A New Way to Deal with RLJers?

[Adasta]

So I was at some traffic lights, waiting for the lights to turn from red to green. I sensed someone to my right-hand side. As I turned my head, I saw that he was inching past me with the clear intention of RLJing. I was feeling in a good mood, so I said "Don't you jump that red light..." in the same way Marge Simpson might say "Now Homer, don't you eat this pie..."

Nevertheless, he RLJed, clearly defying my good-natured castigation. I still felt in a good mood, so I thought of a fun way to chastise him:

I booed.

Now, I'm new to this road-cycling lark, but this strikes me as a pretty harmless way of venting frustration. The guy had already set off, so it wasn't like I was putting him off his stride or that I feared any immediate retribution. It all seemed quite pleasant. Plus, a guy arrived behind me and started laughing as soon as I booed so it appears that my actions had the desired effect.

Does anyone else do this?

 

[her_welshness]

Do it all the time.

My replies are normally:

'Oh, wellll done'
Sing-song voice 'red light jumper'
'Ahh right, you're on a Boris Bike, that means you can go through red lights' (I need to shorten this one)

Chances are that they are so slow, that I tend to pass them by and then just gently point out to them that they have done this, which is when I either get a blank stare or they tell me to f*ck off.

 

[Jim_Noir]

LOL, I like the booing idea.

 

[ComedyPilot]

'The undertakers is the next left'

'Colourblind?'

'Knobbbbberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr'

'Yeah, go away, you smell'

 

[ManiaMuse]

Scalp them and pull a wheely as you pass them.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I inform them that make us all look bad, unless they are bigger than me, in which case I cycle past like a bullet !

 

[Davidc]

"It's the leader of the pack". (RLJer must be old enough to remember the Shangrila's song that was in Kenny Everet's "World's Worst Record Show")

 

[dellzeqq]

Does anyone else do this?

I'm afraid I go 'tch, tch, tch young people today'. If they look liike a sack of potatoes I say 'poetry in motion'. And if they're young and do it three times in succession I'll probably give them a friendly cuff round the back of the head as I pass them for the fourth time.....

 

[As Easy As Riding A Bike]

Admittedly only tangentially relevant to this topic -

http://www.youtube.c...s&feature=feedu

but this chap was through the lights so fast I don't think even a syllable could have been uttered.