Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
She's in the middle of a road in a car using a mobile. Ban her for life.
Another pathetic dim witted tweeting driver...
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She's in the middle of a road in a car using a mobile. Ban her for life.
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
Perhaps it is the stated intention to run over cyclists that is also part of the problem?
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
While cutting her any slack at all feel slightly dirty. There is the possibility that she's been stuck around bikes that weren't sat in traffic for the last 5 miles and she's waited until she was sat still in traffic to take the picture. We drove to Bedgebury with the mountain bikes yesterday and around 8 miles of the route coincided with the Tour of Kent (or similarly named) Sportive. There were a lot of bikes doing 15-20mph on NSL roads. We were fine, we know what it's all about. I took conservative gaps where they came up to make a little progress, but was happy to pretend I was kind of involved. I'm not sure the other cars around us (including the VW directly behind me, I can't believe he would've only taken the gaps I chose) shared the sensation.
I'm not saying she's right, I'm not saying it needs forgiving. But the concept of understanding in what way she's broken (she can't work out that everyone on the road is allowed to be there, the speed limit is a maximum not a target and threatening to cause someone actual harm is never a joke) is something I can get behind.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Still unlawful, and I suspect few who have a phone within that close reach restrict to only using it whilst not moving. So for me they haven't the correct attitude to be driving and at the minimum need a kick up the backside to wake them up to the dangers they present to others and themselves.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
If she thinks that is a bike race then she is very clueless. OK, one guy has a number on his rucksack. Yes, I said rucksack. That will be the Cavendish, then, I guess!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
If only she'd ridden her bike to work.
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winjim
Smash the cistern
She thinks that is a bike race as much as she actually intends to run them over, ie not in the slightest.
Paul99
Über Member
I think this applies if you are parked up safely, not in lane 2.
Edit: Confirmed https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law
Retribution03
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Cleethorpes
I stand corrected 
but as my other post states I'm hanging the bitch anyway lol
but as my other post states I'm hanging the bitch anyway lol
Labradorofperception
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Narnia
Looks like she is driving a mini- maybe she bought it from Emma. "legals bill force sale" Way.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
What she says is that she was stück behind them all the way to work. I agree that there is nothing wrong with the photo she posted. But if like my experience last week, there are 40 more bikes in front of them who take up the whole of your side of the road for mile after mile without leaving any gaps for anyone to overtake, it is frustrating.
I didnt want to batter down the road at 100 mile an hour but myself and the huge queue stück behind this peleton of day cyclists did want to make progress.
Steve
I didnt want to batter down the road at 100 mile an hour but myself and the huge queue stück behind this peleton of day cyclists did want to make progress.
Steve
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
What if it was several tractors? That happens sometimes, and then car drivers don't see it as such a blockage! I've been stuck behind one for several miles on my commute before now.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
In the picture, I see four bikes, and four cars. The cars are taking up more space
TBH, anyone living/driving in Britain who thinks bikes are the reason they're getting held up in traffic so often surely qualifies for dual citizenship in cloud cuckoo land.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
What if it was cars?
The things are so inefficient at using space that it only takes, say, one set of temporary traffic lights to bring everything to a complete standstill. And it's not always safe for more efficient traffic to filter past either.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Interesting @summerdays nobody ever tweets about being stuck behind tractors, combine harvesters, wide loads etc and wants to run them off the road. Good point well raised.
Stupid tweeters only seem interested in damaging vulnerable road users. I wonder how long it will be before a picture of a lollypop lady and a load of kids crossing the road will appear on twitter with an attached rant? We get held up by our lollypop lady for ages and ages. She gets to the middle of the road when she sees people coming! Lets one car through at a time some days. Sure it slows us down but people have to use the road safely.
Stupid tweeters only seem interested in damaging vulnerable road users. I wonder how long it will be before a picture of a lollypop lady and a load of kids crossing the road will appear on twitter with an attached rant? We get held up by our lollypop lady for ages and ages. She gets to the middle of the road when she sees people coming! Lets one car through at a time some days. Sure it slows us down but people have to use the road safely.
