This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Everyone is such a cunt that they would just jump reds and then gridlock all everywhere even on country roads the sweet idea of freedom and open roads and no reds would be too much of a temptation but with no reds to allow traffic to filter traffic would be everywhere and then with cars blocking all roads everywhere ever those who can filter down the sides of the old abandoned rust buckets will rejoice and multiply and soon we will have no need for oil as we dont need nor can indeed use cars and no one would need to go on holiday as you cant get to the airports anyway and everyone would enjoy cycling so much that they will just go on cycling holidays by filtering down long dis-used motorways and everyone would be well fit so there would be no waiting times at hospitals which is what im most looking forward to. McDonalds would still be open though.

Did you just sit on your keyboard?

^this

is your h key broken miro ?

2 full stops.... out of breathe...

As oppose to accelerating through amber like everyone in London?

I guess it's a refined system for a time when people were more refined!

is your h key broken miro ?

I'm typing t is on a p one so I ope not

Just red and green, much simpler.
Orange is just another green.

Aus has amber but the cycle is different - we only get amber before red, not before green like over here. Also, we don't have the dumb thing where both sides of a junction/cross-roads are stopped to traffic - one direction is moving with cars giving way to any pedestrians crossing in the go direction.

^ Yerp. That's what I meant by most places not having the red + amber bit. Wish we could get some more intelligent lighting phases over here. :(

I'd prefer the money was spent on creating some decent roads. Great Britain, conquered the world and can't build a fucking smooth bit of tarmac. No wonder the empire fell.

Aus has amber but the cycle is different - we only get amber before red, not before green like over here. Also, we don't have the dumb thing where both sides of a junction/cross-roads are stopped to traffic - one direction is moving with cars giving way to any pedestrians crossing in the go direction.

Years of "nah but the light was green for me they shouldn't be crossing, I pay road tax, peds in the street all deserve to die, peds should wear hi vis..." have forced the law into making it more black/white green/red for drivers. Can't remember the last time I came to an unmarked junction, even the roundabouts are getting traffic lights...

I'd prefer the money was spent on creating some decent roads. Great Britain, conquered the world and can't build a fucking smooth bit of tarmac. No wonder the empire fell.

Tour soon, I'm unsure if I should bet on a sunk drain or a pothole taking out a chunk of the peleton.

If my memory was good enough, given the amount of time I spend riding, reporting them to fillthathole would be a full time job.

The roads have been done haven't they, they'll be like butter

If that's true, they'll be fucked again in 3 months.

Lazy English tar, trying to slope off to Spain instead of doing its job.

The roads have been done haven't they, they'll be like butter

If that's true, they'll be fucked again in 3 months.

When you've finished eating.

Avoid Lambeth north, no lights on any of the roads. It's a bit chaotic.

There are potatoes all over Tooley St! Catch your own dinner.

(I wasn't actually commuting, because I don't currently have one, but I don't like to feel left out.)

Good commute this morning. Got to 70mph on one stretch.

Still I was driving to Maidenhead along the M4.

Everyone was friendly, I did it relatively quickly, and got some hail on the way home.
My commute is awesome.

Nice commute this morning, called out some twat who jumped a red at Southwark Street/Southwark Bridge - he went sailing through side saddle at quite high speed with peds crossing. Shouted "Don't be a twat" got the Vs as a response and then he almost cycled into the side of a van. Instant karma

Idiot then did the same thing at the next lights - some idiots don't learn so I can only presume Darwins theory of evolution might get proved

Lovely commute in, everyone was all similey in the sun. Scorchio!

Yes. Beautiful weather this morning, I was thinking, and clearly jinxed myself as I promptly stacked it on Dunton Road causing much concern / mirth to pedestrians.

Still no idea what happened but my elbow is a right mess

When you've finished eating.

I can't believe it's not tarmac.

Was there some race on this morning that I didn't hear about. Loads of people seemed desperate to overtake me, mainly by undertaking. The best/worst being the guy who undertook me and then promptly had to stop with his foot on the kerb as he tried to undertake the ambulance in front of me and discovered that with it going through a pinch point there was no room for him between the ambulance and the pavement.

I also liked the guy who tried to overtake me on a flat stretch. I'm not fussed about being overtaken, I know I'm not that fast, so just carried on at the same pace and expected him to go past me. About ten seconds later when he appeared to have gained about 6 inches on me I glanced round and saw some bloke in an aero tuck straining away to overtake. Given I was only going about 18 mph this left me somewhat bemused.