Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

And the streetlight system up north is much more advanced to counteract the eternal greyness we live with.

Your coppas are less of a pain in the arse too by all accounts.

Apparently so, last 10 years have been spent 99% in Manchester ,1% in London, amount of times shouted at by copper are now 50/50.

Has recently been cuntaggedon

The twat who almost ran into the back of me because I stopped for a red light. Then swerved around me when I stopped for a zebra crossing and narrowly missed some people who had the audacity to walk across. You sir are the kind of cunt that makes pedestrians dither at the side of zebra crossings when I approach, eventually meaning I have to scrub speed and stop to let them pass even though I have smiled and said "go on walk". This is because they have learned from twats like you that cyclists may or may not respect their right to cross.

The nodder racer on his hybrid swerving through the traffic as he RLJ'd causing cars to brake sharply, you are about as fucking rad as your mohawke that was interrupted by your fucking bald spot.

As an alternative take on this, I was called out by a bad cyclist this morning.

Was changing lanes and delaying a bit so the bloke behind me cut across and shouted to me "Just do it mate". He didn't seem to realise the reason I was delaying changing lanes was because he was overlapping my back wheel so cutting across could have been messy.

You lot - I would like to call out you lot -

By popularising the trackstand you have every fucker trying to do it, that painful zig zag wobble closer and closer into the path of oncoming traffic as they mentally plead with the light box god that the light will change as they slowly end up facing 90' to the direction they are travelling in.

If you fuckers hadnt made it cool people would just put their feet down at traffic lights.

if people were trying to copy my trackstanding then that is exactly what they'd look like too.

This morning I stayed back and waited for an ambulance that was waiting with sirens blaring until the cars ahead had space to move out of its way. This seemed sensible to me. It seems that all other cyclists however saw the confusion as the perfect opportunity to shuffle forwards in their bid to get to the front of the queue (where, incidentally, they would either have to RLJ or block the pedestrian crossing and probably some of the road ahead), and of course in doing so they held up the ambulance even more. I called out a couple of them when I passed them afterwards. (Calling people fucking idiots is what we mean by "calling out" right?)

I also saw a guy RLJ in front of police car that was speeding through a junction with its sirens going and nearly get hit. I stay the fuck away from emergency vehicles not only because they need to get where they're going without being delayed but because they'd probably kill me if they hit me. I don't understand why so many cyclists ignore them and don't change their road behaviour at all and it's one of the few things that still bothers me when I'm riding.

You lot - I would like to call out you lot -

By popularising the trackstand you have every fucker trying to do it, that painful zig zag wobble closer and closer into the path of oncoming traffic.

They do that before the Apocalypse.

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If I'm at the front of a bike box and queue at lights, and there is an emergency vehicle trying to get through the traffic queue from behind I'll fully RLJ.

I feel that this is one of the few situations where this is reasonable and correct behaviour because it gives the traffic behind me the space to the front and left to shuffle out of the path of the emergency vehicle. This I feel is much more appropriate than sitting still making it impossible for regular traffic to clear.

If I move forward across a junction, I am not blocking off any pedestrians or traffic that should be in the lane with an uncoming emergency vehicle following anyway.

Thoughts?

Depends on the situation - I'd probably step up onto the pavement if I could do so easily - and I'd wait for it to go past on the other side of the junction, but seems fair and I've done this before.

What's everyone's reaction of choice to some arsehole RLJing right in front of you?

I'm currently going with the classic British 'minor head shake so people know I'm annoyed without making a scene'. Timeless, and beautifully ineffective.

Any suggestions for improvements that won't get me punched in the face?

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"RED" - say it loud and proud.

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If I'm at the front of a bike box and queue at lights, and there is an emergency vehicle trying to get through the traffic queue from behind I'll fully RLJ.

Thoughts?

I think -

Dismount, get on the pavement, one less thing for them to have to dodge and much harder to get run over. Other drivers tend to shit themselves when they see blues and wont really look before moving into the gutter to give way.

I think -

Dismount, get on the pavement, one less thing for them to have to dodge and much harder to get run over. Other drivers tend to shit themselves when they see blues and wont really look before moving into the gutter to give way.

This.

Exactly this.

What's everyone's reaction of choice to some arsehole RLJing right in front of you?

I'm currently going with the classic British 'minor head shake so people know I'm annoyed without making a scene'. Timeless, and beautifully ineffective.

Any suggestions for improvements that won't get me punched in the face?

i generally go for the 'mate, its a red' which either gets a 'fuck off you cunt', 'shut up your not the boss of me' or 'sorry!' as they speed off narrowly dodging angry (rightly) motorists

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If the dismount to pavement option is available, I'd take it, but it's not always there, either railing-ed off, or blocked by peds.
+That often takes longer than just clearing out of the chocka queue-space entirely and pulling over once across a junction.

lol I got moaned at this morning by a wheel sucker going round Regents Park for not signalling I was about to stop when I slammed on my brakes as a women with a dog stepped out into the road.
If I had indicated to him, I wouldn't have been able to stop in time. Now I have nothing against people on my wheel going around Regents Park. but ffs pa attention to the road and not my arse

The muppet on a Boris bike, who first stopped for no apparent reason and then got himself sideways on facing into the road in the westbound cycle lane on Albert Embankment and just stood there with a blank look on his face as assorted cyclists tried to swerve around him and avoid the traffic at the same time.

Chap runs a red light, nearly hitting an old lady. I yell, and catch up with him at the next red. Am presented with a tiny, tiny Indian chap in a Playmobil helmet.

"What was that?"
"Mate, you nearly hit that woman, the light was on red."
"Rules are meant to be broken. You don't know who you're dealing with. I've got connections. Serious connections. I'll knock you out."
"Mate."
"I'll fucking shoot you. And your fucking family."

And he then ran a red to run away too. The big girl's blouse.

Hilarious. WAC

I think -

Dismount, get on the pavement

+1

if the road is clear of other vehicles I will sometimes just pull over not always onto the pavement, but always face back to the emergency vehicle in case they are wanting to go where I am and so they know I can see them.

RLJing to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle coming up behind you sounds dodgy, not something I would be happy doing. what if the traffic on the green hasn't noticed the blues approaching? what if you are part way across and the emergency vehicle needs to turn across the junction? the one scenario I can think of is that you are right at the junction, mr.emergency is right behind you lights flashing, there is a barrier or island in the way so they can't get around you, even if you pull over. guess I'd RLJ then.

It's not really RLJing if you're actively blocking their progress and you need to clear out of the way. But like hoefla I'd never go across a junction with an emergency vehicle behind or in front of me as I've no way of knowing if they're going to need to make a turn, and I'm almost certainly moving much slower than they are. Same with side roads, I try to avoid passing the mouth of one on a straight road if there's an emergency vehicle anywhere in the vicinity. You do not want to be in the way of one of these things when they're responding to something.

You can also be done for running the red too unless there is a uniformed or identified police officer telling you to do so. The lights and sirens are not enough of a defence against the fine.

You'd have to be very unfortunate for it to happen (and if you sit in front of an ambulance just because you don't want a fine - a little bit selfish) but an ex colleague/copper got a fine in the post because he went through a red. The photo evidence for the fine showed the ambulance with the flashy blues behind him which he used to contest the ticket but they insisted (even though he was a police officer himself) there was no instruction from a police officer to contravene the traffic signal.

^unbelievably harsh!
that's the sort of thing (not knowing whether in that case was issued by a human or a machine) that I worry about automated surveillance, a complete lack of flexibility.
your guy couldn't give himself an instruction then?