Red light jumping here I come!

dondare

boybiker wrote:

Ive removed my photo now so no more nasty shocks for peeps

How many hits did it get?

boybiker

erm...48 i think
interestingly 9 people looked at me posing and saw my nipples eeeeek!!!!!!
its a good job I didn't turn round when photoing my arse :twisted:

dondare

boybiker wrote:

erm...48 i think
interestingly 9 people looked at me posing and saw my nipples eeeeek!!!!!!
its a good job I didn't turn round when photoing my ars* :twisted:

That's your next challenge.

How d'ya feel right now? Muscles a bit tight?

downfader

JoeSoap76 wrote:

dondare wrote:

take your cue from those of us who do it right, not from ignorant, abusive arseholes like that driver. (And unfortunately like too many people who ride bikes.)

And I'm sure that the drivers who get frustrated watching as the bikes cut through the same red that they are waiting at are making the distinction between those who get it right and those who don't...

Anyway - I' reckon that RLJ is like not wearing a helmet. You either do or don't and you aren't going to persuade somebody from the other side of the fence to hop on over. Just try not to do it like this guy, eh?

I was watching that vid of yours earlier today. Was it also your vid where the guy goes "You'll get yours!" too?

When I'm waiting at red lights if theres no cars behind me I frequently check behind. Call it paranoia but it seems to work. :oops:

boybiker

That's your next challenge.

How d'ya feel right now? Muscles a bit tight?


I still haven't come down yet,still buzzing but I won't be long out of bed and have to see if things are still attached in the morning.
I think even I will have to draw the line at showing my knob on the internet.people would only be jealous anyway
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JoeSoap76

downfader wrote:

JoeSoap76 wrote:

Just try not to do it like this guy, eh?

I was watching that vid of yours earlier today. Was it also your vid where the guy goes "You'll get yours!" too?

Heh. Yeah, that's mine too. Charming bloke. I've spotted his car parked on the driveway of one of the houses on my commute a couple of times. I'm tempted to go and knock on his door and ask him for it... not sure what 'it' is, but I'm hoping for a cake or something (being a fat ba*tard)

downfader

JoeSoap76 wrote:

downfader wrote:

JoeSoap76 wrote:

Just try not to do it like this guy, eh?

I was watching that vid of yours earlier today. Was it also your vid where the guy goes "You'll get yours!" too?

Heh. Yeah, that's mine too. Charming bloke. I've spotted his car parked on the driveway of one of the houses on my commute a couple of times. I'm tempted to go and knock on his door and ask him for it... not sure what 'it' is, but I'm hoping for a cake or something (being a fat ba*tard)

Or just ride up at 4.30am and sling an old bit of bike frame through the windscreen and ride off. I'm sure he'll get the message.*

*I am ofcourse joking.

dondare

boybiker wrote:

Don't blame me it was dondare who wanted me to show my ars*, never one to back down on a challenge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28466291@N07/2655642021/

it's probably not suitable for the infirm or small fluffy animals to view :evil: :twisted:
it will prolly get me banned now

Now here's me from the same angle.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28470729@N02/2673814681/

synchronicity

I must confess that I jump the odd red light here and there. :oops: I figure that if I'm 100% positive that no one's coming, I get out of everyone's way sooner. Roads are too narrow here sometimes for people to overtake. And the 1.5m overtaking rule is upheld by probably 75% of motorists... some of them will even wait 30 seconds, with me going 20km/hr to overtake...

I also ride without a helmet sometimes.:oops: I never used to, but I figure that most people jog faster than I cycle uphill.

But Spain is not England.
Here we're actually respected for a start.
Why just the other day, some young boys all yelled "INDURAIN!!!!!!" at me... that's their form of abuse.... ya gotta love that... if that's the worse they do...

aclucas

Going back many posts before this turned into a bottom contest

I did Athelston on Monday, and it's the easy way out.... there is an "oh my god" hill at the end, but the actual distance covered on it is so short that you can just pound your way up it, went back to Chessel on Tuesday and it's the proper way!

robbarker

elevensees wrote:

The lights opposite changed to red, I waited for green and set off only to have the driver at the front of the queue coming from the left (behind the now red light), look right at me and set off

If they had already crossed the white lane during the last green phase they were perfectly entitled to, although it does seem rather discourteous when a cyclist was coming through.

If you want to live longer and achieve a zen like satisfaction from your commute, don't rise to the idiots, just ride defensively and leave traffic policing to the cops and cameras.

DonDaddyD

II've said this before but I feel the need to repeat it!

Cycle for your own safety, often this means ignoring the highway code. I often (but not always): ignore red lights, ride on the pavement, ride the wrong way up a road, ride up one-way streets and make all manner of other SAFE but illegal riding moves.

To be safe you have to get into a situation where no other vehicles/pedestrians/street furniture are close to you: keep a good space around yourself and you'll be fine. Ignore the highway code, ride with safety in mind.

I live in South London and commute to work. Below are my experiences over a two week period while cycling to work.

I was riding down the correct side of the road, on the opposite side a cab driver, to overtake a slow moving vehicle, swerved completely onto my side and accelerated hard. Had I not gone right up on the curb then that would have easily been my life (he didn't stop to see if I was ok).

On a main road in the morning I was in the bus lane, a women driver (gender makes no difference) swerved left in front of me, presumably to park in the bus lane..... if not for the grace of god and some hard breaking I'd have gone over her bonnet.

