Why do peds always give you a mouthful?

[cyberknight]

I'm sorry to say, a lot of these occurances only become incidents because you escalate them unnecessarily.

I concur , always seems to me that you always take things to personaly and maybe your lack of maturity lets your heart rule your head.I speak from experience here, in my time i have been very hot headed and never took anything form anyone but it only got me into more trouble than it was worth.
Maybe you need to take a step back , count to 10 and ask before you escalate if anything positive will come of it ?
I am not for one instant saying show the other cheek, know your rights and stand by them but just think .

 

[TheDoctor]

I was just cycling along today minding my own business and a car overtakes me with no problem. Immediately after doing so, I notice the brake lights come on and a ped runs across the road infront of them.
Then a ped runs across the road in front of me and meets with the other ped. Both were grown men in 50's.

When the ped ran across infront of me, I said "Idiot" as I passed. I then heard the other ped say something so I pulled over at the next junction. The ped started walking towards me (he was a long way away) and I just decided to not bother getting into an arguement. As I cycled away, I noticed he flipped me the bird.
So I pulled over again. Now he is running towards me (still a long way away) and in the opposite direction to the way he was going originally. So I decided that if he is really that bothered, then I would make it worth him running after me.

So I then cycled away just as he was about 50 yards from me. (Just to pee him off more)

In total, he had travelled about 80 metres by the time I went.


I have had peds give me a mouthful after walking out infront of me before. So what is it with these people? They always seem like the rough type who should know better.
I have had people tell me that I need to give way to peds and take care around them, but when they blatently disregard their own safety and yours and then give you a mouthful, then who is at fault?

I know, you call people idiots then they just give you a load of abuse.
How about not starting it? How would that work, do you think?

 

[coffeejo]

Just to put the facts out there; since I got my Contour in March, I have had 1500 incidents.

Stop. Counting!

 

[Rob3rt]

Car Crash Spectacle

Those are the three word's I would use to describe Matthew (and his threads). When you see a Matthew_T thread, you know it is going to be a shoot tip before you open it, but you just have to open it and respond! It's like having tickets to the car crash, you know it's going to be shoot, but you can't let those tickets go to waste and there is always that teensy chance you might enjoy it, however unlikely that is!

 

[TheDoctor]

I do find it slightly odd that I get this many incidents. I cannot find anything wrong with my cycling or even my attitude (in most cases).

Just to put the facts out there; since I got my Contour in March, I have had 1500 incidents.

1500 incidents? In well under a year?
Gotta ask - what's the common factor in all this?
You might not see anything wrong with your cycling or your attitude, but others clearly do...

 

[Trail Child]

I have over analysed things again havent I?

Yes.

 

[RWright]

That is only like what? Six or so incidents a day during that time? I have maybe one or two incidents a month. I don't put in the same miles however.

 

[gaz]

Just to put the facts out there; since I got my Contour in March, I have had 1500 incidents.

I've not even had 1/3 of that in 3 years and 15,000 miles of cycling in central london :/

 

[TheDoctor]

Don't think I've had that many ever, and I've been doing a few thousand miles a year since I was 16.

 

[chewy]

I was cycling home from the shops last week, a group of kids (early teens I guess) were starting to cross the road on the other side. No need for me to slow down as there was loads of time, but one of the shouted very loudly at me "butt scratcher"

:confused:

This may not have been aimed at you specifically, as this is a popular feature of several episodes of 'FAMILY GUY'.

As far as I can remember it has no link to cycling!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Butt Scratcher

 

[Matthew_T]

These incidents are not serious ones! The majority of which are very minor and often I overlook them know.

Everyone seems to be living in the past. I have grown out of responding to everyone who I 'think' passes me too closely. I am analysing my own opinions a lot more and being very critical.
In the past few months I have had very few incidents whereas at the start of the year, I was considering everyone who overtook me to be a lunatic who is out to kill me. (However I stand by the beleif that the guy who drove right at me a few days ago through a pinch point was aiming for me).

I currently actually have very few incidents and often the ones that I do catalogue are just RLJ's or DWL overtakes. I rarely post a thread on here about incidents now. This one is about pedestrians who cross the road with no regard for anyone else and then give you a mouthful about it.
TBH I am very careful about things that I upload as well. Mainly because I only have 10 mins worth of upload a month which I like to just put into a compilation at the end to sum things up.

The camera is not the problem. When my old one broke, I still found that I had the same amount of incidents. Things are getting better and when I get my new bike next year, I am going to be heading into the hills a lot more so I am going to be concentrating on my health more than my safety then.

 

[redcard]

...This one is about pedestrians who cross the road with no regard for anyone else and then give you a mouthful about it.

This one is about cyclists who give pedestrians a mouthful of abuse cos the way they crossed the road slightly inconvenienced them.

 

[Silver Fox]

Sometimes, a still tongue is a wise head young Matthew.

 

[400bhp]

Can we have a separate subforum called "Matthew_T MisHaps" or sommat.

 

[PK99]

I was just cycling along today minding my own business and a car overtakes me with no problem. Immediately after doing so, I notice the brake lights come on and a ped runs across the road infront of them.
Then a ped runs across the road in front of me and meets with the other ped. Both were grown men in 50's.

When the ped ran across infront of me, I said "Idiot" as I passed. I then heard the other ped say something so I pulled over at the next junction?

That was not a pedestrian responding to a cyclist it was a middle aged man responding to a lippy kid who insulted him.

You REALLY do need to learn how to interact with strangers.

I know your aspergers makes it difficult, but going around insulting people WILL get you hurt.

This is one example, the time you mouthed off to the driver who cut a corner without causing anyone any inconvenience or danger was another.

Sooner or later someone WILL hit you.

You need to learn how to make your point in a firm but non aggressive way.

In this instance: "Look where you are going please" or "Be more careful please" would have communicated in a non confrontational way.