"Two nights ago, I was waiting at the lights on the south side of London Bridge by the junction with Tooley Street.
The lights turned green and the motorbikes to my right went haring off … just as high-viz nodder female comes flying out of the end of Tooley Street.
She ends up stuck in the middle of the south-bound lane with traffic going both sides of her, with her shouting at them all as if they were in the wrong.
The bikers weren't hanging around but they definitely didn't go before green. They could have given the nodder a bit more slack but, you know what, f*** her - maybe next time she won't do such a dumb ass manoeuvre. (And make me have to think hard about how to spell manoeuvre.)
I very eloquently shouted as I went past, "You're the stupid feck-wit who jumped the red light." Not sure she heard me, though, as I think she was a little stressed at that point."
Green light is merely an indication of right of way. It doesn't exempt you from looking for other traffic, including fuckwits jumping the red light, before manoeuvring... Mind you, I'm not in any way trying to justify her actions, but like you said, the bikers could (and should) have given the nodder a bit more slack.
Many bikers, and cyclists for that matter, are killed every year believing blindly in their right of way. Unfortunately right of way doesn't matter shit when negotiating a ten-ton truck operated by an idiot. Well done for calling her out though, hopefully she heard you, and hopefully the whole experience will make her think twice before taking unnecessary chances in the future.
Green light is merely an indication of right of way. It doesn't exempt you from looking for other traffic, including fuckwits jumping the red light, before manoeuvring... Mind you, I'm not in any way trying to justify her actions, but like you said, the bikers could (and should) have given the nodder a bit more slack.
Many bikers, and cyclists for that matter, are killed every year believing blindly in their right of way. Unfortunately right of way doesn't matter shit when negotiating a ten-ton truck operated by an idiot. Well done for calling her out though, hopefully she heard you, and hopefully the whole experience will make her think twice before taking unnecessary chances in the future.