Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

#ubinscobled

as a reward Drem, I might be assigned to train you.

Had a woman on a boris bike try to push between me and motorcyclist at the lights on aldwych. She bumped into the guy on the bike then turned to me and said "excuse me, can you let me through?". I asked where to and her response was "the front". Upon asking her why she couldn't just wait, her response was "why should you be at the front?". Well love, because the light turned to red in front of me and I stopped at the light. Why do you think?

She then proceeded to take a dodgy filter up the inside of a bus, then push in front of the stop line heading towards waterloo bridge, clipping a vans wing mirror in the process.

It's been quiet this week so very few idiotic/dodgy moves on my commute. Dreading next week though.

Saw a guy on a cotic roadrat at St Georges Circus behaving like a div this morning.

Swerves across front of me heading toward it from Borough High Street goes over the zebra crossing as you approach it missing a ped, straight up the curb nearly clips a guy walking on the pavement.

Procedes to weave along the pavement rides across the next zebra crossing at top of blackfriars onto the pavement by the uni accomodation goes further round the pavement rides straight into the next crossing causing a bus to need to stop rejoins the rode and rides off in the direction of waterloo.

It was completely unnecessary and would have taken exactly the same amount of time to ride around it on the road.

Absolute bell.

I've lost count of how many times recently I've nearly been taken out by people salmoning their way to the front at lights. Fucking idiots.

A lot of the lights here have a box in front of the stop line but before the pedestrian crossing which is marked as being for bikes and low-powered motorcycles only. If I can filter up then I'll usually use it. Today I got into the box, maintaining my position on the left side (albeit not in the gutter) - front wheel more or less on the front line of the bike box. This stupid bitch on a town bike tries to squeeze past me on the left, clipping me in the process, then comes to a stop ahead of me... right in the middle of the pedestrian crossing. Well done, you got to the front.

She then proceeded to turn around and berate me in Japanese, presumably for being in the way and not letting her through. I called her a cunt and flipped her the bird. Job done.

Of course when the lights turned green, she pulled away at about 5mph and proceeded to hold up a whole lane of traffic. Brilliant.

On a different note, I jumped a changing red the other day and made a dodgy move in front of a bus coming the other way which was trying to turn right across the road. Calling myself out because that shit was dumb and I should have paid more attention.

Just saw a fellow north-of-Watforder on Holloway Road, understandably having a go at someone going through the red light and across the cycle path I was riding on. Your 'fucking wanker' was an accurate appraisal.

I hoped that the wind and rain would put people off cycling in today but I still got pushed by 2 cyclists squeezing past me at lights this morning. What they didn’t realise is that the reason I hadn’t moved forwards was because there was enormous puddle in front of me. They had a lovely time standing getting wet feet for a while and then when the lights changed one of them fell off her bike. Megafail.

I did try to call them out, pointing out firstly the puddle and that there really wasn’t any space for them wedged between various buses and lorries, but then I thought fine, you want to go win the Darwin Award, you go right ahead.

Prime Darwin Awards candidate this morning riding a Gorgeous Baby Blue fixie, brakless and with a coffee in one hand. Kind of wanted to say something, but I was gobsmacked.

Perhaps we should start shouting out "Darwin!"?

A cyclist helpfully screamed "ITS A RED LIGHT" at me this morning as I took a cheeky left on red at the junction of Outer Circle and Regents Park during a training session.
I weigh up the benefits of carrying on moving against the cons of stopping and make a quick decision that benefits me and my desire to maintain a constant speed.
"How about you wait until you get to work before you start ordering people around you Type A personality disorder cunt" was the response I had in mind.
Although "Piss off you wanker" Was all I could say in time

What gives people the right to tell others what to do I ask? I would advise someone not to go on the inside of a left turning lorry, but other than that, people should mind their own business really, unless they are the ones being endangered

What gives people the right to tell others what to do I ask?

Moral responsibility? I most usually call out drivers for using phones whilst driving. They might think it's nothing and not a risk to anyone else but I don't agree. Just because there isn't a policeman on hand doesn't mean I don't have the right to voice my opinion of someone who is breaking the law.

+1

umm I guess you have a point. I don't take too kindly to being screamed at by stressed out dick heads though. Especially as I was endangering no one.
I wouldn't have a go at someone for texting while driving or being on the phone unless they were endangering me directly either. There just isn't enough time in the world to let everything get to you

This thread isn't for those who don't let stuff get to them.

umm I guess you have a point. I don't take too kindly to being screamed at by stressed out dick heads though. Especially as I was endangering no one.
I wouldn't have a go at someone for texting while driving or being on the phone unless they were endangering me directly either. There just isn't enough time in the world to let everything get to you

I couldn't call out all the phone/texting drivers, it would be a full time job!

#1in3

I can't tell is mike using irony to call himself out or is he a dickhead?

#jumpredsifyouwantbutdon'tbitchwhensomeonecallsyououtonit

"How about you wait until you get to work before you start ordering people around you Type A personality disorder cunt"

Good insult, but Type A is just an alleged personality type, not a personality disorder.

(I used to read pop psychology books for fun when I was 15)

At least they didn't shout "IT'S A LAMBORGHINI".

I wouldn't have a go at someone for texting while driving or being on the phone unless they were endangering me directly either. There just too many of them

fixed.

^ way up there

Another cyclist might see, remember, then copy your RLJ in a different situation and end up under a tipper truck.

That's not saying the shouty cyclists was right to shout tho.

There no reason not to wait at a traffic light.

It's all about road behaviour, creating tension to other road user may not be a good idea, consequencesly can led to them not respecting your space much.

Another cyclist might see, remember, then copy your RLJ in a different situation and end up under a tipper truck.

There is the whole matter of personal accountability though. Just sayin...

Just had a cyclist brush past me as he jumped a red light straight into the path of a car. Luckily the car was just getting going and stopped in time, missed by inches.

Rider had no lights, dark clothing and fuck all road sense, accident waiting to happen. He looked surprised when I said he was a twat.