stupid things you see out on the road

mudcow007

just been to pick something up in one of our work vans an pass a guy on an old cheap mtb with both brakes disconnected who was trying (desperatley) to stop by dragging his feet along the ground. this was at a super busy junction in liverpool (the rocket if anyone knows where that is)

but its ok the equalibrium has been restored, on the way back to work i was just about to join the M57 when i went past a Fiat Punto reversing up the slip road off the motorway :shock: i think the old girl must have taken the wrong exit off the roundabout

Bassjunkieuk

I see loads of stupid car drivers on my way into work. Pretty much all of them are heading for London ;-) Why the fu(k you'd want to drive into town I don't know, it would be easier to sit on the train burning £10 notes....

I did almost capture a guy go under the wheels of a Micro 2 days ago. Also spotted a women turning off a road earlier who gave no arm signal and went onto the wrong side of the road round a traffic island!

The Rookie

I watched a kid bail into the bushes about 3 nights back, 'paddling' to try and stop his brake less 'MTB' (V-s sitting wide open at both ends), realised it was the hedge or the van and chose the wrong one (from a Darwinian point of viiew anyway!).

Simon

sketchley

I saw a scooter rider stop at a red light, get off push scooter through lights then get back on again last week near waterloo.

Kieran_Burns

Well - there's always this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9-Ikcu ... r_embedded

with the end result of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYUBtwR8Fc

Pufftmw

Sketchley wrote:

I saw a scooter rider stop at a red light, get off push scooter through lights then get back on again last week near waterloo.

All the time :roll:

Bassjunkieuk

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Well - there's always this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9-Ikcu ... r_embedded

with the end result of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYUBtwR8Fc

:shock: :shock: :shock:

gtvlusso

I keep seeing this:



I think that it looks stupid....

davis

gtvlusso wrote:

I keep seeing this:



I think that it looks stupid....

That car/SUV/thing just bugs me too. Just so.... pointless.

clarkey cat

Clerkewell Road mainly

Jay dubbleU

davis wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

I keep seeing this:



I think that it looks stupid....

That car/SUV/thing just bugs me too. Just so.... pointless.

Its an SUV for people who can't afford an SUV

cycling psychologist

we have a couple who have enough lights mounted on their bikes to keep a cricket tournament going in the dead of night, but whenever we see them they are riding along after dusk, side by side holding hands, with not a light on between them.....

redvee

gtvlusso wrote:

I keep seeing this:

As long as you don't see it in the drive after Mrs GTV has swapped the M-Class for one :shock:

pastryboy

Cyclist wearing full motorbike helmet on canal path.

Cyclist in full body armour riding up high street.

Initialised

redvee wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

I keep seeing this:

As long as you don't see it in the drive after Mrs GTV has swapped the M-Class for one :shock:

Mrs Ini is thinking of trading in the Octavia VRS for one of these

johnboytheconfused

The brakeless BSOs round my way are usually ridden slowly and on pavements, so are not a problem to me, but it irritates me beyond reason that the saddles are not just too low, but pointed upwards, making the bike even more unpleasant to ride for it's 'owner' (who nicked it anyway).

bibib

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

condorman

bibib wrote:

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

Surely if he was an old gentleman his stick would have been about 3ft?

Bassjunkieuk

condorman wrote:

bibib wrote:

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

Surely if he was an old gentleman his stick would have been about 3ft?

Would that have made him a yardie?

thelawnet

Those silly helmets that look like horse riders' helmets.

deptfordmarmoset

thelawnet wrote:

Those silly helmets that look like horse riders' helmets.

If they're happy to cycle in them, fair play to them. However, if you ride around in an upside-down cooking pot, when summer eventually comes along, you'll probably end up casseroling your brains.

bibib

condorman wrote:

bibib wrote:

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

Surely if he was an old gentleman his stick would have been about 3ft?

A meter is almost 3ft

The Rookie

Yes condorman knew that - guess what he really meant if you can......

daviesee

bibib wrote:

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

The only way this would work is if he was cycling up the wrong side of the road and the pedestrians were children or dwarfs.

Was he? Were they? We need to know

bails87

daviesee wrote:

bibib wrote:

Saw a old gentlemen riding his road back in the evening.

He was lit up like a Christmas tree and he had a meter or so stick, sticking out the back right hand side of his back. Assuming this is to force traffic to keep there distance or just to decapitate pedestrians.

The only way this would work is if he was cycling up the wrong side of the road and the pedestrians were children or dwarfs.

Was he? Were they? We need to know

HE could have been on a penny-farthing, he could decapitate tall people too then!