Epic fail

Aren't pedestrians cunts?

We are all people, irrespective of our chosen mode of transport.

Of course, people are cunts, so yeah, you're pretty much right.

Too many cycle activists bang on about how they want drivers to give them the same space they'd give a car but then they are happy to filter through traffic, skimming wing mirrors etc. They want the space of a car when it suits them and to be as small as a bicycle when that suits them.

TBH, I agree with this. I appreciate the whole vulnerability thing, but equally cyclists can (note- can- not everyone, not always, etc) really take the piss when filtering, especially during busy times- it sometimes seems that everyone absolutely has to get to the front of the queue. We all use the road, and a little consideration can go a long way.

It may be worth understanding why they do this, the ASL encourage people to cycle up into the front of the traffic all the time regardless instead of waiting a couple cars behind.

Same reason why people ride in the gutter, undertake all the time, etc.

Your verb

You called?

Your homework for this evening is to try and understand the difference between an 80kg person on a bike filtering past a slow moving car, and 1,500+ kg of steel, glass and plastic travelling at 20 to 40 mph past a vulnerable road user.

For added credit, and with reference to your homework assignment, you can then explain why your post is so fundamentally flawed. To do this, you may like to consider rewording your post. For example "Because cyclists pass within 1 foot of a car, it is fine for a car driver to pass within 1 foot of a cyclist", or "car drivers have no responsibility leave a safe distance between them and vulnerable road users, because vulnerable road users are able to filter in slow moving traffic".

I just had to re-quote TW2 in an attempt to get some perspective here. This isn't BBC Breakfast - we don't have to try to find a kernel of truth in every person's opinion, just for "balance". The definition of close is obviously subjective and varies with speed. The anti-social aspect of a close pass depends on the consequences for the person you are passing. The consequences for drivers are virtually zero, so they can shut the fuck up and deal with it. Not to mention that the whole argument is founded on a "get your own house in order" logical fallacy in the first place.

Sorry, I took the train this morning and I'm cranky.

In a real life situation driver don't need to leave more than 1ft of space in three situations:
a. cyclist is wearing a helmet and a hi-viz vest, hence is protected from collisions;
b. cyclist is an owner of Pinarello Dogma and a full SKY kit and therefore can afford a new bike in case of a collision;
c. cyclist decides to stay in the inside cycling path despite the warning sticker on the back of a GBN truck with two skips on board which have to be dumped at the landfill in Enfield before the lunch time.

https://www.facebook.com/noallebici

Quick, call their employers!

I think that page might be a joke?

https://www.facebook.com/noallebici/photos/a.607348716030104.1073741829.607342072697435/608182539280055/?type=1&theater

"It is absurd that a girl cannot sunbathe in peace, pigs! No to bike!"

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The posting of a Daily Fail article duped me. I done got trolled!

Mesmerising. I like mini poseidon rising from the lake.

Contender for Viz up the arse corner there.

FAIL: Guy Jumps Huge Ramp With No Landing - YouTube

Highlanders. Lukaš will be ok.

A guy at work had a friend who told him he could get him A LOT of near sell by date pop corn for free. Part of some weird promotional thing.

The guy said, "sure, send me as much as you need to get rid of". His mate said "It's probably about 70, is that ok?" The guy said "aye, just get it delivered to our goods entrance" thinking it was 70 crisp packet sized bags of popcorn that he could hand out at work.

This is what arrived today;

Queue the panic and mass hysteria you get whenever an office full of locusts hear there is free shit going. No matter what it is, if it's free, they want it. And if they don't get some of the free shit, they feel hard done by. Some people were walking out with 6 boxes.

That's brilliant!

And popcorn is shit

Low calories.

132,480 of them

That's awesome.