Idiots on bikes

[Justinslow]

Guy on a bike just now, all black gear, no lighting whatsoever, every other road user has lights of some discription on (as they are needed)........bellend.

 

[vickster]

Just now? But it's light out...

 

[winjim]

It's light here.

(And I'm further north than vickster )

 

[shouldbeinbed]

And here

and as counterpoint. I see just a few cyclists on my commute, today all of us (in the dark) were well lit and vizzed.

 

[Justinslow]

That's not what I called the title of this thread, I named it "bell ends", because they are "bell ends".
There was another guy the other night on a horse, going out late afternoon On the road, dark clothing, diminishing light, do these people not realise how they "blend" in with their surroundings?

Mod note: 'Bell ends' didn't seem a suitable title for a family-friendly forum. Your description of the cyclists as such has been left within the thread.

 

[jowwy]

And you still managed to see him

 

[mickle]

I was in the park the other day and I saw a tree with quite dark bark and it wasn't wearing any hi-viz or lights and definitely no reflectors, so I've written to the council to complain. I mean, how are we expected to know it's there? It's a health and safety nightmare I tell you. And a park bench.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Pretty rubbish ninja wasn't s/he. You clearly saw them.

And the horse.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I was in the park the other day and I saw a tree with quite dark bark and it wasn't wearing any hi-viz or lights and definitely no reflectors, so I've written to the council to complain. I mean, how are we expected to know it's there? It's a health and safety nightmare I tell you. And a park bench.

You want to get that tree sorted, mate, before it jumps out in front of some poor innocent passing motorist and writes their car off.

 

[Justinslow]

And here

and as counterpoint. I see just a few cyclists on my commute, today all of us (in the dark) were well lit and vizzed.

Well for whatever reason this guy wasn't lit, and like I said everybody else had lights on, what does that tell you, honestly he was almost camouflaged against the countryside.
Comments like "well it's light here" remind me of a time I spent working for a large agricultural contractor, work stopped due to rain, apon phoning the boss he said "well it's not raining here" 10 miles away sitting in the office.......

 

[Justinslow]

I was in the park the other day and I saw a tree with quite dark bark and it wasn't wearing any hi-viz or lights and definitely no reflectors, so I've written to the council to complain. I mean, how are we expected to know it's there? It's a health and safety nightmare I tell you. And a park bench.

Yeah but the tree isn't travelling along a road, yawn....

 

[mickle]

No but you saw him. Therefore he was visible. Therefore your 'point' and this thread is imploded. Yawn.

 

[winjim]

Yeah but the tree isn't travelling along a road, yawn....

This one is

 

[mickle]

That tree is a bellend.

 

[potsy]

Last night I saw two cars driving without lights after dark, during the morning I saw 3 cyclists doing the same.

I did also see a cyclist using red lights both front and rear.