Are you a safe cyclist?

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited March 2012 in Commuting chat
http://www.crucial-crew.org/safe-cycling/

Prove it :D

(we're having more fun crashing)
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I took primary after making a left turn and got nailed by a car!
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    It advocates riding in the gutter!
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    i got deaded
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I was fine?

    Only, in real life, I'd have been going so slowly I'd have fallen off.
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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    I'm riding in the gutter and still I get mowed down by a car!

    If playing that game doesn't make you nervous, you are not paying attention.
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    :shock: I just got a taste of what it's like to be a nodder!

    I see them all in a new light now. Never again will I get angry if they wobble straight into my path or push themselves to the front of the queue at traffic lights.
  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    I keep getting run over! :(
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  • king_jeffers
    king_jeffers Posts: 694
    kelsen wrote:
    :shock: I just got a taste of what it's like to be a nodder!.

    Welcome to my world :D
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    So, the conclusion is that you're all terrible cyclists.

    Someone tell the Daily Mail! :D
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  • ToeKnee
    ToeKnee Posts: 376
    What! No button for a left shoulder check?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    So, the conclusion is that you're all terrible cyclists.

    Someone tell the Daily Mail! :D
    No, they think all cyclists are terrible, there's a slight difference :wink:
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    It's fun but I just don't ride my bike like that. Plus there was no sprint button to get you out of danger/chase other cyclists after the maneuver
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,360
    What a crock. Has about as much to do with safe cycling as knitting. So all cars will just plough into you regardless?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ^^ It was how I was taught to cycle in my cycling proficiency.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Wonder how much money they wasted on that?
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,360
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ^^ It was how I was taught to cycle in my cycling proficiency.

    I (just about) remember my cycling proficiency, I just don't see how this adds anything to practising in a school playground or on a quiet road.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    rjsterry wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ^^ It was how I was taught to cycle in my cycling proficiency.

    I (just about) remember my cycling proficiency, I just don't see how this adds anything to practising in a school playground or on a quiet road.

    It's lets the people doing the course say they've covered riding on main roads when they actually haven't?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It's aimed at a younger audience.

    When I learnt to ride on the road I was 10, and to be honest, the cars were a bit like they are in that little game.

    It was all about having loads of space to do your manoeuvre as far away to a car as possible. They're not expecting you to deal with three lane heavy congestion, filtering etc.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,360
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's aimed at a younger audience.

    When I learnt to ride on the road I was 10, and to be honest, the cars were a bit like they are in that little game.

    It was all about having loads of space to do your manoeuvre as far away to a car as possible. They're not expecting you to deal with three lane heavy congestion, filtering etc.

    I get that, I just don't think it gives any real insight into what it's really like to execute those manoeuvres. It's only one step above a diagram.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rjsterry wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's aimed at a younger audience.

    When I learnt to ride on the road I was 10, and to be honest, the cars were a bit like they are in that little game.

    It was all about having loads of space to do your manoeuvre as far away to a car as possible. They're not expecting you to deal with three lane heavy congestion, filtering etc.

    I get that, I just don't think it gives any real insight into what it's really like to execute those manoeuvres. It's only one step above a diagram.

    Everything's done on computers guys.

    It's to replace the diagram :).

    Don't be a fuddy duddy.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,360
    I think someone said "Hey! Kids like computer games don't they? Let's make one to teach them cycling safety". It smacks of trying to be down with the kids and I doubt the average 10yo raised on XBox et al will be much impressed by something so clunky.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It's more interactive than a diagram, isn't it?

    And it's shows the when the sequence of things happen during a manoeuvre.

    No kid thinks "OMG, this is better than CoD" about anything in school, nor do they need to.
    _
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    rjsterry wrote:
    I doubt the average 10yo raised on XBox et al will be much impressed by something so clunky.

    I was raised on a Spectrum, and I'm in no way impressed. I mean, Paper Boy was much better, and you got chased by dogs.
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    you seen the hacked version where you can d-lock the cnuts if they come too close? :D
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    you seen the hacked version where you can d-lock the cnuts if they come too close? :D
    The uncensored version: http://www.happywheels.biz/happy-wheels-full.html
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    I tried the first task. That's why I don't attempt any kind of computer games. I am complete rubbish! :lol::lol:

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