Cyclists

[How bad boy]

Might need to speed up, statistically, that's probably another person dead already.

 

[How bad boy]

I kept an eye on the clock. A 25 min journey took me 3/4 of an hour

Wow.

Didn't realise it was that bad. Fucking hell.

Like, are you ok after it?
I'm not sure I would be able to cope with that.

 

[How bad boy]

Sorry m8, didn't realise we weren't allowed to mention cyclists behaving like arseholes.

Would you like a hug?

 

[How bad boy]

Im ok thanks

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[Crankycorner]

Cyclists seem to be very triggering here.

 

[Ogre Moran]

Who said cyclists don't kill or injure anyone?
It's just that cyclists killing people is vanishingly rare.

There's usually 1-2 people killed a year by cyclists in the UK. That's out of a population of 67 million.

In 2022, 1,766 people were killed, 28,941 injured directly by vehicles.
The estimates for early deaths from breathing polluted air range from 29,000 to 43,000 deaths for adults aged 30 and over.

The number of people severely damaged by pollution is 10x that.
As a direct example of that, the reduction in vehicle traffic during Covid in Oxford resulted in a massive drop in admissions due to acute asthma attacks:

Impacts of ambient air quality on acute asthma hospital admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Oxford City, UK: a time-series study | BMJ Open

Normally 8 admissions a month, dropped to 1 a month for 2 months after the initial lockdown period (in July/Aug 2020, the UK government was doing shit like "Eat Out to Help Out" by Aug 2020).

Well done on finding an example of a cyclist killing a pedestrian. They do exist.

Now kindly post up details of the 30,000+ killed last year by the results of motor traffic in the UK. You might have to work fast as that's about 100 a day.

What is your point? Killing an 81 yo woman is okay if it means lycra on a bike can do speed trials around a public park at 30mph?

 

[SoundMan]

Up your arse m8. ?


I have had my fill of these asshats acting like complete pigs on the road.

asshats.

 

[SoundMan]

I was driving West along French's Quay-Proby's Quay just before 11 this morning in quite heavy traffic. I noticed a cyclist, mid twenties, short dark hair clean shaven, cycling at quite a rate heading East in the eastbound Cycle Lane on my right - he seemed to be in quite a hurry.
Anyways, whatever look I gave in my rear view mirror a few seconds later, I noticed he nearly ruptured himself trying to stop before hitting a reddish coloured saloon car pulling out from Crosses Green. I'd noticed that car had been edging out when I passed a few seconds earlier (couldn't let him out as there was a car right behind me in the traffic) but he was already across the Cycle Lane.

Anyways, from what I could make out the cyclist was getting irate with the driver of the red car, but it was pretty clear that the cyclist was travelling far too fast and should have clearly seen that the car was already across the cycle lane before he came along travelling at excessive speed.

I didn't get to see the end of it after the cyclist dismounted as our lights went green and they moved out of sight of my rear view.

Any of ye cyclists involved?

 

[How bad boy]

What is your point? Killing an 81 yo woman is okay if it means lycra on a bike can do speed trials around a public park at 30mph?

You're quite right. Let's ban cycling.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

I kept an eye on the clock. A 25 min journey took me 3/4 of an hour

You need to get these....