RLJing "Cyclists": to challenge or not?

[Booyaa]

I have commented in the past as people doing it. Whilst on the bike or as a ped. I bothers me more when am I off the bike. I've never had anyone argue with me thus far. The junction on Stockwell Street just before and after the Clutha Bar is quite bad for it (I am sure many more people now know this area, hence why I referenced it).

 

[mustang1]

Whenever you catch up and then pass him, say "you're so effin' slow, no wonder you jump reds"

 

[Rouge79]

One thing i would never do and would never condone is the grabbing of cyclists who are attempting to RLJ!!

One cycle cammer has done this a few times in the past and quite frankly he's lucky he didn't get a good slapping!!

 

[hero of valour]

i must see a dozen everyday on my commute. gloucester rd in bristol is terrible for it

 

[hero of valour]

and if i did challenge them i would be literally shouting for about 5 miles of cycling

 

[Linford]

and if i did challenge them i would be literally shouting for about 5 miles of cycling

Think of that as an extension of a daily workout

 

[vickster]

I used to say red means stop to them tbh I have stopped, you cannot educate pork. I usually find its chavs on BSO, Middle aged people on battered bikes or just nobbers.

Around here it's often fully lycra'd up roadies (middle aged or younger)...


with really small penises no doubt

 

[Hip Priest]

I'd never challenge a red-light jumping cyclist unless they'd directly impeded me.

I am not my sister's keeper.

 

[vickster]

I dislike RLJers as if they get hit, there is potentially a psychological consequence for the innocent driver involved

 

[Bay Runner]

I find a slow shaking of the head from side to side communicates my thoughts to other road users and the RLJ.

 

[Hip Priest]

I dislike RLJers as if they get hit, there is potentially a psychological consequence for the innocent driver involved

As much as I dislike red light jumpers, if one were to get killed or seriously injured, my sympathy would still be with them.

 

[vickster]

By someone who was legally proceeding? Of course, no one should be killed, hence traffic lights are actually there for a reason (mostly). RLJers appear to be impatient so-and-so's with no thought for the potential consequences for themselves or, more importantly, others

 

[Shut Up Legs]

True to a point but I get sick of hearing from non cyclists about RLJing cyclists and it is used by some to castigate the whole cycling population. Just because this is a stupid argument doesn't mean I like to be tarred with the same brush.

The point is not whether it was actually safe or unsafe. It is not legal and it gives law abiding cyclists a bad name.

No - cyclists like that don't give the rest of us a bad reputation. Do road rule-breaking motorists give all motorists a bad name? Of course not. There's a reason many motorists have a go at all cyclists because a minority of us break road rules; it's called prejudice. If any motorist starts complaining to me about cyclist scofflaws, then our ensuing conversation would go something like the following:

• Me: "Do you take responsibility for other motorists breaking the road rules?"
• Motorist: "Of course not!"
• Me: "Then why are you having a go at me for what other cyclists do wrong?"

 

[Black Country Ste]

I had a couple of words for one bloke who squeezed down between a car and fencing to jump a red only to get a load of verbal as I left him behind on the hill, and more verbal under his breath a few weeks later. Unless something affects me directly then I'm learning not to get involved.

 

[Rancid]

RLJing so called 'cyclists'.

He threw his bike on the ground and came at me with fists clenched shouting something nasty. I got off my bike and told him he was making a mistake. He was in his 50's, shorter and much lighter than me. I said "You better make your first one count because it will the only one you get."

Fair play for not being one of these people who shout the odds and then back down as soon as their challenged.