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From: mileburner on 29 Mar 2010 05:37 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hopq1u$vvu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) when a > couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. They stop > right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights go green me and > all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed of > 15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of tossers move > over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front is laughing. I > was > sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how funny he thought it was > then. Nope. Misuse of horn, driver intimidating tandem cyclist. Slamming on the brakes in front of a cyclist is not realy acceptable either. HTH (but I doubt it will).
From: Peter Grange on 29 Mar 2010 05:40 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:57:34 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) when a >couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. They stop >right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights go green me and >all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed of >15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of tossers move >over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front is laughing. I was >sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how funny he thought it was then. > >So what gives? Not content with getting in the way on side roads some of you >people now think you have to block the main roads too to feel safe because you >voluntaritly choose a dangerous mode of transport? > >B2003 Well, a couple of comments. 1) If that's the worst thing that happened to you all day life's not so bad is it? 2) If everyone posts every little niggle they have with other road users somebody's going to have to buy a bigger server.
From: boltar2003 on 29 Mar 2010 05:44 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:35:17 +0200 "GeoffC" <me(a)home.invalid.com> wrote: >boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >> I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) >> when a couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. >> They stop right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights >> go green me and >> all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed >> of 15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of >> tossers move over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front >> is laughing. I was sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how >> funny he thought it was then. >> > >So how do you know what he was laughing at? Well since he was looking at me its a fair guess what it was. >Do you often have a tendency towards road-rage? When people deliberately obstruct me for no good reason when I'm already late picking someone up from Gatwick - yes. B2003
From: bugbear on 29 Mar 2010 05:44 boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) when a > couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. They stop > right bang in front of me. Would I be correct in inferring there was an advanced stop line? BugBear
From: boltar2003 on 29 Mar 2010 05:45
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:37:14 +0100 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: ><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >news:hopq1u$vvu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) when a >> couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. They stop >> right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights go green me and >> all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed of >> 15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of tossers move >> over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front is laughing. I >> was >> sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how funny he thought it was >> then. > >Nope. > >Misuse of horn, driver intimidating tandem cyclist. Misuse? I don't think so. Willfully obstructing the traffic - now thats an offence. B2003 |