To the commuter who called me an a*sehole

[4F]

If the cap fits....

 

[SportMonkey]

Do they?

Is "abuse" the way forward based on our views of the road and is it any different to the driver whose view of the road is that cyclists should be in the gutter so abuses anyone who contravenes their view of how things should be?

I'm not talking about the more or less involuntary "venting" after being nearly wiped out - that's a reaction.

Cycling round dishing out "abuse" just adds to the general abusive and intolerant nature of the roads

Good point, I only ever yell "Oi!"

So would it have been OK for all the cars to ignore the red light on the same premise. And is it OK for them to speed if the road is clear?

 

[SportMonkey]

If the cap fits....

I've tried using an a*sehole as a cap before. It doesn't fit very well due to my massive head.

 

[BSRU]

Do they?

Is "abuse" the way forward based on our views of the road and is it any different to the driver whose view of the road is that cyclists should be in the gutter so abuses anyone who contravenes their view of how things should be?

I'm not talking about the more or less involuntary "venting" after being nearly wiped out - that's a reaction.

Cycling round dishing out "abuse" just adds to the general abusive and intolerant nature of the roads

I should have stated "on here", not out on the road.

 

[Camgreen]

Do they?

Is "abuse" the way forward based on our views of the road and is it any different to the driver whose view of the road is that cyclists should be in the gutter so abuses anyone who contravenes their view of how things should be?

I'm not talking about the more or less involuntary "venting" after being nearly wiped out - that's a reaction.

Cycling round dishing out "abuse" just adds to the general abusive and intolerant nature of the roads

Abuse is usually borne of a natural reaction to an event/incident either caused by fright, annoyance or frustration. Whether in a car, on a bike or a humble pedestrian, such reactions, albeit knee jerk and incident related or pre-meditated rant, invariably lead to some sort of confrontation,upset or discussion and usually in the cold light of day an unwanted experience. Bottom line is, we can't predict the reaction of the respondent to our rant, justified or not, or where it will lead, so best avoided in my experience if at all possible

Btw - RLJ'ing .... rarely justifiable and on the mean streets of Cambridge I'm often found contradicting my sage words above in response to it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

anyone who RLJ's, be they cyclist or driver, is deserving of the contempt of their peers.

[stands]"My name is Greg Collins and I am a red light jumper. I have not jumped a red light now for four years."[/stands]

 

[BentMikey]

Anyone see SonoftheWind's video where he grabs a RLJing cyclist by the backpack? LOL! Wrong of him though, IMO.

 

[gaz]

Anyone see SonoftheWind's video where he grabs a RLJing cyclist by the backpack? LOL! Wrong of him though, IMO.

LOL yes, i thought it was amusing for a split second that anyone would do that. But i think that grabbing someone is not the thing for us to do. There is a difference between 'talking' to someone about how silly they are and grabbing them and forcing them to stop.

*** HIGHWAY CODE ***

That is all!!

*** ROAD TRAFFIC ACT ***

That is all!!

 

[jonny jeez]

[stands]"My name is Greg Collins and I am a red light jumper. I have not jumped a red light now for four years."[/stands]

"Welcome to this special group Greg, you are amongst friends"...ok, thats the first step out the way what are the other 11?

 

[HLaB]

Anyone see SonoftheWind's video where he grabs a RLJing cyclist by the backpack? LOL! Wrong of him though, IMO.

LOL No, have you got a link

 

[vorsprung]

This never happened to Pablo Picasso.

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2iLAubras&feature=related[/media]

Thanks for that. Jonathon Richmond rulez

 

[itchyrider]

Hey fella, Carry jumping red lights, Pedestrians jaywalk. Its equal rights now days....

 

[BentMikey]

Pedestrians don't jaywalk in the UK, I'm afraid. They're there by right, and we should respect that. Jaywalking laws are very very ignorant, IMO.

 

[slowmotion]

Thanks for that. Jonathon Richmond rulez

Lordy Lordy. I thought John Cale wrote the original but wiki says that JR did.

 

[itchyrider]

Pedestrians don't jaywalk in the UK, I'm afraid. They're there by right, and we should respect that. Jaywalking laws are very very ignorant, IMO.

Ok, So your saying they have a right to walk across a road while on the phone for example? My point is Pedestrians do careless things too on the road but they dont get a penalty for it?