Helpful advice shouted at you by motorists....

chuckcork

Tonights irony was a woman in what looked like her mid-20's calling out to me that "You should use hand signals, dude", which of course earned her the witty response of "I am you stupid cow".

Cue some kind of wimpering sound from said bovine as I turned right.

Ironies:

1. I've been wondering all day whether the highway code has been changed so that drivers aren't required to indicate at roundabouts, I've seen so many simply not bother when turning right;

2. Said stupid cow was telling me this as I was putting my arm out to indicate I was turning right;

3. This was at a junction which on Monday night I avoided getting cleaned up by a woman mini-van driver who didn't look like she wasn't slowing down, actually didn't slow down at all and must have run through at 30+mph, and who only seemed to become aware that i was there and indicating to turn tight as she flashed past me at speed. I guess my 2 superbright LED lights mustn't have been visible?

For those who think that maybe tonights bovinus ignoramus was making fair comment, I had failed to indicate as at the time she had been well behind me, I was moving across the road well in front, keeping up with traffic while going up a slight hill and travelling at 20mph, I didn't see the point, especially as I did so at a stretc of road that is single lane.

Hmm, maybe I just should have said that maybe she should slow down...?

One other thing that gets me:

20 years I've had a driving licence;
10 years I've had a motorcycle licence;
9 years I've been a cycle commuter and 3 years a longer distance cycle commuter & club cyclist (27,000km in the past 3 years);

Why is it that drivers by virtue of being in charge of a mechanical device see fit to offer advice to someone they believe is more "junior" them them, however relatively ignorant they are in reality?

ride_whenever

at least you were offered the courtesy of some advice.

Some dozy cow hit me with their car yesterday evening. So i hit it back...

northstar

Why is it that drivers by virtue of being in charge of a mechanical device see fit to offer advice to someone they believe is more "junior" them them, however relatively ignorant they are in reality?

You've answered your own question tbf.

Aidy

Tonight, after crashing into the side of me:

"Well, you shouldn't f##cking be there should you? You should be over there." *random hand gesture indicating anywhere but on the road*

Levi_501

The ultimate classic; You don't have an engine???

cat_with_no_tail

Most popular - "Get on the f**ing pavement"

:roll:

Gypsies

Or when asking how much the bike cost,you get the reply..'you could of bought a car with that'...as i did'nt friggin know that :?

Mountainboy2465

Yesterday, while cycling down a quiet lane used as a rat run by school running mums, a woman crossed the white line to pass a parked car and then ignored the fact that I was in the lane.

I had to do that weird sideways limbo move to avoid getting whacked on the arm/hip by the wing mirror.

I looked round at her as she passed, hoping to see her wave an apology - helpfully she was indicating that I was a loon by tapping her temple.

Of course she was right, I was a loon to have expected her to slow down just because I was using the road.

Thanks school run mum!

FCE2007

No words needed

ride_whenever

carbon fibre knuckled DH gloves, then you can smack the wing-mirrors off as they try to kill you.

Eskimo427

FCE2007 wrote:

No words needed

I cannot express in words how COOL! that top is. Where did you get it?

FCE2007

Foska

Eskimo427

just found the website

cyberknight

"wheres your hi viz? " was a good one the other day after the lorry nearly wiped me up.

Dude i had 5 rear lights and hi viz open your eyes :shock:

hamstrich

Eskimo427 wrote:

FCE2007 wrote:

No words needed

I cannot express in words how COOL! that top is. Where did you get it?

Alas, this sort of thing may just help to perpetuate the myth that 'road tax' actually exists, and that the cyclists who don't pay it don't deserve to be able to use the roads.

Eau Rouge

hamstrich wrote:

Alas, this sort of thing may just help to perpetuate the myth that 'road tax' actually exists, and that the cyclists who don't pay it don't deserve to be able to use the roads.

This implies the public think about these things. They usually don't. If they did the whole "road tax" thing would have gone away when the various lets-pretend-they're-green cars that also don't pay car tax started to be sold. Nobody tells Polo Bluemotion drivers to get off the road as they don't pay "road tax" either. It wouldn't surprise me to find Polo Bluemotion drivers abusing cyclists for not paying "road tax".

northstar

"wheres your hi viz? " was a good one the other day after the lorry nearly wiped me up.

I hope you didn't answer that.

cyberknight

northstar wrote:

"wheres your hi viz? " was a good one the other day after the lorry nearly wiped me up.

I hope you didn't answer that.

I just pointed at said yellow jacket with reflective stripes ..............

Anonymous

Haven't had anything for a while so expecting it and if I am not in the wrong then I'll be ignoring it.

northstar

cyberknight wrote:

northstar wrote:

"wheres your hi viz? " was a good one the other day after the lorry nearly wiped me up.

I hope you didn't answer that.

I just pointed at said yellow jacket with reflective stripes ..............

Fair play, his attitude that you have to have one seems bizzare.

cyberknight

The fact that he was stuck behind me for about 50 yards at a pinch point then decided to go for it did not help he was just being a tw3t cos he knew he was in the wrong ...

rjsterry

hamstrich wrote:

Eskimo427 wrote:

FCE2007 wrote:

No words needed

I cannot express in words how COOL! that top is. Where did you get it?

Alas, this sort of thing may just help to perpetuate the myth that 'road tax' actually exists, and that the cyclists who don't pay it don't deserve to be able to use the roads.

Time to get some made up with the slogan, "There's no such thing as road tax!" Might be a tad inflammatory to then point out that most vehicles with engines do pay vehicle tax