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Thing is we were literally 10 yards from a red traffic light so not like they were rushing to get anywhere (which although shitty, I can half understand)
Maybe they were just laughing at my inability to not hit giant objects while cycling at 12mph and didn't want to hurt my feelings?
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Yeah that makes it even worse, but honestly, even if they're rushing to get to work there must still be a decent percentage of people who can afford to arrive a few minutes later... it's such a simple thing to stop for a second and just make sure you're OK :/
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Thing is we were literally 10 yards from a red traffic light
Red lights are purely advisory in that London.
SwissChap
Greenbank
That's pretty shitty. I always try to stop and help if there is any point. Meaning, if it looks like I might be able to help. If there are already three other people helping I tend to go on as there isn't much gained by just adding more to the mix, and it's not like I'm a doctor or anything.
Same with people having a flat - I'm usually pretty race-y on my commute, but come on people, if someone is wheeling a bike with a flat, go and bloody ask whether you can help. If you have the tools of course! If not, you will appreciate it even more when someone else does it for you when you have a flat... I'll let it slide if you're late for a meeting or something, but there's no way every single cyclist just rushing past is currently late for a meeting.
I don't know, I'm really not trying to style myself as the good samaritan here, but stopping and asking whether you can help out really should be normal. I did give some guy my spare tube once, he was on his way home to Tooting from Chelsea during rush hour - pretty sure I saved his evening when he didn't have to wheel his bike home for two hours. It cost me about 6 minutes of my time and about £3 in materials, so not exactly the biggest sacrifice - I'd hope someone else would do the same for me if I was stuck somewhere.