He touched my car

[Oldspice]

Why put your hands on someone elses property. It's just not the done thing.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

So I can place anything I like on a public highway and no one may touch it? An anvil? A sofa? A yak? (Just for the sake of argument) a scattering of tacks?

Why be so pedantic? I wouldn't want someone coming along and touching my bike so why should any motorist accept the same? Everyone on here is always so concerned with cyclists rights and usually forget to put safety first. In this instance what right does the cyclist have to touch the motorists property?

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I'm not talking about their transport function - I'm just trying to picture a situation where it would be useful, convenient and safe to rest on another cyclist's handlebars. I can't picture one. And that's because a car provides a large stable surface entirely unlike a bicycle's handlebars. The argument about unclipping is wasted on me - I don't lean on vehicles because it doesn't suit my preferences for road positioning. The thing to grasp, though, is that it is harmless.

It might be harmless to you though you are not the motorist. People don't buy cars to provide a stable platform for cyclists. They are either too lazy to unclip or too ignorant to realise that not every motorist will be okay with it. That's the point!
I've also mentioned before that if you are in traffic then what are you doing side by side with a motor vehicle? Someone even mentioned doing it with buses because the driver can't see in the blind spot!!

 

[screenman]

Value! now that is a point, a bike with a scratch in the paint will have less resale value than one without, the same goes for a car.

Can someone tell me why the poster that I cannot find thinks everyone on petrol heads has little bits. Have they checked their information is correct before posting.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

What is this to do with safety?

That's your thing isn't it. Quote a small part of someones post and take it out of context. I've seen this countless times. Just an FYI that if you continue down this route with me i will simply ignore you.
Regarding the question. Well you seem to like facts and law, so please do feel free to find any legislation regarding the safe use of a vehicles structure to aid a cyclists balance whilst clipped in. Look forward to that.

 

[screenman]

P, I have noticed Adrian like's to do that.

 

[rich p]

I have knowledge and understanding of it as I have a car. It's a red one, and quite new one at that. And from my learned knowledge and understanding it has not got scratched from me or someone else touching it, both when it is clean and dirty.

 

[Longshot]

Sad.

This thread is yet another example of the decline in general standards in society. Effectively, a "F**k everyone else an I'm alright Jack" attitude. No respect for anyone else.

 

[rich p]

Sad.

This thread is yet another example of the decline in general standards in society. Effectively, a "F**k everyone else an I'm alright Jack" attitude. No respect for anyone else.

Actually, it's symptom of Sunday of Sunday's weather being pretty crap, and everyone having too much time on their hands.

 

[Mugshot]

Sad.

This thread is yet another example of the decline in general standards in society. Effectively, a "F**k everyone else an I'm alright Jack" attitude. No respect for anyone else.

I think it's one of the greatest examples of trolling I've seen here, it's beautiful to watch. The victims deserve special mention too of course for playing their parts with such convincing indignation

 

[Hip Priest]

Sad.

This thread is yet another example of the decline in general standards in society. Effectively, a "F**k everyone else an I'm alright Jack" attitude. No respect for anyone else.

Bit of a misleading interpretation. Everyone seems to agree that you probably shouldn't lean on motor vehicles to avoid unclipping, but some people (including myself) believe that drivers need to stop being over-protective of their cars.

As for 'Would you like it if someone touched your bike?' - people touch my bike everyday when moving their own bikes in and out of the narrow bike racks at work. Am I supposed to knock them out?

 

[dellzeqq]

Why put your hands on someone elses property. It's just not the done thing.

it's not? Never been to a shop and picked up something to look at it? Or lifted a child up to walk along the top of a garden wall? (Preferably a child you've met before, but you know what I mean). Knocked on a door?

What I'm getting at here is that car drivers can be funny items. The car represents the margin between them and what they perceive as a hostile world. It might be that putting a hand on their car might be an educative, uplifting experience for them, inspiring some transcending of this artificial divide. Not just that - bringing the car and the human body together is a reminder of the relationship between the two - the first crude and hard, the second subtle and giving. Frankly any car driver with a brain would be grateful for the attention and the connection.

Feel the love, car drivers!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Would this cyclist have been so keen to lean on my car had it been white with a blue light on top?
I think we all know the answer.

If you pay council tax/community charge then you're paying towards the cost of that police car, so technically that bit you're leaning on could be yours.

 

[Accy cyclist]

This is the trouble with new cars and new bikes. They're so NEW that the worry of scratching them, or getting them scratched overtakes the joy of having them. I bought a new bike 2 weeks ago, ok not overly expensive(£750)but it equates to many hours of hard work to save up and buy it. I'm now obsessed with where i lean it etc and i'm constantly checking for scratches/chips, where if i'd bought a second hand one i'd have accepted the marks on it, polished them up as best as possible and not worried about it so much...just like i've always done with cars!

 

[Lanzecki]

Oh, please. A child touched your car. With his hand. If it's so delicate perhaps you shouldn't take it out of your garage.

I know I'm replying to a very early post here, but this is why you should try and stop people touching your car :



Small children with suntan lotion on.. The wife was visiting friends, and came back like this. It took a few days to notice, but the car is covered. Put a price on how much it's devalued from a child touching my delicate car.