Cyclists

[Hank Scorpio]

A question Hank.

It was a lovely weekend, why did you spend it on PROC instead of outside with your friends and/or loved ones?

And risk getting verbally abused and threatened by some nutcase cyclist?



You're avin a giraffe m8.

 

[hemlock666]

Now that John Rightobikeit Grace (information already in the public domain)is spending his time giving out about the proc on Twitter instead of out on his bicycle, both he and everyone else on the roads are a little safer.

 

[The High King]

Cars don't kill people, covid does.
Get with the programme m8.

The figures also indicate that while 18 pedestrians were killed in 2021, this is the lowest number of pedestrian deaths over the last 25 years and 14 fewer than during 2020. While cyclist deaths also dropped by three to seven in total for 2021.

 

[jank]

And risk getting verbally abused and threatened by some nutcase cyclist?



You're avin a giraffe m8.

Rattled x100

Are you afraid of cyclists so much Hank that you cower at home and stay on PROC all day?
Feel sorry for ya now.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Rattled x100

Are you afraid of cyclists so much Hank that you cower at home and stay on PROC all day?
Feel sorry for ya now.

That's it m8, you've got me sussed.

 

[Crankycorner]

That's it m8, you've got me sussed.

Between that and being threatened of legal action it’s a wonder how we’re able to continue at all.

 

[PROCNA2018]

Absolutely, we all do. In the same way I assume Righttobikeit does as well (Twitter death wish aside) I posted this before months ago, that when I cycling I always assume that motorists do have a clue of the rules of the road when it comes to dealing with cyclists on the road, the vast majority that I have encountered don't. His issue is that 9 out of 10 times he is correct on the rules but his arrogance doesn't let him see that there are many cyclists/drivers buried in graveyards all over the country who were also correct. He definitely does go looking for aggro but the scary thing is how easy motorists react to him as well. He clearly cycles an awful lot and obviously will come across more of these incidents but the amount of punishment passes that he posts is frightening particularly if you have young kids cycling.

Agreed.
Except the aggro piece, the provocation and the deliberate search for trouble no motorist or cyclist is justified in doing. My issue is the intent.

If we all use the road with due care and attention for all other road users, cyclists and motorists, then there's no issue.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Agreed.
Except the aggro piece, the provocation and the deliberate search for trouble no motorist or cyclist is justified in doing. My issue is the intent.

If we all use the road with due care and attention for all other road users, cyclists and motorists, then there's no issue.

Ya, but there is no quantification of the reactions he get. Throw a few fucks at him sure but Jesus using your vehicle to deliberately cause him harm is beyond the pale.

 

[Crankycorner]

Ya, but there is no quantification of the reactions he get. Throw a few fucks at him sure but Jesus using your vehicle to deliberately cause him harm is beyond the pale.

I completely agree with you on this.

 

[SoundMan]

A car has much more mass behind it, so it doesn't matter tbh.


Anecdotal evidence suggests that cars have a worse stopping distance than bikes, but I doubt there has been a peer reviewed study done on this.

Both travelling at speeds of 40Kph or more???? What anecdotal evidence is there of that?
If one even assumes they both have the same reaction times (see previous for why I think a cyclist might be even slightly more reluctant to slam on their brakes than a car driver at that speed), four good tyres with modern braking systems are more likely to stop without incident imho.
But I'm very willing to read/see even the anecdotal evidence you have to the contrary. Thanks