There I am sitting in the traffic queue...

[CotterPin]

Okay - there's me. Right in front of me is a car and in front of that car is a bus and then a long line of traffic all of us moving veeerrrreeeee slooooowwwwlllyyyy and all bunched up close together.

There is a bike lane to my left but I know that it will get squeezed further down. So I sit where I am. I am in no hurry. I am only going to work and it'll still be there when I get there (a luxury in this day and age, I guess).

Gradually I become aware of the driver behind me shouting and gesticulating. I discover that he is most distressed that I am not using the bike lane. From his ramblings I think this might be because he thinks I am in his way. I try to be helpful by pointing out that there is nowhere for anyone to go.

Apparently though, he has read that special version of the Highway Code which tells cyclists to always use bike lanes. No doubt it is the same version that apparently has no rules for drivers at all.

Eventually we move and shortly afterwards I turn left and he carries on down the road, no doubt, now quite happy that he will be staring at the back of the car that was in front of me.

Some people!

Anyway, that's it really. Pretty minor but thought I would share. Thank you for reading.

 

[Twenty Inch]

Driver: "Get in the cycle lane!"

Cyclist: "Get on the bus!"

 

[ACS]

Driver: "Get in the cycle lane!"

Cyclist: "Get on the bus!"

 

[magnatom]

It really is quite sad when you see someone like that. They obviously have problems of some sort, anger management issues perhaps, a stressful life, a small penis... who knows!?

Best thing to do is smile and wave.... or film him with a helmet camera and post his antics on youtube!

 

[CotterPin]

I actually had a camera on me! It belongs to our cycling campaign and I am taking it to our meeting tonight. Unfortunately it was in my bag!

 

[magnatom]

Doh!

 

[wafflycat]

It really is quite sad when you see someone like that. They obviously have problems of some sort, anger management issues perhaps, a stressful life, a small penis... who knows!?

Best thing to do is smile and wave.... or film him with a helmet camera and post his antics on youtube!

Large penis, only problem is it is located on the top of the cranium

 

[joebe]

I find laughing at them is the best way to wind them up even further, leading to a massive coronary and thus putting them out of their misery.

 

[bryce]

There is a bike lane to my left but I know that it will get squeezed further down. So I sit where I am. I am in no hurry.

Gradually I become aware of the driver behind me shouting and gesticulating.

No wonder he's getting annoyed if you're sitting down in the road..!

 

[CotterPin]

A sit down protest. I wish I had thought of that

 

[Landslide]

Get off, and walk your bike to the pavement. The step back into the road and carefully beckon the car forward into the resultant space. If the car stops any more than 5mm away from the car in front, wave more frantically. If the driver still refuses to play, mouth something like "I'm not your friend any more!", then skulk off, casting hurt looks over your shoulder.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Get off, and walk your bike to the pavement. The step back into the road and carefully beckon the car forward into the resultant space. If the car stops any more than 5mm away from the car in front, wave more frantically. If the driver still refuses to play, mouth something like "I'm not your friend any more!", then skulk off, casting hurt looks over your shoulder.

I'll do it, so I will.

 

[Bristol Dave]

You didn't have an offensive slogan on your back or possibly display some 'builders bum' did you?

BD

 

[CotterPin]

You didn't have an offensive slogan on your back or possibly display some 'builders bum' did you?

BD

I actually thought that my bum was more attractive than the minicab in front of me

Landslide - love the idea!!!

 

[HJ]

...

Apparently though, he has read that special version of the Highway Code which tells cyclists to always use bike lanes. ...

Yes there was a copy given away in the Daily Wail, for drivers who got their licences out of cornflake packets...