This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Haha great reference!

/no one likes the tuna here!

I complained to a school about the parents' driving and parking and they didn't reply so I copied the local councillor and the school responded sharpish.

Some people obviously can't be helped...

Excellent work

Shouldn't you edit out their names?

Why? They posted online using their names

OK, I thought you had to log in to use that.

The same company posted their entirely fake letters (trying to look as if from local people) through doors in our area, too. A small campaign was started to stop people from signing up, as there are existing mailing lists. It's a terrible company by all accounts. (I haven't checked what it's like myself.)

I take the full lane when I encounter something parked in the bike lane, regardless of whether it's needed or not - it usually is anyway, as people who park in bike lanes probably don't consider that they might door someone getting out. I like to think that any drivers who are then so impeded by myself consider that it wouldn't be the case if one of their ilk hadn't blocked the bike lane. It's doubtful they actually think about that though.

You have to log in but you can pretty much sign up for anywhere. Anyway I’ll take it down just in case

Mate had an airhorn that did that back in Oz. Ahh the mistakes of youth...

There's a fleet of sarnie delivery vans which serve industrial / trading estates. La Cucaracha on the air horn is how they announce their arrival.

I ran home. Downsides: it took way longer than cycling and my knee hurts. Upside: saw a big fat dog.

Yeah, taking the lane doesn’t bother me, but I have to do it the whole way from the traffic lights in anticipation, otherwise by the time I need to pull out to go round the cars the traffic would be passing me making it difficult to pull out.

It’s been bliss whilst the schools have been off but I’m not sure I can be arsed to go through the faff of an official complaint as I move house in about a week anyway.

Dachshund running down the lane at Garsons Hill, went straight past me, no idea where it was headed then Toyota hilux thing with kids standing on the runner rails hanging onto the roof bars, booming past. Bit of a random evenings return.

I’m now commuting by car for the next couple of years because of work/toddler/nursery situation. Missing my bike already.

So the main road into work has been switched to 20mph zone over the weekend. I’m sat there trundling along at around that when someone tries the old cunty charge up behind at 45mph+ and hit the brakes last minute to shit me up or whatever, but misjudged that I was doing ~20mph instead of the anticipated 30mph and fucked up and nearly lost control. Twat.

Then on the way home, ambulance picking its way through the traffic to a scene up ahead, they were getting ready to cut someone out of a car. Oh wait, forgot the punchline: this was in a 30mph residential area in rush hour traffic. How the actual fuck?

Then on the way home, ambulance picking its way through the traffic to a scene up ahead, they were getting ready to cut someone out of a car. Oh wait, forgot the punchline: this was in a 30mph residential area in rush hour traffic. How the actual fuck?

There was this traffic calming bit on Drayton Park (20mph zone) that got removed because cars kept driving into it and flipping over. The solution was obviously to remove the traffic calming rather than cars not driving into it.
https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/another-car-flips-over-at-dangerous-drayton-park-road-layout-1-1983354

As wet as I've known in 10 years of London commuting. I do like a good mega downpour, but could have done without the kamikaze pedestrian on Putney bridge. Big hood up, didn't look and just walked right out in front of me on the northbound downslope. My squealing brakes likely masked the expletives.

Happy International drive like a cunt day everyone! Didn't get the memo? Me neither!

What is it about a bit of rain that makes everyone drive like neanderthals?

Great one this morning, overtaking a lane of traffic not going anywhere North of Mile End. Some guy pulls out of a junction through the traffic at speed and has to slam on the brakes when he sees me coming. White van driver cunt shouts "you shouldn't be overtaking down the outside anyway".

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Could have done without the p**cture but otherwise nice. Don't mind a bit of rain.

Nor me actually. Just don't understand why motorists find it so hard to not drive like cunts in. Modern cars are easy to drive, have windscreen wipers, etc.

Can confirm, this morning was interesting. My one brake also loses a lot of its power when it's pouring down torrentially, and because I'm not a complete idiot I adjust my speed accordingly - so far so good, except this meant I got to spend a few minutes extra out there that I could really have done without.

Also, there is congestion everywhere. I mean everywhere. How on earth is anyone getting anywhere with a car, I really really don't understand it. It must take them two to three times the time it takes me on my bike. I'd go insane.

Just don't understand why motorists find it so hard to not drive like cunts in [the rain].

I don't understand people's logic. The conditions are worse and you can see less, so you must drive faster and more aggressively.

I was expecting the same but had a quite chilled one this morning. Hardly anyone on the roads and a bit of a tailwind. And new overshoes so at least i had dry toes this morning

I was wearing overshoes too, after half an hour of splashes from the left, the right, above, and below, my shoes were drenched anyway :(

I don't understand people's logic. The conditions are worse and you can see less, so you must drive faster and more aggressively.

Is it because people tend to get a bit fighty when stressed?