Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

I have been thinking about this over the last couple of days. I think the thing that you did wrong was more a breach of etiquette than anything else - it's polite to wait for people to finish what they're doing before you continue. Similar to waiting for a vehicle to complete a manoeuvre instead of blasting past as soon as there's a big enough gap. I think people just see it as rude (which it is, a bit, tbh, soz).

My driving instructor insisted I stop and wait for them to get to the other side when I was learning to drive, and I tend to cycle the same way I drive, so it's drilled in.** I believe it increases the sense of vulnerable road users that less vulnerable road users are being patient rather than pushy or aggressive.**

+1

It just adds to the collective view that cyclists are pushy twats who think they're superior. My main peev is when their are small kids crossing, you don't know that they're not going to drop something, or suddenly make an erratic decision to run back, etc. I called a girl on a scooter out on that ages ago. Her response was that there was enough room. I just asked if it was really worth it.

Anyway at the moment the majority of the cyclists I see seem to ignore zebra crossings totally. Maybe it's just a summer thing.

#whinge