Why are "Walkers" miserable gits

An odd question but,

Why do people who enjoy walking in the country side hate any kind of vehicle that makes a noise.

I often ride my bike around Rivington (Bolton) and the amount of times I find wakers pointing their fingers / waving in an attempt me to slow down, there was an incident last week where an old guy give some rude hand gestures at me as i opened it up coming out of a bend, bearing in mind its a 60mph road and i was doing around 40-45 (in-fact on this stretch id struggle to hit 60mph).

Another example is jetski's and powerboats being banned from lake Windermere due to the noise, this was due to walkers moaning about the noise from the engines which made the council enforce a low speed limit on the lake (effectively banning powered boats).

Any thoughts on this?

Well it does detract from pleasent atmosphere some what, no excuse for hand gestures though. I find walkers very pleasent when walking

As for the lakes, they should keep the rest quiet and lift the limit on windermere the main tourist trap

probably because their peace and quiet is often ruined by folk like us with race cans and no baffels are giving it plenty of wrist twist-that and the fact that they are often on the road itself.
As for windemere-its a place of natural beauty,with great wildlife, its a pain if you go their to relax and see the wildlife when an idiot on a jet ski zooms bye at stupid speed-but in saying that there should be a place for jetskis and powerboats-hold on there is, its called the North sea.

I understand that walkers want to enjoy the countryside, but so do I, just in a different way.
Why do walkers think they should have the priority?

Why would someone on a jetski be an idiot?

[timwilky]

The principal problem with rivvy is that there is no separation between walker and rider. You come round a bend cranked over at even 40mph and the walker assumes you are out of control and blasting. We know this is not the case, but they will take the moral highground and act like pillocks.

It is our countryside as much as theirs. These are public highways and if taxed, insured and licensed there is no reason why we should not enjoy them it as much as the walkers enjoy it.

As for the stupid speed limit in the lakes, it ruined the place for water sport enthusiasts. Killed a whole sector of the tourist industry

Originally Posted by timwilky

The principal problem with rivvy is that there is no separation between walker and rider. You come round a bend cranked over at even 40mph and the walker assumes you are out of control and blasting. We know this is not the case, but they will take the moral highground and act like pillocks.

It is our countryside as much as theirs. These are public highways and if taxed, insured and licensed there is no reason why we should not enjoy them it as much as the walkers enjoy it.

As for the stupid speed limit in the lakes, it ruined the place for water sport enthusiasts. Killed a whole sector of the tourist industry

It certainly did kill of a lot of trade, in fact a lot of local business owners that originally helped to get the ban in place are now fighting to get it removed, The group we ski in has 4 skis and a master-craft boat but the party of people is about 30+, yep thats 30+ people that need food and drink, as well as car parking and fuel. Daft **** business owners, serves then right that their trade is now down

And anyone who has issue with jet-skiers please don't generalise us, yes there are nobs that go and buy a 500quid ski from ebay and then screw it around rivers and the sea 10 foot away from the coast line and swimmers, The same could be said for bikers, you get a minority of scroats that ride scooters around like they are toys and driving over pavements etc

However the majority of jetskiers are sensible and take it serious, I have an RYA certification for personal water crafts and we also have fully comp insurance as well as all the safety gear.

Originally Posted by grimey121uk

I understand that walkers want to enjoy the countryside, but so do I, just in a different way.
Why do walkers think they should have the priority?

Use the standard can, i never have a problem.

Originally Posted by beabert

Use the standard can, i never have a problem.

Why should I, it looks horrible and sounds crap.
My can is road legal and has the baffle in

[timwilky]

A loud can is an essential safety feature, it tells the brain dead to get out the road in advance you you having to do a stoppy because they cannot associate the sound of an approaching bike with the requirement of said bike to use a section of road.

Originally Posted by grimey121uk

Why would someone on a jetski be an idiot?

In my experience mate the people i've had the misfortune of meeting on jetskis have been total plebs who think that they own the piece of water there on and have the divine right to go where they want at what ever speed they want-mind you to be honest I have always been fishing while doing so-you sound as if your part of an organised group but up here its the chav drug dealers who have money who seem to enjoy ripping up the water and giving everyone else the finger.