Is nowhere safe? RLJíng nobber takes out yours truly... in Copenhagen

[GrumpyGregry]

No serious damage to me but the gobike; hire e-bike broadly equivalent to a Boris Bike, that I was riding is now a mess.

I'm approaching a set of lights to turn right (equiv of a left turn in UK). Cobbled street wet surface. I have green light, from my left sailing through the red light on his long john comes a helmet wearing headphone totting local. In a world of his own.

I hit the brakes to avoid a collision but... Dammit I'm on a forenz bike and the front wheel locks up, the levers being reversed from the norm in the UK, front wheel washes out on the wet cobbles, and down I start to go, and slide into him anyway. A Long John can do a lot of damage to the front of an ordinary bike it seems!

We both live to ride another day but I'm going to have a sore knee, hip, shoulder and elbow for the next few days.

 

[steve50]

Sorry to read of your misfortune, at least you are here to tell the tale and your injuries are fairly minor. Headphone wearing cyclists, pedestrians and vehicle operators are a menace, too busy concentrating on their music instead of paying attention to the roads.

 

[steveindenmark]

Im surprised you are surprised.

The police do morning RLJ checks on a regular basis in CPH. They often get a couple of hundred on a mornings swoop.

You must have seen it on the news or in the newspapers. The police like to advertise it.

 

[summerdays]

Ouch.... GWS

 

[sidevalve]

The stupid gene if rife all over the world and it doesn't matter how many wheels you are on.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Inb4; helmets, licences and insurance.

Now that is out. GWS

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Im surprised you are surprised.

The police do morning RLJ checks on a regular basis in CPH. They often get a couple of hundred on a mornings swoop.

You must have seen it on the news or in the newspapers. The police like to advertise it.

I see it everyday, albeit, and this surprises me, in much lower numbers than it happens in London.

Not seen plod doing owt about it, though I have been threatened with a fine for jaywalking!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Inb4; helmets, licences and insurance.

Now that is out. GWS

He had a helmet on, being a responsible daddy.
I didn't being "a farking tourist" as he put it. Which I'm not.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Sorry to read of your misfortune, at least you are here to tell the tale and your injuries are fairly minor. Headphone wearing cyclists, pedestrians and vehicle operators are a menace, too busy concentrating on their music instead of paying attention to the roads.

I wear headphones when running.... But you hit the nail on the head re not concentrating

 

[PhilDawson8270]

I wear headphones when running.... But you hit the nail on the head re not concentrating

Exactly why I wear them while running too! It means I'm not concentrating on the depressing fact I am running

 

[fimm]

Be thankful he didn't run the red light in a car....

 

[Globalti]

I once tried wearing headphones while skiing and the result was that I skied so recklessly that I reckoned I would kill myself or another skier within a day. Never done it since.

 

[ColinJ]

I once tried wearing headphones while skiing and the result was that I skied so recklessly that I reckoned I would kill myself or another skier within a day. Never done it since.

I know that there is a forum discussing the safety aspect of wearing headphones while cycling, but I don't get the very idea of listening to music while doing some sporting activity. I want to be 'in the moment' and savouring the ride, the scenery etc. If I were listening to music then that's what I would be paying attention to - the cycling, skiing (whatever) would just be something going on in the background.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Be thankful he didn't run the red light in a car....

I am. Yet I am regretful that he ran a red light on a loaded Bullitt like this. Packs quite a punch once it is rolling...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I know that there is a forum discussing the safety aspect of wearing headphones while cycling, but I don't get the very idea of listening to music while doing some sporting activity. I want to be 'in the moment' and savouring the ride, the scenery etc. If I were listening to music then that's what I would be paying attention to - the cycling, skiing (whatever) would just be something going on in the background.

Cadence. Uplifting 'vibes'. I don't run races wearing 'phones but they are very helpful before races, to psych me up, and whilst out on tedious long slow runs. I don't wear them every time, as, like you, sometimes I want to be in the moment, but sometimes a training run is just a chore you have to get through devoid of all moments...