idiotic pedestrian child!

[Gatley lass]

Well I was faced with a new hazard tonight cycling through Northenden.
A delightful( not) child on the grass verge on Longley lane decided to shout boo at me as I rode past .
I think his aim was to try an make we wobble and fall off!! Great . I suggested he should shout boo at the next bus that passed.

 

[ufkacbln]

AirZound!!!!!

 

[2Loose]

I get happen quite often (I cycle past several school bus stops) and I think I am quite used to it now. The latest one is kids taking a run across the pavement as if they are going to jump out in the road in front of me.

I don't think they realise the potential consequences.

 

[fossyant]

Kids do this........

 

[Gatley lass]

AirZound!!!!!

sounds like what i need

 

[fossyant]

They are evil those airzounds

 

[thomas]

fascinating....

 

[the snail]

Well I was faced with a new hazard tonight cycling through Northenden.
A delightful( not) child on the grass verge on Longley lane decided to shout boo at me as I rode past .
I think his aim was to try an make we wobble and fall off!! Great . I suggested he should shout boo at the next bus that passed.

If only you had a camera you could have posted it on youtube, hope you have got over the shock ok.

 

[Gatley lass]

If only you had a camera you could have posted it on youtube, hope you have got over the shock ok.

much calmer now thanks. warm and fed.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I used to get that for a short while two or three years back when I'd be out walking the dog. Some eejit in a passing car would shout out the window, 'BOO!', or make some other loud noise meant to frighten me. It never did frighten me, even when they were wearing a Scream mask.

As quickly as it started, it stopped again and I've never had anything since.

 

[Bman]

I've had this a couple of times and I admit, it can somtimes catch you off guard.

Saying that, its true, kids will be kids. Expect anything from them.

But I cant resist a sarcastic retort if im going slow enough!

 

[ufkacbln]

They are evil those airzounds

Not at all





Its the operators that are evil!

 

[Jezston]

I've had this a couple of times and I admit, it can somtimes catch you off guard.

Saying that, its true, kids will be kids. Expect anything from them.

But I cant resist a sarcastic retort if im going slow enough!

I remember when I was in my late teens some 13 year old trying to start a fight with me to impress his mates.

I told him to come back when his balls had dropped.

He told me to come back when my mum had dropped.

Touché!

 

[guitarpete247]

I get happen quite often (I cycle past several school bus stops) and I think I am quite used to it now. The latest one is kids taking a run across the pavement as if they are going to jump out in the road in front of me.

I don't think they realise the potential consequences.

On bus duty at my previous school I had a taxi driver pull up to talk to me. She told me that a group of pupils had been waiting till she was driving past and pushing kids off the pavement as she drove past. This afternoon the kid had fallen in the road and she had very nearly squashed his head (only missed him by a couple of inches as she slammed on the brakes again). the kids had then run off and I was supposed to do something about some pupils I had not seen and she could not describe. If he had had his head splattered we might have had something to identify

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It may be because I'm old and a bloke, but I sometimes get chavlings on bikes (boys, anything from 11 to 15/16) who decide they want to race me on suburban streets on their curiously configured contrivances (aka BSOs). I usually let them have their moment of glory (because I'm slow) and generally have a laugh with them - because it's fun. I can't say that any kid who's on a bike is half-way to being ok - especially as someone got mugged within earshot of my flat by 2 cyclists (or thugs on bikes, depending on your vocabulary) earlier this evening - but at least it's a start.

In fact the last prank pulled on me was a couple of girls who decided it would be fun to pour water on me from a raised pavement in Woolwich. But when I doubled back into the road above, armed with my water bottle, you should have seen them panic and scarper. They'd have thought it was fun, with just a touch of danger to add to the thrill. If I'm honest, I thought it was fun too