Sheffield_Tiger
Legendary Member
Couldn't believe it last night....TWICE red light jumping drivers nearly ran me down.
Out for a quick run, first off we get to a junction with pedestrian crossing lights, good job I had my wits about me as the car running the light was coming from behind me and turning left. No amber-gamble, the crossing was on green as I approached and as I arrived, a blatant "f*** the lights" as the car sped through. I always do check regardless of lights though as it's downhill I nearly fell over my feet trying to stop.
Second one at a junction across a main road with no pedestrian crossing but dropped kerbs, you have to be sharpish to cross the 4-lane road between signal changes.
Lights change to red, car approaching begins to slow, I stride out to jog across, car driver looks straight at me and decides I can jolly well wait and accellerates through, close enough for me to give his back wing a good hard slap. Tyres screech, I'm already running on, (since that was my reason for being out), we exchange obscenities and he heads off.
Beauty of this is that when he headed off again through the lights after his stopping to shout and bawl, he's more than used up any brief grace period allowed by the red light camera at the junction for right turners etc - say cheese and then pop your licence in the post for the endorsement, there's a good chap
Out for a quick run, first off we get to a junction with pedestrian crossing lights, good job I had my wits about me as the car running the light was coming from behind me and turning left. No amber-gamble, the crossing was on green as I approached and as I arrived, a blatant "f*** the lights" as the car sped through. I always do check regardless of lights though as it's downhill I nearly fell over my feet trying to stop.
Second one at a junction across a main road with no pedestrian crossing but dropped kerbs, you have to be sharpish to cross the 4-lane road between signal changes.
Lights change to red, car approaching begins to slow, I stride out to jog across, car driver looks straight at me and decides I can jolly well wait and accellerates through, close enough for me to give his back wing a good hard slap. Tyres screech, I'm already running on, (since that was my reason for being out), we exchange obscenities and he heads off.
Beauty of this is that when he headed off again through the lights after his stopping to shout and bawl, he's more than used up any brief grace period allowed by the red light camera at the junction for right turners etc - say cheese and then pop your licence in the post for the endorsement, there's a good chap
