Most 'bad tempered' road in the UK

jgsi

My nomination is the A34 out of Newcastle under Lyme.. - frantic urban dual carriageway full of desperates wanting to get to the M6 at breakneck speed... why do knobs see 40mph and think yup no speed cameras so I'll do over 60 as .. well it is a motorway aint it?
Newcastle Borough have made absolutely no provision for cyclists.. thank Christ I only ride 1/2 mile of it.

veronese68

Is it because everybody that lives along there has dementia?

jgsi

Or trying to escape it.... I knew I was doomed

smoggysteve

Weston Rd in Stafford.

Bad layout, bad drivers, bad attitudes

shitville centrals hub of c#ntishness

jgsi

and you have to put up with Signal 1 to cap it all

smokey_bacon

Anywhere that goes through Tooting!

jgsi

The TPF no help?

hopkinb

Smokey Bacon wrote:

Anywhere that goes through Tooting!

Tooting isn't bad tempered, it's just a whole new set of rules! Assume that the most insane thing will happen, anticipate it, and you'll be OK! Yesterday, a white van reversed at pace out of Tooting Market into heavy traffic on the high street, I was luckily sufficiently far back to apply the brakes and just observe the chaos rather than be part of it.

MikeBrew

I think it's phenomenon that's more epidemic than endemic. The indifference to cyclists safety and/or bad feeling towards them from motorists appears to be everywhere.

veronese68

hopkinb wrote:

Yesterday, a white van reversed at pace out of Tooting Market into heavy traffic on the high street, I was luckily sufficiently far back to apply the brakes and just observe the chaos rather than be part of it.

Well it's obvious. If you reverse quickly there is less time in which to have an accident so it must be safer. Didn't think about that did you.

rick_chasey

Wherever Anonymousblackfg happens to be riding :P.

vpnikolov

Junction at Hammersmith Station (A219/A315). Life tip: NEVER filter between moving vehicles there, regardless of how wide it is.

mattsaw

Priory lane seems to attract more than it's fair share of aggro considering how otherwise quiet it is.

kingstongraham

vpnikolov wrote:

Junction at Hammersmith Station (A219/A315). Life tip: NEVER filter between moving vehicles there, regardless of how wide it is.

The whole one way system is a bit hairy, but I wouldn't say it was particularly bad tempered. More cars go through the lights after they have gone red there than anywhere else on my commute, and cars change lanes at the first sign of any advantage. I'm convinced everyone is terrified, no matter what sort of vehicle.

Anywhere with an ill thought out bike lane is almost guaranteed to be more bad tempered than if it wasn't there. Hence Priory Lane.

j_mcd

Mattsaw wrote:

Priory lane seems to attract more than it's fair share of aggro considering how otherwise quiet it is.

My favourite Priory Lane incident was last year when they'd coned off the road and you could only go towards the park due to some roadworks. I was going along the cycle lane when some guy in a golf swerved in front of me, mounted the pavement and drove at speed along the cycle path/pavement to get around the roadworks.

When I suggested that perhaps that wasn't a clever/safe/legal thing to do, he suggested that I was a c(*t and then tried to run me over at the lights.

Genius.

vpnikolov

Agree on Priory Lane. I've been flicked the V's off a passing car (by the passenger) once - northbound. Probably because I was not on the cycle lane. Sigh...

Blacktemplar

Most places that aren't Laahndahn are fine ( gets tin hat)

plowmar

Just beat me to it Blacktemplar

First.Aspect

The M8. It goes through Glasgow, which is enough to put anyone in a bad mood.

Blacktemplar

First Aspect wrote:

The M8. It goes through Glasgow, which is enough to put anyone in a bad mood.

You cycle on the M8? Are you in the Kenyan Commonwealth cycling team??