Ok cyclists - is this reasonable behaviour?
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From: Mike P the 1st on 29 Mar 2010 06:35 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:29:11 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith <ian(a)astounding.org.uk> gently dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy: >On Mon, 29 Mar, boltar2003(a)boltar.world <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. > >No, you are right - responding to other road users who are using the >road in accordance with the markings set out by hammering on the horn >and contemplating a physical assault on them is not acceptable. > >I suggest you surrender your driving licence until you've calmed down >a bit. I think I would have expected the bike once it had started to move, to move over to the left to allow motorised vehicles to pass safely. In this case it appears they just continued to cycle in the the centre of the road, much longer than necessary. Mike P the 1st
From: mileburner on 29 Mar 2010 06:50 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hopsqf$5g1$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > >>Do you often have a tendency towards road-rage? > > When people deliberately obstruct me for no good reason when I'm already > late picking someone up from Gatwick - yes. > > B2003 > Although this is unlikely to help, if you want to get to your destination earlier, leave earlier. It means that you get there on time and with far less stress caused when you inevitably get held up.
From: JNugent on 29 Mar 2010 07:13 mileburner wrote: > <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > news:hopq1u$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. Sounds more like a reminder to the cyclist(s) that there is other traffic on the road, and other travellers with a right to be due consideration. Flashing the headlamps would suffice with motor traffic. Bikes rarely have mirrors. > Slamming on the brakes in front of a cyclist is not realy acceptable either. Neither is deliberately obstructing the road, is it?
From: Derek C on 29 Mar 2010 07:14 On Mar 29, 9:57 am, boltar2...(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? > Why didn't you deliberately ram the tandem from behind? Then 'Doug' really would have something to complain about! Advance stop lines for cyclists are a good idea, because they don't have to sit in a driver's possible blind spot, but they shouldn't be an excuse for hogging the middle of a traffic lane once things get moving. Derek C
From: David on 29 Mar 2010 07:36
<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hopt8k$65t$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>Would I be correct in inferring there was an advanced stop line? > > There was Conveniently failed to mention that did we? |