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"I had that Pistanator in the back of my cab once."
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never realised the shickster was a lorry driving rapist
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(I used to be a bit of a habitual puker and can make myself sick really easily).
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Weirdly he was very apologetic, gave me a lift to work (with bike) and ended up paying me £90 for a new front rim+wheel build later that day.
That's why I always say "some cab drivers".
After my crash last year I was scooped out by guys (Corny, Festus, Reen & J.Smith) and chucked with my mangled bike on the back of black cab.
Driver was an ace bloke who was insisting on taking me to the hospital, which I refused, because didn't want to leave my bike locked outside. He was a cyclist who took part in many audax rides and charity runs.
Unfortunately too many cabbies can't see the road from the perspective of a cyclist and that's why they never fecking use their nearside mirror. -
I saw something similar involving a nutter cabbie and a punter. I simply walked up to cabbie and read him out his badge plate no. He got sort of nasty but sort of shit his cabbie pants at the same time. I reported it to the pco to ensure he shit it some more.
person who dealt with:
Taxi Complaints (PCO) Taxi.Complaints@pco.org.uk
...Mr Dimitris Phanos Complaints Support.
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Why?
There's two lanes with big white bikes painted on the floor and if that isn't enough there's a set of traffic lights which flashes with a green bike. Just incase there was any doubt what that cycle path is for underneath your feetJust saw your response ... well, my opinion is that peds in that particular spot need to be given some warning ... you could ring that bell you have on your Langster.
Thanks DFP. I know already that I was bulimic. I like to think of it as my 'alcoholic-bulimic' phase, as it was often associated with boozing and then eating shit food.
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Just saw your response ... well, my opinion is that peds in that particular spot need to be given some warning ... you could ring that bell you have on your Langster.
You're right; it is a shamefully badly designed 'facility' that invites confrontation and collisions. One particular factor in that location is foreign tourists who, surprisingly, aren't alert to every nuance of British road/pavement/bike lane design and, like all of us when we are somewhere unfamiliar, tend to be distracted and looking anywhere but down at out feet or up at traffic lights. Another factor is theatre goers leaving in great numbers at the end of a performance. It would be some help there if the bike lane was at least coloured in to differentiate it.
Either way it is up to cyclists to give way to pedestrians. And if you use that section regularly then you know what to expect and can figure out ways of dealing with it. One of those ways is the highly technical manouevre known as 'slowing down'. Or you can just go through every time getting angry. -
The crossing is far from the main problem here. That's the size of the adjacent junction and the implications it has for the design of the modal filter.
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You're right to be skeptical of any punishment he might receive from the police. I got sideswiped by a BMW last summer, and even with his plates the police did fuck all.
Screw the rozzers, they'll give him a comfy chair for the afternoon and free tea and biccies. If the passenger complains though, he gets a black mark in the register book with the PCO who give him his licence to work. Three black marks, he loses his licence. So it effectively loses him his job.
Mind you, people having heart attacks can become completely beside themselves in that way - best you didn't hit him. A guy I know had a not dissimilar confrontation with someone, who dropped dead in front of him - without a punch being thrown luckily.
On the issue of self-defence, that comes down to your state of mind at the time of the incident - if you believe that you are about to be assaulted, then then you can legally throw a punch in self-defence, even if it's the first one. That's how the overpaid arrogant scouse thug managed to get away with punching someone's teeth out for daring not to hand him the volume control at a London nightclub when he demanded it. He just lied that he thought he was about to be assaulted and got off scott-free.
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That's how the overpaid arrogant scouse thug managed to get away with punching someone's teeth out for daring not to hand him the volume control at a*** London nightclub*** when he demanded it. He just lied that he thought he was about to be assaulted and got off scott-free.
Geography Fail
Southport's not in London
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I was out for a ride on saturday.
Cab swerves into bike lane and blocks it
I tappe on his window, he went nuts, screaming and shouting, eventually he threw his coffee at me.
My cycling companion is not a member on Lfgss but does lurk.
He was amazed at the way I just seem to attract such cunts on the road. He had been suspicious but then saw the entire incident. Peter has reported the incident to the police and I will bendoing likewise.
well have you thought about learning how to ride properly? most of us don't seem to get into shit on the road on a daily basis.
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You're right; it is a shamefully badly designed 'facility' that invites confrontation and collisions. One particular factor in that location is foreign tourists who, surprisingly, aren't alert to every nuance of British road/pavement/bike lane design and, like all of us when we are somewhere unfamiliar, tend to be distracted and looking anywhere but down at out feet or up at traffic lights. Another factor is theatre goers leaving in great numbers at the end of a performance. It would be some help there if the bike lane was at least coloured in to differentiate it.
Either way it is up to cyclists to give way to pedestrians. And if you use that section regularly then you know what to expect and can figure out ways of dealing with it. One of those ways is the highly technical manouevre known as 'slowing down'. Or you can just go through every time getting angry.I work just opposite that corner and strap my bike up close by, I could use the junction if I wanted to but I'd rather cycle down kingsway and round aldwych. The junction there is a shocker, I forget about it when I'm on foot too and I cycle everyday. Fuck knows what chance peds have.
On the plus side is quite an entertaining spot to sit, grab a coffee or beer and watch the close calls
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lpg you fucking tit
if you read my post, the other cyclist i was with reported the incident, because he could not believe what he had witnessed
to him it was clear i had done nothing wrong
this is not an issue with the cycle training, more that i wont put up with shit from fuckwit retards such as cab drivers or idiots here who are incapable of reading
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haha DJ you have to hand it to him. that was a pretty funny meme.. and you bit ;)
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A taxi driver acted in a psychotic manor toward me. Cannon St -> Tooly street
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I got t-boned by a cab coming out of there a few months back. Admittedly I was on the 'wrong' side of the road taking a wide berth round the nodders, but the cabbie just didn't look to his left as he drove straight into the road. All happenend kind of slow-mo and didn't hurt too much though. Weirdly he was very apologetic, gave me a lift to work (with bike) and ended up paying me £90 for a new front rim+wheel build later that day.