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no no no its looking at women pedestrians that is outlawed. Looking at women cyclist is just frowned upon.

Or is it we're supposed to frown at women cyclists?

Or frowned upon for not looking at women cyclists?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPEnvarwErw

Spending hours trying to draw the floating temple room thing on the paint equivalent on an Amiga. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Amiga500_system.jpg

Can pedestrians/drivers continue rubber-necking/checking out my wobbling behind please? just because you're on the pavement or behind a wind-screen doesn't mean I'm not incredibly flattered by the attention.

I had 3 taxis skim past my elbow on the way over the bridge this morning - do you suppose they really think we're not allowed to ride in the bus lane if the cycle lane is full and slow? I guess they really do.

That lane invites buses to close pass and mirror-clip, many a time I have turned my head to shoulder check to be met with the grinning plastic face of those mirrors inches from my own noggin'. Such woe.

Location: Old Kent/New Kent Road roundabout exit onto Great Dover Street.

Me: The cyclist in the red jersey and black helmet & blue backpack navigating the exit, avoiding the use of the cycle lane that spits you out into two lanes of traffic. There is a potential for danger on this exit as traffic normally cuts across the outside/middle/inside lanes dangerously exiting the roundabout, so I stake my claim of the slow lane by indicating left and cycling in the middle.

You: The impatient c*nt in the metallic silver transit van, edging into me from the right and encroaching on my lane, pipping your horn at me despite the rest of the traffic taking the outside lane of the exit (the lane you were in) to leave the roundabout (what its there for).

Where did you expect me to move off to? are we supposed to share a lane whilst turning or did you expect me to mount the traffic island to get into the, frankly, deadly cycle lane. Thanks for telling me to shut my mouth after you asked me to repeat what I was shouting, a simple, non threatening "I'll keep my lane, thanks!". Thankfully I preceded you and also told you you don't pay road tax and to take care driving in the Borough I pay taxes for, and therefore the roads. But that must have been to high-brow of a conversation for you as your response was to very wisely drive alongside me shouting for me to shut my mouth and to swerve your large vehicle dangerously close to me and the lady cyclist in front of me.

Seriously, its not a f***ing right, driving is a privilege. Dont be a c-Nut for all your life.

Nice beanie though.

Police apparently have details. Slap on the wrist coming someones way.

How hard is it to make flyers explode?

If it's easy, I'm totally down for handing out flyers to dangerous twats.

You can practice by handing out programmes at Millwall FC home matches.

Not on the commute, but was this morning. Made me shout tea all over the place.

She sounds like a tough cookie, having the presence of mind to ask someone to ring the nursery after having her leg broken over her bike. Quick recovery to her and don't believe all the Docs say about "never [insert favourate pastime]ing again." Anything is possible with motivation. And definately sue.

cant afford brakes

carry the decimal place...

I suspect there will be more protestors than TfL staff around at 5pm on a Friday what ever the number.

This is precisely the problem that the coppers have got. Unless they see the car cross the ASL when the light is red, they are reluctant to do anything about it.

"Myth: Police don’t enforce ASLs.

Not true. The Cycle Task Force and our colleagues across the MPS regularly report and warn drivers for contravening this law and are supporting Transport for London’s ASL campaign. Any Police Constable (not a Police Community Support Officer) who witnesses an ASL offence taking place can enforce and must provide evidence that they witnessed:

The front of the vehicle cross the stop line
The moment the traffic lights changed
The traffic lights were all working
If the officer sees the vehicle in the zone without witnessing all three of the above, then there is no prospect of prosecution against a burden of proof of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. In any case, the driver could simply have been obeying rule 178 of the Highway Code (see above)."

Not reluctant, they cant.

Article.

The show of force is so they can meet their ten-a-month targets, once these are achieved you wont see them again until the start of the next period. Disgusting discrimination.

9:20(ish), New Oxford Street, the Junction before centre point going west. Load of cyclists bunched up at the red light before the second set of reds for the turn onto Tottenham Court Road. Coppers in high-vis all over this mess of a junction, as they have been all week. I join the rest of the riders at the first junction waiting at the red but a chap in a grey and dark blue/black cycling cap, thick grey beard, Mediterranean looking, plus earbuds rammed in both ears, jumps the lights right under their noses and gets pulled over at the next set.

Fair enough at these sets of lights when heavy traffic stretches from junction to junction I can, in the interest of honesty, admit to jumping occasionally, but you got caught out good and proper. Clearly not reading the road ahead - cyclists bunched up, everyone stopping at the red despite traffic ahead, coppers in high viz poking out behind buses, trees, vans, bins, bushes, police vans in cycle lanes, and the you cant be oblivious to the news that they are out in force. You sail past oblivious, jumping the lights you must so regularly do. I wish you had just committed and jumped the next set, sailing past the copper who jumped out and addressed you so rudely too. Sigh.

Further along up Hampstead Road, policeman stood next to his pretty motorbike ignores the HGV that pulls fully into the cycle box I am in, up to the next line, after the lights turn red. I block him in and shout for officers assistance, he looks at me disdainfully and turns away. He saw it, heard and saw me and ignored it. Sigh.

Lovely bloke on a geared tourer (could have been red...), had cleats methinks, complimenting me on the race over Waterloo Bridge last night during rush hour I just lost to him due to the one gear... sorry I seemed a bit stunned, not used to pleasant chat. Cheers!

Coffee!

Stinger traps around Waterloo Bridge, police placed in advance to watch for RLJ'ers and radio ahead to colleagues at the bridge. Did not see a single ticket or pulling over of cyclist on the entire journey, so good job riders. Did see plenty of lawbreaking vehicles entering ASL's one junction away from the officers. Came up to an ASL with no broken line to enter at a red, stopped before the box. Police officers asked me why I wasn't in the box. If they don't know the law then how do they know if its being broken?

so, like, there are some, like um, bad cyclists out there...

black with black go faster stripes. three of them.

The curb scooting viz brigade

such this

A velomobile.

Looked cosey

£2.99 sports direct front/back light elastic tethered set. Bright as and waterproof, great to have as an emergency or just buy 10 and light yourself up. Its actually cheaper to buy more sets of these than replacement batteries. I have mine along with my big-boy lights. I'm like a Christmas tree out there.

Its too easy to stop at the shops and buy a set of lights/batteries. Tape a friggin torch on if you have to. Is your life worth less that £3? I pose this question to you, kerb-hugging, undertaking, non-indicating, uneducated, wobble-riding, oblivious nodders.

this on the Euston Road/Tottenham Court Road junction at about 9.30 this morning.

what dis?

ffm - might be along the lines of your eye being drawn to one cyclist flashing light so when you look away during the off-flash you dont see the second? I find when behind a large group of cyclists the off-sequence flashing of various lights gives you a good idea of how many you are approaching. However, having never approached a group flashing in unison I have 0 basis for comparison.