Policy needed for dealing with aggressive cyclists
 

...wot it sez.

I made the terrible mistake this morning of crossing the road. This pillock came out of nowhere - the first I knew he was there was him screaming abuse at me, because he had to slow down. I simply froze - not to be awkward but because I was so shocked at seeing Lycra Man on a racing bike coming at me at such high speed. Yes I did look, I simply D/K where he came from.

I've a right to use the road too... you should expect the unexpected, even on a bicycle - shouldn't you? Including dozy peds like me crossing the road. When he'd gone and after my heart came back down from my mouth I thought 'self you should have pushed him off'

Well I wouldn't do that but you know what I mean.

Re: Policy needed for dealing with aggressive cyclists
 

I posted about the abuse I had from one woman who expected me & jasper to move so she could get past me on the pavement(She said it was too dangerous to ride in the cycle lane and she might get hurt, as a consequence of which she would not be able to work at Chorley hospital looking after fat *******s like me. Her words), and the guy who rode into me also on the pavement, fortunately being a fat ******* he was the one who ended up on his backside.

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Sorry mate I didn't see you...............................

Was he going down the road in the right direction ?
was he within the speed limit ?
Was he filtering ?

If you had been on a motorbike and somebody stepped out would you be pi55ed off ?????????

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Tim, I think there is a legal age limit for riding on the footpath.....

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Obviously he wasn't looking far enough ahead, and probably had his head down too. Most posuers on racing bikes wouldn't dare adorn it with a bell to warn dozy peds like yourself ;)

He'd get laughed at for having a bell by his club mates

However as a cyclist myself I have crept up on folk who just haven't heard my approach, so I anticpate this and whistle ahead. Sound travels at 600mph, me between 15 & 20mph. Saves making them jump and doing something daft, then I say thanks as I pass.

But on the flip side, I was in a car and turning right at a traffic light junction, so I was just positioning in the road to turn, then out of nowhere came this dipstick who was going for the traffic light sprint prize, in the middle of town. I was stationary and not moving, but I got abused and two fingers from this guy.

Even as a fellow cyclist, I would have quite happily flattened him with the car. We have a hard time on the road from cage drivers, but we don't do ourselves any favours.

Re: Policy needed for dealing with aggressive cyclists
 

law to them selfs mate and they dont pay ruddy road tax! :(

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A stick through the front wheel offers instant retardation in these cases, victim is usually to stunned to do anything

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HaHa the old 'Don't pay road tax' line. I've got 2 cars & 2 motor bikes so pay more than my share. All my biking mates have cars, so they pay too, so how many cyclists don't own cars these days? ;)

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and dont even start me on horse riders

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Here I do agree with you...... horse poo in the road when I'm cycling isn't nice :hackedoff:

We need to encourage more people to cycle, especially to work, but more needs to be done to educate cyclists in how to behave and how dangerous they are.