road.if you are going to use the roads, use them lawfully.
maybe licencing for bikes (reg plates) and insurance should be compulsory - why not? we have insurance for everything else - pets, computers, cars, homes, holiday insurance.
- you come across as a right cunt with the brolly statementBluejam
- Its people like you that fuck it for everyone cyclists are cyclists not cars, not pedestrians and have as much right to road as you.Kidswift
- you seem like the type of driver whose windsheild i smash with my lock as im passing your dumb car.ross
- some cyclicts really deserve the brolly. sorry but im standing by that23kon
- omg 23kon! such a bitter hateful outlook, you should go for a bike ride it might cheer you up!vespa
- somatica0
i drive around for an extra 10 - 15 minutes on my drive home looking for bikers to run over. The douches without brakes or gears are first on my list.
- dajaniel0
I don't really get why cyclists are hated though... I drive as well as cycle and no cyclist has ever pissed me off, and I'm not sure how they would.
Who cares if they jump a red light? It's their look-out surely; doesn't affect the driver in any way.
- Ranger0
Either you're a vehicle or not. Personally I think you're not a pedestrian when traveling at 20MPH and should follow the same laws as vehicles to protect yourself and everyone else from you.
I saw a smartarse cyclist get mangled up under a lorry on Commercial St last year, the lorry had tried to avoid the guy and ended up on the pavement. Easily done in London I guess.
- scenek0
cyclists don't obey traffic laws.
pedestrians don't obey traffic laws.
drivers don't obey traffic laws.is this news? who else am i missing?
- u don't obey qbn laws. 50 posts or more before you can say something serious ASSsomatica
- i only said ass to illustrate the point. not because you are an ass. don't respond to me seriously though...somatica
- u need 50+ posts to do that.somatica
- hapeterorpete
- this isn't my first account.scenek
- ...ass. :)scenek
- WELL SAID!!!!thelukeandrews
- Raniator0
Yeah, fucking hate that... get it all the time. 9 out of 10 cyclists I see jump the red light. If they ever got knocked off it would be the drivers fault too... fucking wankers.
Also, when there a two of them why fucking block the whole road riding side by side... it's illegal too isn't it? Get a fucking clue...
- fooler20
ok time to hate on the fix gear riders now I have one and I'm an avid cyclist but they are some idiots out there.
A few days ago I saw some hipster with hot pink mags on his fix gear with a matching hot pink scarf that had to walk up a hill because he had taken all the gears of his bike and was out of shape from smoking and drink pbrs.- HAHAsomatica
- BWAAHAHAHAAAA!!!
fuck fixie hipsters!!!thelukeandrews
- Dancer0
I hate cyclists who us the pavements .
Also on the flip side when drivers open their car door unexpectedly without looking in the rear view mirrors. A mate of mine severed a major artery going through the passenger door window
- I use pavements sometimes, but there aren't that many people here, so....yeah.juhls
- MSL0
Surely cyclists should obey the same rules as a driver if they are using roads?
It irks me when I'm waiting at a red light and see a cyclist seemingly oblivious to the fact that there is any red light showing and ploughs straight on through. If I had done that, I'd get a 60 quid fine, 3 points on my license and a rimming from my insurance premium.
Bastard cyclists.
- eating_tv0
Here in the Netherlands there's special bicycle roads - at some intersections with stoplights of their own. Cyclists have to obey the same rules here as everyone else. I don't see why that shouldn't be any different elsewhere.
- Autokern0
Fucking cyclists, let's kill them all.
- toe_knee0
I hate cyclist when I'm driving. I hate drivers when I'm cycling.
One thing car drivers don't understand when stuck behind one angry on a hill is that the cyclist is busting a fuckin lung trying to get up the damn hill and isn't even thinking about some pratt behind him.
- chossy0
Carry a small tin of beans with you and fucking chuck it at the next cyclist that annoys you. Be carefull out there josimar got whacked by a car recently and hurt his legs :(, I cycle and I drive and I care not one jot either way.
- Andrew_D0
I cycle to work everyday and obey the rules of the road. I don't worry about anyone but cabbies, those fuckers are ruthless out there and I've almost been hit by 2 of them in the last week.
We've got a number of bikes lanes in Toronto, but we need more. People bitch that it takes away parking, but what is the alternative? Give us our own space so we can stay clear of cars and their space.
- 23kon0
i woke up this morning and this post was on my mind and had to add this lol. (sad?)
bottom line, if im a pedestrian and i about knock someone over then i'd expect them to retaliate or at least give me some verbal.
if im on my bike and i break the law and hit someone or nearly hit someone then i'd readily expect some verbal or some retribution.
if im in my car and i nearly hit someone or if i ever clipped someone then i'd more than expect some verbal or a boot in one of the panels.if you guys who are cyclists who think they HAVE a right to break the law or f*ck people off without any form of retribution then thats just wrong and you's are seeing yourselves as above everyone else or "eletist" as someone else said in this thread.
and i cant see how you's see otherwise or what makes you's so special to have these rights. sorry :P
- fiesta0
fucking sick of cyclists ignoring the pedestrian crossing light, hope you all get hit by fucking busses