I was in the cycle lane leading up to a junction, a bus had come up beside me, so I started breaking, the bus continued to bank left preparing for the turn. Not seeing me and with me not having enough time to slow down more, he pushed me right up on the curb until a passenger shouted.

I stopped at a traffic light, it was one of those junctions with a filter light for people turning left. I had to move my bike over to midle lane to go straight. A boy racer was revving his engine behind me when the light was red and beeping his horn once it turned green as I started to peddle - eventually he swered around me and drove off.

I've turned onto a main road many times and had passengers shouting out of cars as they zoom pass, far too close, throwing me off balance.

I enjoy cycling, I actually enjoy cycling to work with the many challenges and obsticles I face. I relish having my wits about me. I've never fallen off on the main road (touch wood) and am safe, but I wholeheartedly endorse the above quote.

I do whatever I need to do to be safe. If that is jumping a red light and going with the green man (if no pedestrians are crossing) then I will. If I have to ride on the pavement I will - I tend not to ride up a one way street, don't see how that can be safe...

reutercrooks

dondare wrote:

Tariq wrote:

I've said this before but I feel the need to repeat it!

Cycle for your own safety, often this means ignoring the highway code. I often (but not always): ignore red lights, ride on the pavement, ride the wrong way up a road, ride up one-way streets and make all manner of other SAFE but illegal riding moves.

To be safe you have to get into a situation where no other vehicles/pedestrians/street furniture are close to you: keep a good space around yourself and you'll be fine. Ignore the highway code, ride with safety in mind.

Ignoring the Highway Code is one thing, disobeying the law is another.
How are riding through red lights, the wrong way up one-way streets or on the footpath safer? Some of these give an illusion of safety but are actually more risky.

To ride through red lights safely - look and listen and only go through when their are no motor vehicles/pedestrians present. Treat as a giveway.

They are changing the rule to being able ride up one way streets, happens in S.London, parts of London city and in the W End, parts of SW1.

Riding on the footpath is dangerous if you ride unsafely.

dondare

reutercrooks wrote:

To ride through red lights safely - look and listen and only go through when their are no motor vehicles/pedestrians present. Treat as a giveway.

It's still not safer waiting, and it's still illegal.

reutercrooks wrote:

They are changing the rule to being able ride up one way streets, happens in S.London, parts of London city and in the W End, parts of SW1.

Six roads in Kensington and Chelsea that were previously one way only are now one way only for motor-traffic and two way for bikes. The changes are for specific roads, not to the law.

reutercrooks wrote:

Riding on the footpath is dangerous if you ride unsafely.

Cycling from a footpath onto a road is much more dangerous than cycling on the road. If you ride along the footpath then you increase your risk of accident every time you have to cross the road (at junctions and when you want to turn, for instance) and every time you go back onto the road because the footpath is too crowded or otherwise unsuitable for cycling on. And again, it's illegal.

passout

Must admit I get stuff thrown at me from moving cars nearly once a month. Beeping for no reason etc etc. I now feel liberated to break every traffic law known to man without guilt. Wrong I know, but get so much hatred from many motorists and apathy from most that I think ...well f*** 'em. After all, generally speaking, we are the ones at most risk out there. I'm generally mellow but regular commuting in an urban area has made me militant in this regard. Run that red light with my blessing!

dondare

So now you're a troll?

I keep every traffic law going and I don't get anything, not even abuse, hurled at me. Try it yourself.

lost_in_thought

Well, I've read all this with interest and the usual 'I am right this is illegal and I will not even consider another point of view' type posts with a sigh... as ever!

I do jump the occasional red light, usually the pedestrian crossing ones where there are no pedestrians, and sometimes in very heavy traffic which has completely snarled up the lights etc. although never at a crossroads. There's my standpoint... and yes, I know it's illegal. We all break the law from time to time. Boooring...

The interesting point is that we may all be giving the drivers a reason to hate us by behaving like this, but then there's no excuse for the way some drivers behave. Indeed, they are breaking the code when they pass too close, or indeed the law (driving without due care) if their actions cause a cyclist to incur injury whether through a collision or not.

However, two wrongs don't make a right.

I honestly think that as long as people are considerate to other road users and pedestrians in their actions it's all OK. And that applies for everyone!

passout

dondare wrote:

So now you're a troll?

I keep every traffic law going and I don't get anything, not even abuse, hurled at me. Try it yourself.

I have tried it. I've been cycling for nearly twenty years and for the first ten I hardly broke any road rules/law. I've had loads of unprovoked hassle over the last three or four years especially. I'm actually very patient but my confidence in fellow road users has proven misplaced time after time. It is a minority of motorists, but a significant minority.

I usually get stuff thrown at me as I train on the A6 North of Preston and, for some reason, seaside proms. It's pretty regular and I honestly can't think of one time when I was breaking any law when I was assaulted thus. I certainly did not 'ask for it' it any sense. It is actually less of an issue on my busy commute when I tend to be 'more lax' about road law and ride very defensively (yes, I know that they often don't mix...but sometimes they do). Generally these are young lads acting like holligans. Perhpas you have some Karma like belief (maybe you watch my Name is Earl) but I certainly don't buy that because life just isn't fair.

Perhaps you don't get this because you don't ride as much as me (6 days a week on average), or perhaps the routes you cycle on are quieter, maybe there are less morons in Clios where you live or maybe you are just lucky. Rest assured though, following the rules in itself, does not make you much less likely to be a victim.