Can't wait for the tube strike to be over....
SpinningJenny
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Not coz I use the tube (thankfully), but then the kamikaze cyclists will be back on public transport again.
Seriously, I'm all for newbie cyclists, but I do worry that there'll be a death on London's roads over the next day or so due to people having no road knowledge or realising that a lot of the motorised traffic just doesn't see cyclists that well - especially in rush hour!
Then of course there's the idiot who decided it was his right to cycle on the pavement across london bridge this morning.
No, i'm not going to move out of your way no matter how many times you ring your bell. the pavement is *ALL MINE* when I'm on foot and you're on 2 wheels.
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Thatt's my angry side.
Seriously, I'm all for newbie cyclists, but I do worry that there'll be a death on London's roads over the next day or so due to people having no road knowledge or realising that a lot of the motorised traffic just doesn't see cyclists that well - especially in rush hour!
Then of course there's the idiot who decided it was his right to cycle on the pavement across london bridge this morning.
No, i'm not going to move out of your way no matter how many times you ring your bell. the pavement is *ALL MINE* when I'm on foot and you're on 2 wheels.
:evil:
Thatt's my angry side.
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Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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I agree! I ride to work every day here in London and the new cyclists make some really really poor decisions. I know they have to start somewhere but I am constantly cringing at how little they respect vehicles... :shock: oh and let alone pedestrians.
I am sure I will see someone get badly hurt soon.Scott Ransom 10
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i did write a different word to 'idiot', but changed it. it began with a consonant towards the latter end of the alphabet
Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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I cant wait so I dont have to hear about it on the news any more 0
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yeah, that'll be it..... Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Kiwi Kranker - yep they frighten the hell out of me....Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Kiwi Kranker wrote:I agree! I ride to work every day here in London and the new cyclists make some really really poor decisions. I know they have to start somewhere but I am constantly cringing at how little they respect vehicles... :shock: oh and let alone pedestrians.
I am sure I will see someone get badly hurt soon.
I agree, except we all had to start somewhere, and most people learn from their mistakes, a near miss or two, and their road sense will grow immensely.
Trouble is, that they will probably put the bike in the shed after today's strike and not use it again till next year's strike, by which time they will still have very little cycling road sense.
The fact that there are approximately 14 billion (ok maybe a few less but it felt like it this morning) people doing the once a year cycle commuting will positively re-inforce the view that all cycle commuters are suicidal "idiots" POV of some drivers. :roll:"Bed is for sleepy people.
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Tis making me laugh TBH... how anyone can work+live in London is beyond me! I'd be happy to have an excuse to not get to work there
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blu3cat wrote:I agree, except we all had to start somewhere, and most people learn from their mistakes, a near miss or two, and their road sense will grow immensely.
Trouble is, that they will probably put the bike in the shed after today's strike and not use it again till next year's strike, by which time they will still have very little cycling road sense.
The fact that there are approximately 14 billion (ok maybe a few less but it felt like it this morning) people doing the once a year cycle commuting will positively re-inforce the view that all cycle commuters are suicidal "idiots" POV of some drivers. :roll:
yes. we do all have to start somewhere, but squished on the road ain't my idea of a good start!
roll on next week when it will all be back to normal and the people that tube it from london bridge to bank go back down into the bowels of the earth....!Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Fair point, and given statistics, if 1% of cyclists are suicidal nutters and you have 5000 a day - that's 50 nutters.
Get 50000 inexperienced commuters extra, and you have an extra 500 inexperienced nutters!!!!!!!! (all in front of me at the ALS to go over Putney bridge this morning) :roll:"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
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they're a bit feisty too, seeming to go in 50 directions at the same time
that's a real skill!Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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