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Things that piss you off about crap road users

Lorry drivers who overtake ( or try to) on slight inclines on the motorway, so one is just about a cabs length in front of the other, thus blocking two lanes

and the bloke who shouted at me to use the cycle path( which is covered in glass) this morning, then ranted on at me about bikes should not be on the road as they don't pay "Road Tax"
 
Slow drivers in the fast lane

wankers who instead of doing a 3 point turn just drive over the pavement nearly running you over
 
I'm a cyclist myself thanks, and while all that is indeed annoying, it's at least understandable in terms of drivers being selfish nobends.

What I'm talking about here though is the cyclists who stop far in advance of the cycle box (not situations where it's occupied by a car, in those cases fair enough to pull in ahead) so they're practically on the crossing/junction itself, in a position where the first indication they get that the lights have changed is that someone is bearing down on them at knots. Admittedly, this is less offpissing than stone cold baffling.
 
Culdee said:
I'm a cyclist myself thanks, and while all that is indeed annoying, it's at least understandable in terms of drivers being selfish nobends.

What I'm talking about here though is the cyclists who stop far in advance of the cycle box (not situations where it's occupied by a car, in those cases fair enough to pull in ahead) so they're practically on the crossing/junction itself, in a position where the first indication they get that the lights have changed is that someone is bearing down on them at knots. Admittedly, this is less offpissing than stone cold baffling.
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I've made this mistake a couple times while learning to drive, but in my defense the road marking were very worn and weren't entirely clear until literally a few feet away from it. :o
 
Car drivers who sat in a sideroad, appear to notice me coming along on motorbike, then leave it just til Im within 5 seconds of passing them, then decide to pull out as fast as they possibly can to get ahead, promptly reducing their speed to half the limit as soon as they are in front of me.

Bus and longer vehicle drivers who take roundabouts as some some kind of dominance challenge where they act oblivious of other people using the roundabout, veer widely across 3 or 4 lanes with no apparent warning, indication or awareness.

Bikers who switch lane 6 times down a duel carriageway with no indication, mainly overtaking straight down the middle and giving us all a shit name.

Pedestrians who seem to either think they are driving some kind of vehicle, or have massively overestimated their running ability, darting out in an attempt to cross the road when your practically level with them, forcing me to slam the brakes on and nearly get crushed by the rubbish truck following me.

Morons who when seeing bikes filtering through heavy traffic, actually make an effort to physically block the path with their car/van/whatever. You chose to buy a fucking car, which means you have to sit in traffic, this isnt a new concept, dont take it out on me cos I thought of this ahead of time.

Any vehicle or road going entity that decides its fine to double or triple up inside a lane. This includes horses, cyclists, walkers, bikers. Particularily on backlanes where there is often low visibility due to hedgerows.

And an extra one for horses that leave shit all over the road, literally. Tripled up on single track roads who then refuse to get out of the fucking way for almost half a mile, despite there being plenty of room and me having kept the bike revs very low so its not like i was gonna be bothering them more than any other road user. Generally cut the thing entirely passing horses, tho tbh if they cant deal with a bit of noise from a passing road user they shouldnt be on the fucking road in the first place.
 
After 20 years of using the same route I cycled through a red light yesterday. :o

I blame the drum and bass - at least I wasnt txting at the time ...
 
If you're familiar enough with your route you will recognise that there are certain points in which you aren't putting out anyone by shooting a red light, e.g. when a box junction is holding all cars static for pedestrians that aren't to be found in a 100 m radius.
 
gentlegreen said:
After 20 years of using the same route I cycled through a red light yesterday. :o

I blame the drum and bass - at least I wasnt txting at the time ...
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I almost crashed once when I was skinning up on my bike, I think it tas I was on the phone that really caused the problem:cool:
 
Being a experienced urban cyclist all jokes aside, I see other traffic as a kind of shoal of bigger fish and can maneuver through them almost instinctively, IMHO its dangerous for a cyclist to follow the rules esp at lights on junctions where we have a tendency to get squashed by buses,vans ,lorries. if you skip a light (safely) then you get a nice free bit of road and actually help the flow of traffic. I don't hate car drivers the way some hate us. It seems to me nervous cyclists are the ones getting shouted at for slowing things up and there are a lot of arsehole drivers out there. I've cycled around cities for 20yrs regularly and never had anything near a serious accident(touch wood), apart from late at night when fell off cos I was going to slowly and smashed up my shoulder pretty badly
 
I am suprised at how utterly up their arses some of you cyclists are. You may be fine, you may be safe, you may know what youre doing but if there is a red light at a crossing you should stop.

As a pedestrian the idea of crashing into or being crashed into by a bicycle is pretty much as scary as being hit by a car. Possibly not as damaging but who knows? A handle bar in the ribs isnt going to be nice is it?

You should fucking stop :mad:
 
Callie said:
I am suprised at how utterly up their arses some of you cyclists are. You may be fine, you may be safe, you may know what youre doing but if there is a red light at a crossing you should stop.

As a pedestrian the idea of crashing into or being crashed into by a bicycle is pretty much as scary as being hit by a car. Possibly not as damaging but who knows? A handle bar in the ribs isnt going to be nice is it?

