A Cyclist Knob with a Camera
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From: Roger Thorpe on 17 May 2010 12:56 Mrcheerful wrote: > the police driver would have been able to see that the cyclist had stopped > completely (and well short of the centre island, well done!), which means > the cyclist is NOT about to wobble all over the road or suddenly jump 5 feet > to the right, and therefore can be passed quite closely without any > significant danger. > if it was a horse then yes, the police should have passed much more > carefully, but this is an obviously (from the recumbent) experienced > (probably adult) cyclist that has completely stopped. > > If we assume that it were safe would it still be good manners to give someone who expects not to be seen this kind of fright? -- Roger Thorpe ....Wait a minute, It's stopped raining/ Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.....
From: Tony Dragon on 17 May 2010 13:10 mileburner wrote: > "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:gNdIn.15880$Wz2.12413(a)newsfe27.ams2... >> "JMS" <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk > wrote in message >> news:lin2v5tutb2uhqfthc0jkscb7690j83l1a(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> >>> Lifted from uk.rec.cycling.moderated >>> >>> >>>> I found this overtake frightening!! >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnH8hjjgbw >>> >>> What a prick. >>> >>> OK he had stopped and put a hand down - but not a foot. >>> >>> (PS He is an A* knob as he has to have two cameras) >> >> what is he whining about, they missed him. > > Yeah, only just, and that is E X A C T L Y what happens A L L T H E T I M > E if you are daft enough to R I D E in the gutter. > > He had stopped, the police car passed in a safe manner, the police driver would have seen that the cyclist had stopped. -- Tony Dragon
From: The Medway Handyman on 17 May 2010 13:26 JMS wrote: > Lifted from uk.rec.cycling.moderated > > >> I found this overtake frightening!! > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnH8hjjgbw > > > What a prick. Well known one. Talk about being a natural victim. > -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: The Medway Handyman on 17 May 2010 13:28 mileburner wrote: > "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:gNdIn.15880$Wz2.12413(a)newsfe27.ams2... >> >> "JMS" <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk > wrote in message >> news:lin2v5tutb2uhqfthc0jkscb7690j83l1a(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> >>> >>> Lifted from uk.rec.cycling.moderated >>> >>> >>>> I found this overtake frightening!! >>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnH8hjjgbw >>> >>> >>> What a prick. >>> >>> OK he had stopped and put a hand down - but not a foot. >>> >>> (PS He is an A* knob as he has to have two cameras) >> >> >> what is he whining about, they missed him. > > Yeah, only just, and that is E X A C T L Y what happens A L L T H E T I M > E if you are daft enough to R I D E in the gutter. What has that got to do with it? As soon as he heard the sirens he would have needed to pull over as far left as possible anyway. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: The Medway Handyman on 17 May 2010 13:31
Roger Thorpe wrote: > Mrcheerful wrote: > >> the police driver would have been able to see that the cyclist had >> stopped completely (and well short of the centre island, well >> done!), which means the cyclist is NOT about to wobble all over the >> road or suddenly jump 5 feet to the right, and therefore can be >> passed quite closely without any significant danger. >> if it was a horse then yes, the police should have passed much more >> carefully, but this is an obviously (from the recumbent) experienced >> (probably adult) cyclist that has completely stopped. >> >> > If we assume that it were safe would it still be good manners to give > someone who expects not to be seen this kind of fright? Why was it a fright? He must have heard the sirens. The man is a well known knob. He has posted dozens of films on youtube to show how hard done by he is. Bit like Doug, but with a camera. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |