^ got this yesterday, waited ages at a Zeb as folks crossed in dribs n drabs, last lady commented how "you cyclists normally just whizz through" she did thank me for waiting too, but the comment was most telling.
I don't really care if the ped crossing is empty but the light is still red when a cyclist goes through, that's just the cyclist risking a fine from the OBs. It winds me up something rotten when they whizz between people though. Fuckers.
I've chased people down before for doing that and either called them dumb fuckers, or just smacked them up the back of the head.
I've warned my kids that if someone comes speeding through when they are crossing with me, I'll clothes-line the fucker straight in the face and off their bike with my rucksack. Being as said cyclist could potentially kill one of the children if they darted across the road (which they regularly do when they see the green man, without looking), I consider it to be a preemptive defensive strike to save them from being killed.
"Remember - punch a cyclist, save a child's life."
I don't really care if the ped crossing is empty but the light is still red when a cyclist goes through, that's just the cyclist risking a fine from the OBs. It winds me up something rotten when they whizz between people though. Fuckers.
I've chased people down before for doing that and either called them dumb fuckers, or just smacked them up the back of the head.
I've warned my kids that if someone comes speeding through when they are crossing with me, I'll clothes-line the fucker straight in the face and off their bike with my rucksack. Being as said cyclist could potentially kill one of the children if they darted across the road (which they regularly do when they see the green man, without looking), I consider it to be a preemptive defensive strike to save them from being killed.
"Remember - punch a cyclist, save a child's life."