Let's Stand In The Road!

I have bi-polar.

Don't be so fucking racist!

Not quite standing in the middle of the road. Actually lying in the middle of the road, mass die-in of cyclists planned tonite 6:30

http://www.climaterush.co.uk/events

could we add to this thread those stupid people who seek out the very narrowest bits of pavements, the pinchpoints of a shop or any tight gaps like the gates to a park and then just stand there usually chatting to a friend, right in the way, blocking off any smooth flow of traffic around them, while just 5 metres down the pavement, in the shop or by the park gate is a nice open free space

MUPPETS the lot of them GET OUT OF THE WAY FFS

aarrgggh, just been for a ride and it happened twice.

what's that 'look you in the eye then step out as you nearly get level' thing?
You don't have to try and make me swerve, just fucking wait on the pavement until it's clear, you vacuous twat of a woman.

It's almost always women that are in the road, sexist?

Sexy, not sexist.

I think I may have heightened your awareness of this rad new extreme walking craze. It's very now. But those really in the know are all about standing. I think dicki's example is a happening sub-tribe, I dig it, daddio.

I took a photo on the way to work, but have no way of getting it onto this machine. The bloke moved about 2m closer to the pavement when he noticed me pointing a phone in his direction, so I suppose I should be pleased he wasn't completely oblivious of (to?) his surroundings.

can you not upload it to twitter or something?

No do web on old PAYG phone.

You should all spend no more than 5 minutes riding around Peckham. I guarantee you will see some of the impressive road standing ability that one can witness in this fair city. In fact, if you're lucky, you might even get a loiter.

Like the way Herbie does it:

I have bi-polar.

Don't be so fucking racist!

Their sexuality should not concern anyone.

This is worth cross-posting from the hipster thread, as it features a fine example of standing in the carriageway, from about 1:01 onwards.

The Skin Tights at Brick Lane on Vimeo

Is that Ed sex pesting with the camera?

you cant beat a bit of willie bobo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJguBx598Ac

I'm going to start documenting this phenomenon again. It's something I'm drawn to.

Before and after would be excellent

Like the way Herbie does it:

Dylan opts for the human shield approach

It's almost always women that are in the road, sexist?

These aren't accidents, they're throwing themselves into the road gladly to escape all this hideousness. Throw yourself into the road, darling! You haven't got a chance!

This bloke was staring at his phone, and standing about 1.5m further out into the road, still facing the kerb. He noticed me pointing my phone in his direction, and nonchalantly moved to this spot, still in the road.

To be fair, originally he was technically in the car-door-prize-zone, so he was never going to be in my way (it's a 2-lane one-way street), but still…

I've yet to be able to capture any "standing in the road". Is it better to collect photos, rather than items of their clothing?

If you collect clothing, then by default you have to also get pics or, it didn't happen.

By the roadworks in Russell square's SW corner, some prime road-standing from a very prim looking 40ish woman. She kind of did a little dance of a stepping forward gingerly to the middle of the lane and then scuttling back into the gutter. This was 5 metres from the pedestrian crossing.

That's wierd.

I was just there and a woman fitting that description was waiting at the pedestrian crossing for the lights, when her light went green she didn't notice. She looked at me funny when I set out from the lights again.

Will she still be there on the way home?

Riding up from Wimbledon through Tooting towards Balham on CS7 yesterday afternoon.
Absolute fucking death trap - people stepping in to the road for a few meters to walk round some other tit cluttering up the pavement. Happened no less than 4 times in 500m.
On top of that, several cars stopping on the red route, just casually pulling in-front of me
and parking to check their phone/pick their noses/ask for a fucking good kicking.

Not using that route again in a hurry.

...not a single mention of Abbey Road?

abbey road!

fify