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@Jimmy_Fingers
Ah rep, was it a blessing or a curse?
I got very annoyed on my commute this morning when I was barreling along and came across a red light at a ped crossing and the only one crossing was someone cycling a bike. This really winds me up, being forced to stop so cyclists can cross a road, and it happens a lot in Bristol so I shouted at him to cycle on the road, and repeated it when he asked what I had said. I know the light is red but I feel very little obligation to stop for other cyclist to ride across the road. If they are off and pushing fine, but if riding be prepared to receive some verbals.
I'd estimate the majority of bike riding in Bristol goes on on the pavements.
Then when I got to work I got screamed at by a colleague who also cycles, for going along a narrow road rather than use a cyclepath route. I was told I had a deathwish and I was the kind of cyclist that she shouts at for riding along that road, as if it was a deliberately selfish and anti-social act. I said it's a road and I have as much right to be on it as any car. She is a massive twat (and certified nodder) so I just walked away in the end.