Was this bus driver bad?

[nethalus]

Terrible, horrible thing to happen. And I always treat busses or any other vehicles as if they're driven by/passengered with wierdos. Doesn't make any such behaviour excusable just because we're looking out for it, though.

That's funny I assume the same thing about people who are riding bicycles! (joke)

 

[mickle]

Would you abuse me like that if you were working in a bank? No, didn't think so. It's completely unacceptable and you know it.

Sorry.

A tuppence isn't 2p though Sir.

 

[Cab]

That's funny I assume the same thing about people who are riding bicycles! (joke)

No, you're right to give other road users the space such that if they're idiots you're still likely to miss them! You don't have to joke about that

 

[BentMikey]

you can really post such tripe sometimes Cab.

 

[gbb]

That's funny I assume the same thing about people who are riding bicycles! (joke)

I actually assume (of people i dont know...and actually, some i do ) that EVERYONES a wierdo or an idiot, in any situation in daily life..its a good safety mechanism. You half expect the unexpected.

 

[Twenty Inch]

Sorry.

A tuppence isn't 2p though Sir.

Now I'm just assuming that you are a weirdo.

*exits debate, hurriedly*

 

[gambatte]

Sorry.

A tuppence isn't 2p though Sir.

So how much is it for a tuppence?

 

[mickle]

So how much is it for a tuppence?

A shilling (twelvepence) became 5 'new pence' or 5p, upon decimalisation.
2p (= 40% of 5p or 2/5 of a shilling) = 4 4/5 old pence.
Tuppence (= a sixth of a shilling or 16.666 of 5p) = 0.833p.

 

[Cab]

you can really post such tripe sometimes Cab.

You need to raise your game rather if you're going to be convincing in a serious discussion.

 

[nethalus]

Talking about weird or scary road users, I once saw a rather scary looking cyclist. I was watching traffic in my wing mirror looking to see if it was safe to pull out, but not yet indicating. As I'm watching the road, which was now empty of traffic, all of a sudden this cyclist comes out of nowhere. He looked scary as he was wearing a totally black all over tight lycra suit and a black helmet. Not one bit of hi visability on him, which is probably why I hadn't seen him until he started to overtake and pass my bus. He looked like some sort of scary ninja assasin or something. He was going at some speed too. I set off and never saw him again.

 

[gambatte]

If its daylight, a 100% legal roaduser

 

[nethalus]

If its daylight, a 100% legal roaduser

I don't dispute that, but it's better to be seen by others than be sorry. It would not have hurt the chap to have a day glow hi viz vest or harness on to make him more visable to others. When people wear dark clothes while cycling they tend to blend in with the road and with the surroundings. A bit of hi-viz on him would make him stand out more. I know he probably felt cool and sexy in his skin tight black lycra suit, but that ain't going to help him if, god forbid, someone don't see him and flattens him!!

 

[tdr1nka]

I spent a lot of my younger years blissfully ignorant and I rode only with basic front and rear lights. And no helmet.

Now I don't feel safe without my lid, gloves and more fluro than a crusty rave tent. I look like a cross between major road works and a Christmas tree.

To be frank, I loath it. I look like a clown and I miss the days of stealth but it is a necessity in the world of Urban Cycling.

Got to set a good example to the kids, grumble, mumble etc.

T x

 

[Brock]

Did you get regularly run over by visually impared drivers and smash your brains out before you saw sense then Tdr1nka?

 

[mickle]

I don't dispute that, but it's better to be seen by others than be sorry. It would not have hurt the chap to have a day glow hi viz vest or harness on to make him more visable to others. When people wear dark clothes while cycling they tend to blend in with the road and with the surroundings. A bit of hi-viz on him would make him stand out more. I know he probably felt cool and sexy in his skin tight black lycra suit, but that ain't going to help him if, god forbid, someone don't see him and flattens him!!

Oh and motorcyclists shouldn't wear black then, and while we're at it lets ban black cars because how can you possibly see them? Nothing personal nethy but putting the onus on vulnerable road users to wear horrendous day-glo we might as well paint the whole world day-glo because how the hell can anyone be expected to see, for example, a grey lampost. The more people who wear fluorescent the more it becomes expected and the less motorists will actually look. SMIDSY = SMIDL.

I had this once, a guy driving a Chavalier pulled straight out in front of me as I was descending a hill at speed. I was wearing black. Rather than apologise for his illegal and life threatening manoeuvre he had a go at me for wearing black. Until I am compelled by law to wear flouro pink reflective water-wings and wrap my arse in tinsel I will wear black whilst riding my bike.

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