Waiting for Red lights in London.

[subaqua]

For anyone who says you absolutely must not go on red, how do you deal with as stuck red traffic light (like I was the other day)? Like do you just sit at the lights hoping they'll change within the next 30 minutes or do you go? And if it's ok to go on a stuck red light, why do you not go on a normally functioning red light?

whataboutery

read up thread.

are you the cockwomble who nearly took me out 10 mins ago while i was crossing with the boy ? becuse theres some scumbagggers who don't give a fark about anybody else

 

[mjr]

Sometimes, if the only person waiting to cross is a pavement cyclist, I tell them to Foxtrot Oscar.

Don't be so mean to three-year-olds!

 

[toontra]

Partly peer pressure. I will gladly call someone a t**t if they ride like one, particularly if they endanger others (e.g. pedestrians).

 

[KnackeredBike]

Some of the buses are Hybrids now. The first time you'll realise they are setting off from an unsighted junction, at right angles to you, are when they appear right across your path.

I am not advocating jumping red lights on a busy junction with poor sightlines. I jump the lights when there is absolutely noone awake within a few hundred metres.

I believe you have to be pragmatic to ride safely and quickly. I join the end of a 70mph dual carriageway on my commute. I could either go around a massive round about with fast traffic approaching from dual carriageways in every direction. Or you can cut across a bit of pavement noone uses because it in the middle of nowhere.

I make no apology for breaking the law to reduce the chance of being clobbered at 70mph.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I am not advocating jumping red lights on a busy junction with poor sightlines. I jump the lights when there is absolutely noone awake within a few hundred metres.

I believe you have to be pragmatic to ride safely and quickly. I join the end of a 70mph dual carriageway on my commute. I could either go around a massive round about with fast traffic approaching from dual carriageways in every direction. Or you can cut across a bit of pavement noone uses because it in the middle of nowhere.

I make no apology for breaking the law to reduce the chance of being clobbered at 70mph.

Very true, it's about perspective.

 

[theclaud]

Very true, it's about perspective.

What's with the avatar?

 

[Tim Hall]

What's with the avatar?

He had Ted Bundy a few weeks ago.

 

[jefmcg]

What's with the avatar?

It's not the reason I have him on ignore, but it makes me happy that I do.

He had Ted Bundy a few weeks ago.

Wow. Either moron or psychotically anti-woman.

 

[theclaud]

He had Ted Bundy a few weeks ago.

Christ. Bargain-basement Drago, and even less funny.

 

[jefmcg]

Christ. Bargain-basement.

Yeah. Until I clicked "Show ignored content,Id' assumed it was Drago you were talking about.

 

[Racing roadkill]

What's with the avatar?

I was feeling an Augustino Pinochet vibe.

 

[DaveyM]

I was feeling an Augustino Pinochet vibe

what like violating people's human rights or torture kind of vibe...
Classy

 

[slowmotion]

I've been drawing up a list of the laws of the land that I'll ignore because they are , frankly, too boring and trivial for such a self-entitled person as myself.

Pip pip.

 

[Racing roadkill]

He had Ted Bundy a few weeks ago.

I've got John Wayne Gacy as my Strava Avatar. No one ever recognises him.

 

[Lonestar]

There is something about proceeding at caution in the case of a broken light.

There must be a lot of broken lights in London but no caution.