RLJ London

[Riding in Circles]

I was in London this afternoon, not one cyclist I saw stopped at a red light, every single one jumped any red light they came to, a couple very nearly caused accidents.

 

[tdr1nka]

Saddening & maddening I find.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

A sniper rifle will help you cope with these idiots. Call it Darwinian selection.

 

[dangerousjules]

oi s bloke, ever lived and commuted in london?! red light jumping is on occasions just an exersise in self preservation...so perhaps we'll leave the snipers up in manchester shall we.

 

[Tharg2007]

red light jumping is on occasions just an exersise in self preservation...so perhaps we'll leave the snipers up in manchester shall we.

poppycock!!

Being stationary, with cars stationary behind you is not dangerous

 

[hackbike 6]

Saddening & maddening I find.

Agreed.

 

[dangerousjules]

ah the bliss of not knowing...

 

[hackbike 6]

Not knowing what?

What are you talking about?

Bet I know more than you.I probably have been doing it a damn sight longer than you.

 

[swee'pea99]

Bizarre. I RLJ as a matter of course - where it's safe - but there are many junctions on my route where even the most hardened reprobate waits for green, because to do otherwise would be suicidal. Are you *sure* no one stopped, ever? How long were you here? And where?

 

[hackbike 6]

What is the point in breaking traffic regulations anyway?
I think im missing something here.

 

[Tharg2007]

What is the point in breaking traffic regulations anyway?
I think im missing something here.

you get to where you are going a couple of mins quicker, same mentality as the goons in their cars overtaking and cutting in just as you're coming to a queue of traffic

 

[CopperBrompton]

Every cyclist, every light? You're not exaggerating just a teensy bit ... ?

In the London cycle commuting I've done, I'd say RLJers were around 80% at most lights, reducing to 0% at the really lethal ones.

 

[Riding in Circles]

Every cyclist, every light? You're not exaggerating just a teensy bit ... ?

No, not even a teensy bit. It was 100% yesterday.

 

[hackbike 6]

It happens that way.Sometimes it's 100% sometimes it isn't.

 

[stephenb]

stopped at temporary traffic lights other day, 4 idiots rljd thru, 5th idiot piled into the back of me, abused me, kept going then left hooked me a couple of hundred yards further on! It's incurable IMO.