Another pathetic dim witted tweeting driver...

[Mugshot]

Whilst I don't agree with your statement that riding two abreast isn't antisocial I would suggest that the change in perception of other road users required is truly massive. I have never met a car driver who things anything other than it being selfish and antisocial.
Based on sheer weight of numbers, maybe the car drivers are right and the cyclists wrong on this matter? Just a thought. To truly understand a problem one has to be able to appreciate it from the other's perspective

As a driver I think I am well placed to see it from both perspectives. If I do a simple experiment and work out how much time I spend at traffic lights or waiting in queues with other drivers or waiting to get out at junctions or roundabouts in a week and compare that to how much time I spend behind cyclists whether solo, two abreast or a whole peleton of them, it's quite clear which I spend more time doing and by extension which is "holding me up" more. The challenge is to get everybody that doesn't realise that this is the case to stop and think about it until they do.

*BTW, the answer to the question is that I spend less time behind cyclists, just in case you were wondering.

 

[Origamist]

All sorts of people think all sorts of stuff that is arrant nonsense. Would you suggest that we go for the majority view in all matters?

You've reminded me of this article:

British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...t-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html

 

[Dragonwight]

According to the photo of her Uni pass she posted her name is actually spelt Chloe Bonner and she is a fashion retail academy student. Says it all really.

 

[Apollonius]

According to the photo of her Uni pass she posted her name is actually spelt Chloe Bonner and she is a fashion retail academy student. Says it all really.

As I said, just a kid. She needs to learn - and not from children's TV and the likes of Clarkson thereon.

 

[Drago]

Fashion retail? So she's so dim she needs to go to college to learn how to work in a clothes shop. Say no more.

 

[Markymark]

Fashion retail? So she's so dim she needs to go to college to learn how to work in a clothes shop. Say no more.

hmmm An industry that squeezes huge sums of money out of people from all classes - I'd say there's a huge skill and a lot to be learnt in makng people with no money buy stuff becuase it's now fashionable.

 

[Apollonius]

I am going to keep on saying this, so sorry. She is a kid. 17. I would guess quite a few of us have kids of this sort of age. She has passed her test. Got Mum's car. Adopted Top Gear attitudes because she doesn't know any better. imagine she is your daughter for a moment. What are you going to do?

 

[Roadrider48]

She is just a kid studying to get an education and eventually a job!
Kids often say and do silly things....she'll hopefully learn as she gets older and wiser.

 

[Drago]

It's takes a college course to learn what is other in the industry figured out for themselves? It ain't rocket science, and I say that as someone with a postgrad degree in a field of rocket science.

 

[Markymark]

It's takes a college course to learn what is other in the industry figured out for themselves? It ain't rocket science, and I say that as someone with a postgrad degree in a field of rocket science.

No, it takes a degree to maintain up to date knowledge in an industry constantly changing due to internet shopping, recession, cheaper credit, globalisation etc etc etc

 

[slowmotion]

She's just a seventeen year old kid who broadcast something stupid. I did silly things at that age. Lots. I think it's a good idea for her to get pulled up about it but let's not go over the top.
IMHO.

 

[ianrauk]

I am going to keep on saying this, so sorry. She is a kid. 17. I would guess quite a few of us have kids of this sort of age. She has passed her test. Got Mum's car. Adopted Top Gear attitudes because she doesn't know any better. imagine she is your daughter for a moment. What are you going to do?

She is old enough to drive and to threaten people with injury and death with a 2 ton piece of metal, she deserves all what she gets.
If she was my daughter then her car would be taken away.

 

[nickyboy]

All sorts of people think all sorts of stuff that is arrant nonsense. Would you suggest that we go for the majority view in all matters?

Not at all. However I would suggest that if a large majority hold a view that differs from yours, perhaps it would help to understand their perspective. It's very easy to take an entrenched position on some matter and then fail to see things from other's point of view

 

[ianrauk]

The more of these cases come to light and the more the perpetrators are pulled up about it on forums and social media then the more likely that others would think twice about their stupid actions.

 

[Apollonius]

She is old enough to drive and to threaten people with injury and death with a 2 ton piece of metal, she deserves all what she gets.
If she was my daughter then her car would be taken away.

Fine. You take action as a parent. Police action? Probably not. Just be aware, in my experience, kids get their attitudes from their parents.