You should fucking stop :mad:
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Heh I always think of the . :D
 
IC3D said:
IMHO its dangerous for a cyclist to follow the rules esp at lights on junctions where we have a tendency to get squashed by buses,vans ,lorries. if you skip a light (safely) then you get a nice free bit of road and actually help the flow of traffic.
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Agree 100%.
Callie said:
As a pedestrian the idea of crashing into or being crashed into by a bicycle is pretty much as scary as being hit by a car. Possibly not as damaging but who knows? A handle bar in the ribs isnt going to be nice is it?

You should fucking stop :mad:
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If I run more than 3 pedestrians over at a time I get a score bonus multiplier and an extra life. That's why I do it, you see.
 
People who drive along, and then decide to put their seatbelt on, whilst driving along. A procedure that requires them at some point to have no more than zero hands on the steering wheel.
 
From my cycle home tonight

a) cyclists who jump red lights to turn onto another road and end up pulling out right in front of another cyclist

b) cyclists who don't bother to look when they are moving onto the outside of traffic in order to overtake and make other cyclists slam their brakes on

c) cyclists who have a go at the cyclist in front of them who has stopped for a pedestrian to cross at a crossing

Normally my cycle home is earlier and I don't experience that many other cyclists ( although the ones I have to deal with then are much better on the road ) and if what I experienced today is reflective of most cyclists I can understand why we are hated by so much by all other road users :mad:
 
Termite Man said:
Normally my cycle home is earlier and I don't experience that many other cyclists ( although the ones I have to deal with then are much better on the road ) and if what I experienced today is reflective of most cyclists I can understand why we are hated by so much by all other road users :mad:
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I've had over 25 lessons so far, seen something in the region of about 100 (that's a conservative estimate too) cyclists during them and so far only five have ever hand indicated which way they intended to turn.

Five out of 100.

Just because you're mode of transport may be technically safer (as in it'll do less damage if it hits you at speed) doesn't mean you suddenly become an excellent road user.
 
Kid_Eternity said:
I've had over 25 lessons so far, seen something in the region of about 100 (that's a conservative estimate too) cyclists during them and so far only five have ever hand indicated which way they intended to turn.

Five out of 100.

Just because you're mode of transport may be technically safer (as in it'll do less damage if it hits you at speed) doesn't mean you suddenly become an excellent road user.
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I saw one bloke do a hand signal today , although he was still riding like a twat :rolleyes:
 
Yep. I have to say that the next road user I use physical persuasion on will most likely be another cyclist.
 
When i cycled to work there were a few things that pissed me off in no particular order:

cars in bus lanes
cars/other vehicles in the bike bit at traffic lights
pedestrians jay walking

When i'm driving some of the main things that i hate are:

tailgating
jumping lights
no indicators
people using mobiles
being stuck in a traffic jam next to some fucking idiot who's got their music on full blast with buzzy vibrating speakers

I'm off up to Wales tomorrow so will probably have a much longer list of irritating driving crimes afterwards
 
kabbes said:
The basic problem is the cycles and cars just don't mix. It fundamentally makes no more sense for the cyclist to be on the road than it does for them to be on a pavement -- the cyclist is as vulnerable on the road as the pedestrian would be on a cycle-filled pavement. There needs to be PROPER cycle paths, not painted bits of road, where people can cycle in peace. If we can spend god-knows how many billions on motorways, I'm sure we can put in proper cycle paths.
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BigPhil said:
When cycling in Holland cycles are treated like the holy cow in India. They have assumed priority. In the event of accident the assumption of guilt is based on those with the position of responsibility (ie you look out for vulnerable road users rather than demanding rights of way). For cycle paths to be of use this also needs to happen here. Cycle paths are useless when you have to give way at every side street.
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Sorry, I'm sort of with BigPhil here. The reason why often cycles and cars don't mix is because cyclists are hardly given any sort of priority, or even the rights they have according to the code. And resultantly, it's no wonder why some cyclists start breaking rules. Not that I'm excusing those cyclists who break rules which put other road users out or at danger, referred to at the bottom of this post.
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Drivers that race past you at the lights when the road is blocked a few metres ahead. If they were patient there would be plenty of room for the bikes to pass.
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Oh yes! :mad: I know this isn't illegal, but it is pretty annoying and twattish when cars zoom past you on the overtake on narrow roads, and then have to stop immediately in front because of the very visable traffic going the other way, blocking both of you. If they didn't do that their journey would be delayed no more, and you'd not have to stop. Really, would it be so much to ask for them to think about someone else for 5 seconds? Or in my more cynical moments, I wonder if they do it to have to make you stop.

Drivers that ignore the cycle advance stop lines for bikes. This forces you to go over the give way line and find it difficult to see the traffic lights.

Drivers that don't understand that if you don't go to the front of a queue of traffic then cyclists have no option but to have their filthy exhaust fumes pumped into their lungs.
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Yup also. I know that I've started filtering, which probably pisses some drivers off, but it's really fucking disgusting having to sit breathing fumes for 3 sets of light changes. The disadvantage of being on a bike is that you have to breathe fumes and you're vulnerable. The advantage is that you can filter (as long as you do it safely). It's amazing how many drivers think this is road anathema.


Termite Man said:
From my cycle home tonight

a) cyclists who jump red lights to turn onto another road and end up pulling out right in front of another cyclist

b) cyclists who don't bother to look when they are moving onto the outside of traffic in order to overtake and make other cyclists slam their brakes on

c) cyclists who have a go at the cyclist in front of them who has stopped for a pedestrian to cross at a crossing
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And to be fair, all of these are pretty bad too. Which goes to show that any type of road user can be out of order.
 
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