I saw a forum user jumping a red light today

gabriel959

Sigh.

What else kind I say. It was in a 4 way crossroads and he also jumped a pedestrian crossing and had to weave through the pedestrians in order not to hit them.

Very poor show.

meanredspider

Name and shame.....

gabriel959

At first I was going to do it but I would prefer them to come here and admit it.

veronese68

Well, if you're in Cambridge that eliminates a large proportion from the off.

gabriel959

Exactly.

rubertoe

Shame there isn't a disappointed face icon, this would be the time to use it,

I'd give them a bit of time to own up and then name and shame.

meanredspider

At least name the junction for those of us familiar with Cambridge - Gonville Place?

gabriel959

Kings hedges with Milton Road.

meanredspider

gabriel959 wrote:

Kings hedges with Milton Road.

....part of my commute 30 years ago!

EKE_38BPM

Cambridge you say?...

If this person was wearing a basketball kit, could it only be because they were the team's waterboy?

gabriel959

Hahaha no he wears Castelli kit and rides a canyon!

corriebee1

gabriel959 wrote:

Hahaha no he wears Castelli kit and rides a canyon!

Phew. That's me out of trouble!

Did have my first bit of propr SCR'ing out of Cambridge yesterday though, which was fun

(In that i jumped on someone's wheel going through the Shelfords and wouldn't let him drop me!)

gabriel959

I'll name and shame - junglist_matty

slowbike

but in his defence ................................................ he saw you coming ....

DrLex

gabriel959 wrote:

I'll name and shame - junglist_matty

{looks up from sharpening pitchfork}
Is there a freudian_matty?

The Rookie

I has a nice piece of hangin' ropes ya can borra........

arran77

gabriel959 wrote:

I'll name and shame - junglist_matty

When do we get to throw the rocks

gabriel959

hahaha, my guess is that he hasn't seen this!

andyb78

Phew - not me either - although I did do a split second (red turning to amber) RLJ on Victoria Avenue having come over the bridge this morning when there was no ped traffic aroud... (How did the crossing turn red??)

CiB

I stopped at a green this morning. Does that count?

Was rolling up to it just as the cars ahead had all gone through and it changed to red with me 10 yards short, then it instantly went back to amber --> green, by which time I'd unclipped & stopped.

corriebee1

gabriel959 wrote:

hahaha, my guess is that he hasn't seen this!

Not likely. I took him out with a sniper rifle from my office window on Regent Street, and buried the body on Parkers Piece. :evil:

Runtothehills

That's an odd junction to RLJ: I commute along Milton road and my impression is more cars jump the red lights there than bikes (normally of the 'that light 100 yards ahead has just turned amber so that means accelerate to 40 so I can say I couldn't stop in time when it turns red' variety). Twice cars have nearly taken me out there because I decided to stop and they squeezed past me a second or two AFTER the light turned red.

Sadly cyclists do red light jump with depressing frequency elsewhere in Cambridge.

gabriel959

Indeed, what made it worse is the fact that he had to weave through the pedestrians in order to avoid them. That is just very poor.

I often get overtaken by cyclists that do not like waiting at reds but who moments after get overtaken again when the lights turn green.

SteppenHerring

CiB wrote:

I stopped at a green this morning. Does that count?

Was rolling up to it just as the cars ahead had all gone through and it changed to red with me 10 yards short, then it instantly went back to amber --> green, by which time I'd unclipped & stopped.

Many modern traffic lights have an audio sensor that responds to the sound of a pedal unclipping by turning green.

EKE_38BPM

SteppenHerring wrote:

CiB wrote:

I stopped at a green this morning. Does that count?

Was rolling up to it just as the cars ahead had all gone through and it changed to red with me 10 yards short, then it instantly went back to amber --> green, by which time I'd unclipped & stopped.

Many modern traffic lights have an audio sensor that responds to the sound of a pedal unclipping by turning green.

I thought it was a secret button on the floor that detects the moment you unclip and put your foot on the floor.

iwearshorts

gabriel959 wrote:

Sigh.

What else kind I say. It was in a 4 way crossroads and he also jumped a pedestrian crossing and had to weave through the pedestrians in order not to hit them.

Very poor show.

how sad are you.

mroli

iwearshorts wrote:

how sad are you.

I think he's sad, disappointed, feels let down and questioning the worth of his fellow cyclist commuting brethren.

Colinthecop

I for one am disappointed he didn't go after him, rugby tackle him to the ground (if you can rugby tackle someone on a bike...?) and perform a citizens arrest.

I tell you, we need more vigilantes to keep the streets safe. :?



Albeit the other half of me thinks of the trusted phrase, Snitches get Stitches. :roll:

meanredspider

Well I for one get pi55ed off with being tarred by the "cyclists ignore red lights" brush (ironically by the guys who run me off the back roads of the Highlands where there are never any police to enforce standards). Some cyclists, I suppose, you can forgive for ignorance, but no one on this forum can have failed to be aware that RLJing is illegal or what it does for the motorists' perception of cyclists.

daviesee

Oh MRS, haven't you learned yet?

The only way to get away safely is to jump the lights.


Sad, but some people believe this to be the truth.

Stevo_666

It's quite encouraging that the tide now seems to be turning against RLJT's (Red Light Jumping Tw@ts) on this forum.