Elderly People
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Riding in Circles
Veteran
- Location
- EDINBURGH
Drivers, despite their kindly appearance they suffer from indecisiveness and are prone to selective sight and the ability to ignore anything, even the scraping noise of the bicycle trapped under the front bumper and the cyclist clinging to the bonnet.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I assume it must be elderly drivers, typically the ones who can't see the thing they've just hit, etc.
Can't see a problem with eldery peds myself, its not as if they suddenly make erratic movements and its easy to make allowance for them.
Can't see a problem with eldery peds myself, its not as if they suddenly make erratic movements and its easy to make allowance for them.
mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Essex
How did they rate old people driving red Range Rovers ?
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Range Rovers are a sub set of 4x4s. 4x4s are not a sub set of Range Rovers
Mr Pig
New Member
- Location
- North Lanarkshire
In my opinion boy racers are far worse than grave dodgers. Old people are more of a pest when you're driving a car than cycling. Boy racers are just a hazard, full stop.
My grandfather drove until he was about eighty-five and in the later years should not have been on the road. They don't need to sit any kind of test as they get older but need to get a doctor to say they're still fit to drive. But what doctor wants to take and old man's freedom away? They just ask them how the family is and sign the form.
My grandfather drove until he was about eighty-five and in the later years should not have been on the road. They don't need to sit any kind of test as they get older but need to get a doctor to say they're still fit to drive. But what doctor wants to take and old man's freedom away? They just ask them how the family is and sign the form.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
1. People who are actively malicious (either they're fed up of being "held up" and decide to teach you a lesson, or are c*nts who think it would be amusingly Tom and Jerry like to throw stuff/shout at you/push you) being too stupid to realise how dangerous this is).
2. People who haven't read a higway code since the old king died, and are convinced you shouldn't be on the road (ergo you deserve no consideration).
3. People who are inattentive. They have converted their car into a smaller version of their house (lots of cuddly gonks, and or stickers) and pay as much attention to the road ahead as they would do when sat in their house watching Corrie. May be eating crisps and.or answering the phone and texting during either activity.
4. People who are "skilful" and decide to demonstrate this by driving quickly, weaving through traffic, and passing too close. Perhaps they are pretending to be stuntmen.
What people are driving is a bit of a red herring really (although gonks in the window, excessive body kit, and the logo "Range Rover Sport" or "BMW" put me on my guard, perhaps unreasonably so).
2. People who haven't read a higway code since the old king died, and are convinced you shouldn't be on the road (ergo you deserve no consideration).
3. People who are inattentive. They have converted their car into a smaller version of their house (lots of cuddly gonks, and or stickers) and pay as much attention to the road ahead as they would do when sat in their house watching Corrie. May be eating crisps and.or answering the phone and texting during either activity.
4. People who are "skilful" and decide to demonstrate this by driving quickly, weaving through traffic, and passing too close. Perhaps they are pretending to be stuntmen.
What people are driving is a bit of a red herring really (although gonks in the window, excessive body kit, and the logo "Range Rover Sport" or "BMW" put me on my guard, perhaps unreasonably so).
Mr Pig said:
On first consideration of your comment, I was inclined to agree. However, I then reflected on 2 near death experiences I have had with aged drivers On both occasions, they were completely oblivious to my presence. Even when I knocked on their windows, there was a glazed gaga look, of 'what is the matter?'.
So, the boy racer might make lots of noise and show, and there is a chance that they will 'lose' the car in their excuberance. But, the elderly are just blissfully unaware of their risk to society.
Perry
Senior Member
- Location
- East London/Essex
Catrike UK said:
How nicely put
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
Vague drivers who haven't got a clue who they are or what day of the week it is are a greater danger (in my experience) than boy racers and reps in a hurry. At least you can generally tell what the latter two are going to do next; vague drivers (of any age, but they're usually elderly) could be about to do absolutely anything, from putting the brakes on suddenly to driving across the pavement and into somebody's house.
I've got a red car. When I bought my brand new Fiesta in 1999 I wanted the cheapest model available and it only came in red. It replaced my old Fiesta which was blue. I don't think my driving has changed, and as someone who cycles many more miles in a year than I drive my red car I can't say I've noticed red cars as a problem for me.
I'd say that middle-aged men drivers in powerful cars trying unsuccessfully to drive in an agressive, skillful racing driver fashion, women drivers lumbering around in huge 4x4s trying to drive, talk to the hairdresser on the phone and turn round to tell the kids in the back to behave all at the same time, dopey old drivers and young boys in hatchbacks are my main problems, in that order.
I'd say that middle-aged men drivers in powerful cars trying unsuccessfully to drive in an agressive, skillful racing driver fashion, women drivers lumbering around in huge 4x4s trying to drive, talk to the hairdresser on the phone and turn round to tell the kids in the back to behave all at the same time, dopey old drivers and young boys in hatchbacks are my main problems, in that order.