Things that piss you off about crap road users

[kabbes]

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.

But I don't disagree with BigPhil either. I'm just pointing out that cycles + cars is at least as potentially dangerous for cyclists as pedestrians + cycles is for pedestrians.

There is one and only one reason that I don't cycle the 6 miles to the train station every morning. It's because I am an inexperienced and uncertain cyclist and I would be cycling on 60mph bendy country roads and doing so for more than about 100m terrifies me. If there was a series of cycle paths, I'd cycle it quite happily.

 

[gentlegreen]

And you've calculated the risks ?

 

[Jayen4]

From my cycle home tonight


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

Ha Haaa !! Just had a silly image pop into my head of Bobcat Goldthwait pulling up alongside you on the 'other' bike and procceding to have a rant !!

I think I'm losing it !

 

[geminisnake]

I am getting highly peed off with wankers who overfill their diesel tanks or have leaking tanks and spill it out onto every roundabout for miles

It's fucking dangerous!!! For cyclists and motorcyclists. It's also expensive(to fix bits)

 

[Iam]

Indecisive car drivers at busy junctions.

Push out for fuck's sakes, you're holding everyone up with your dallying!

 

[pogofish]

I am getting highly peed off with wankers who overfill their diesel tanks or have leaking tanks and spill it out onto every roundabout for miles

It's fucking dangerous!!! For cyclists and motorcyclists. It's also expensive(to fix bits)

Not again?

 

[Spark]

When I'm on my bike I get very annoyed with cars that are waiting to get onto a main road from a side road and then suddenly edge a little bit further out just as I approach, so the nose of the car moves into my path and forces me to either brake hard or swerve around them which could be dangerous. This usually seems to happen when I'm on a busy main road and going down hill, so relatively fast already.

 

[geminisnake]

Not again?

No, but the once cost me nearly £100 in bits
Yesterday there was diesel on every roundabout(and a good distance afterwards) through Forfar and out and up the flyover to head to Kirrie

 

[perplexis]

Drivers overtaking cyclists only to come to a stop a few metres further down the road. Endangering everyone. It's almost always taxis.
Why did you fucking bother? Just for the fun of cutting me up you wanker?!!?! You didn't even gain any time

And cars not respecting the advance cycle boxes. I always make a point of getting in front of them, which often means I can't see the lights change. D'oh. 0 points for me

 

[pogofish]

GS - I hope you got on to the council/road agency about that - they have a duty to do something about it promptly.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Drivers overtaking cyclists only to come to a stop a few metres further down the road. Endangering everyone. It's almost always taxis.
Why did you fucking bother? Just for the fun of cutting me up you wanker?!!?! You didn't even gain any time

And cars not respecting the advance cycle boxes.

Have I said these myself yet? If not, then I concur with your analysis sir!

 

[berniedicters]

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.

I'll contribute towards some flowers for your funeral, when it happens. Any particular requests?

 

[Dhimmi]

drivers that don't use turn signals

Yep, or indicators as we call them around here...

Mine is the heavy footed, mad acceleration, followed by mad braking, followed by mad acceleration, followed by mad braking, they seem to also be the same drivers who hare past you, only for you to catch up with them minutes later at a junction or behind reasonably travelling traffic. I think they can be spotted out of their cars by enormous clown-like feet and their insistent whinging about the cost of both petrol and brake pads.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Peds who cross side roads off main roads without looking whether anything is indicating and approaching to turn up it. Though tbf, I think I did this a lot more before I saw how things were from other transport perspectives.

 

[Spark]

cyclists who overtake passing very close to the other cyclist they are overtaking and very fast - i always find this quite alarming. Even worse is when cyclists undertake very close and very fast.

 

[gentlegreen]

cyclists who overtake passing very close to the other cyclist they are overtaking and very fast - i always find this quite alarming. Even worse is when cyclists undertake very close and very fast.

It's got really bad on my local mixed-use path.
I'll be passing pedestrians at a safe speed and distance and find some moron squeezing past me at speed - almost as if I was a static obstacle. Sooner or later one of those twats is going to cop my hand signal in a sensitive place. (doubtless the very concept of a hand signal would be alien to them.)

 

[Y_I_Otter]

People driving in the opposite direction who refuse to lower the intensity of their headlights when you pass by them.

 

[scifisam]

As earlier in the thread, I'm still really pissed off by the motorists who stop over zebra crossings. They keep doing this outside the hospital in Whitechapel (directly opposite the tube). They leave no room for the many wheelchairs and buggies that try to squeeze between them to get to the other side. Sometimes they even edge forward as people frogger through.

This is against the law, surely? Why aren't traffic cops turning up to fine them?

I'm serious about that last point.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

As earlier in the thread, I'm still really pissed off by the motorists who stop over zebra crossings.

In slow moving/standstill traffic, a massive truck did this the other day. Made me feel really nervous walking in front of it despite getting eye contact and "permission" from the driver to cross - also then had to contend with faster moving cars coming the same way in the right lane unaware of anyone crossing.

That was really naughty.