The reason I am concerned for your safety is that you may not spot some driver in your dangerous categories. Don't expect a vintage VW to not contain a crop haired lesbian driver. A reflection from the windscreen or a too hasty glance behind you may mean you miss some vital clue. I feel you should always fall back on your fail-safe behaviour and treat all cars, vans and lorries, not to mention buses as if they were being driven by an illiterate Gujerati with a ton of crack cocaine concealed under the floor. Don't trust any of the bastards, and you won't go far wrong. Even what looks like a true born Englishman in an (here fill in name of car acceptable to you) may turn out to be a Guardian reading bonehead.
Ideas to making cycling safer in London and towns and cities up and down the land....
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brokenflipflop
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A spare rib tickler driving a Classic VW I would treat as courteous but I would hope I could tell the gender. This is a problem actually because a lot of young lads look a bit puffy these days and a lot of girls are displaying lad like behaviour so it's not easy. Fortunately I live in a part of Manchester where there aren't many Guardian readers but there are a lot on boneheads. There are also a lot of rug munchers, bi's and boys who like boys and boys who look like girls and girls who look like boys that like boys and girls who look like boys but like girls.......hang on. I'm going to have to re-visit my model and get back to you when I've sorted this out
You haven't got on to cyclists yet. Can you help us out with a categorisation of cyclists, by nationality, hair length, sex, bike make and type, sexual orientation preferred drug and daily newspaper.
How can you tell there aren't many Guardian readers in Manchester? It used to be the Manchester Guardian after all. I fear you may be right about the boneheads, though.
Please, abandon your attempts to spot bad drivers, just treat them all the same. The only safe way is to assume they will all do the most dangerous thing in any situation and to rejoice when they don't.
"Look a bit puffy these days" ! You should have heard what the squares called youths like me forty years ago. (I presume you mean pouffy, not bloated).
How can you tell there aren't many Guardian readers in Manchester? It used to be the Manchester Guardian after all. I fear you may be right about the boneheads, though.
Please, abandon your attempts to spot bad drivers, just treat them all the same. The only safe way is to assume they will all do the most dangerous thing in any situation and to rejoice when they don't.
"Look a bit puffy these days" ! You should have heard what the squares called youths like me forty years ago. (I presume you mean pouffy, not bloated).
This thread is an education.
I keep looking for myself in there, but despite my occasionally quite dreadful driving, I seem to have skipped nimble-footed between any of the areas flagged up by MohicanCat.
I don't want to reveal the car I drive or my nationality, in case I am added to the list.
I keep looking for myself in there, but despite my occasionally quite dreadful driving, I seem to have skipped nimble-footed between any of the areas flagged up by MohicanCat.
I don't want to reveal the car I drive or my nationality, in case I am added to the list.
I expect most have heard that because of an EU ruling against sex discrimination women will now have to pay higher insurance premiums, because previously they were assessed as a better risk than men.
GrumpyGregry
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I just assume all drivers are cocks. Including me if I'm driving. Some will consciously attempt to scare, injure, inconvenience, or kill me whilst others will achieve the same ends unconsciously.
brokenflipflop
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Nantmor. Referring to some people as "squares" is really quite insulting! And, furthermore, mummy and daddy run a newsagents and they only sell red top papers due to demand. I'm obviously a little more sophisticated than that but it appears everyone around here likes boobies, X-factor and Kerry Katona. A little off subject but I found out yesterday that females working for CAB don't like being referred to as "love". And I thought I knew everything - it was actually a puffy chap there that objected though so it might just have been him. If either of them were driving they'd be - approach with caution.
Dan_h
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So what you are basically saying is if you see anyone driving any sort of vehicle then beware!
Driving while unconscious? That is both impressive and dangerous.
brokenflipflop
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Yes. Unless it's a man in a Classic VW Beatle or Camper van, then you can afford to be less aware. Unless they have a disability of course. Then it's proceed with caution.So what you are basically saying is if you see anyone driving any sort of vehicle then beware!
That's BEETLE. Unless they've named the car in question John, Paul, George or Pete
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Noun dear bike not adjective.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
To be fair you need to give some cyclists and pedestrians a wide berth too.So what you are basically saying is if you see anyone driving any sort of vehicle then beware!
