Red light jumpers annoy me. Those that do it that put pedestrians in danger more so. Most of the time I don't bother to say anything. Today I had an old man stop in the middle of the road putting himself at risk to let me by. I was just pulling up at a red light, which I explained to him. He said "ah, I thought all you cyclists jumped lights." Cue 3 cyclists barrelling past through the red at speed. *sigh*
Later in the commute a girl in hivis blurs past my elbow over yet another red, the lights change and I gave chase and overtook. Further on I come to a standing halt and nod at a person waiting at the side of a zebra crossing. They and then another starts to cross. I'm still patiently track standing with one ped across and the other past halfway when the yellow peril blasts up the inside narrowly missing the second pedestrian. I gave chase once more and this time admonished her but you bet she didn't here as the returned gaze was blank. Most likely listening to music too loudly. *sigh*
The worlds crazies and red light jumpers nearly had their revenge for my admonishments. Coming at a good steady pace through Farringdon entering Blackfriars a throng stepped out on me but unfortunately hiding behind them was a red light jumper. Total slow motion as I manoeuvred to avoid him. I missed him by about an inch. Watching that part back I'm utterly amazed at how fast the whole thing actually happened.
Video of the incident.....
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Later in the commute a girl in hivis blurs past my elbow over yet another red, the lights change and I gave chase and overtook. Further on I come to a standing halt and nod at a person waiting at the side of a zebra crossing. They and then another starts to cross. I'm still patiently track standing with one ped across and the other past halfway when the yellow peril blasts up the inside narrowly missing the second pedestrian. I gave chase once more and this time admonished her but you bet she didn't here as the returned gaze was blank. Most likely listening to music too loudly. *sigh*
The worlds crazies and red light jumpers nearly had their revenge for my admonishments. Coming at a good steady pace through Farringdon entering Blackfriars a throng stepped out on me but unfortunately hiding behind them was a red light jumper. Total slow motion as I manoeuvred to avoid him. I missed him by about an inch. Watching that part back I'm utterly amazed at how fast the whole thing actually happened.
Video of the incident.....
Abs