Policy needed for dealing with aggressive cyclists

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

fixed for ya (took out the word can)

I figure with the increased premiums for losing NCB, the cyclist that cut me up, and while I was lying in the road worrying if Vixis, who was lying on top of me, was ok, ran off, despite another cyclist trying to stop/restrain them, I am going to be about £2000 out of pocket.

If that lad was able to claim damages from the Criminal Injuries board, for being hit on the head with a car jack by the other 3year old in the car, then surely you'd warrant claiming something?

Somehow I doubt it, life isn't like that

At least the other cyclist tried to stop him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKYbJ...ture=rec-HM-r2
this is blue pete's attempt

[Jayneflakes]

I was a dedicated cyclist for twenty years before I got ill and had to give up the bikes. In that time I only had one accident involving traffic and that was a tit in a caravan who pulled in next to me and pushed me off the road with his car door. When I banged on his window, He did the "Look straight ahead and pretend they are not there Marjory!" which just made me bang harder on the damn window.

Cycle paths are often badly designed by non cyclists (the slippery painted surfaces give that away!) and when they weave foot ways and cycle ways together, they are never clearly marked and pedestrians wander all over the damn things. Dog owners who let their dogs off the lead on a cycle way really P**s me off, if I do not end up running through a foul dogs egg and getting it flicked up in to my face and hair, the the little B*****d runs into my wheels and flips me over the bars.

The CTC are frankly a bunch of ****s, I looked into joining but as a mountain biker back then I was made rudely unwelcome. I also looked in to insurance for riding my bike, I rode every day to college on an Orange Clockwork and locked it with a super heavy and very strong D-Lock. The CTC quote for cycle insurance on a £1000 bike was laughable, it gave me third party insurance only and did not cover the bike from theft while at college. For that they wanted £265 per year, payable in one payment only. (this was 1994)

I am one of those Damn angry cyclists, I have been pushed off my bike by thugs, stopped in the street by a bottle wielding chav scumbag and had a chav driver in a Nova throw the contents of an ashtray at me at a traffic light.

As a cyclist, I quickly learned that at traffic lights I was a target and I have and still do run red lights when I am in danger from a D***Head in a car who thinks it is funny to run me down. However, that rarely happens and I can usually pull up in the cycle section and pull away safely when the light changes... Unless a S***bag Taxi driver, with all the road awareness of a visually challenged dead ant zooms up and tries to nudge me out of the way.

As for pedestrians, not once have I thumped one, despite the often earphone wearing/cell phone chatting morons stepping off the pavement and into the cycle lane. I also do not see why I would need to shout abuse at said cretin, catching my handle bar in the kidneys is usually enough to make them look where they are going.


Ooooh, I am cross... I really miss riding my bike. I made Mad Max look like a Sunday Driver on a day trip to Calais!

These days I am some what less militant and a whole lot more huggy as a learner biker on L plates and a fear of the go fast lever! I think that all motorbikes should be restricted in size and speed. Does anyone really need more than a 50CC engine?

remember in cheltenham about a year ago i was turning left idicated in good time just as i started to turn a cyclist cut up the inside of me and then had the cheek to hurl abuse at me, he was a bit more apologetic when he had a transit nudging his back wheel, if he hadnt had hurled abuse at me i would have carried on assuming he was just a t**t but he had to open his mouth and prove it, and irritate me enough to chase him,

no patience for stupid inconsiderate road users be that cage drivers, bikers, cyclists, pedestrians or the absolute ridiculous amount of stupid horse riders, we all make mistakes but ffs take some responsabilty for your actons rather than blame everyone else around.

I used to ride my bike around Manchester when I was a student but I wasn't an aggressive nob. Most cyclists are OK, it's just that some aact as though they own the road. Sure sometimes you have to be assertive, but what's with all the abuse I got.

I wonder if the bloke will be there tomorrow so I can walk out in front of him again

Anyway I'm going to spy on Janey and walk out in front of her bike

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by Ed

Anyway I'm going to spy on Janey and walk out in front of her bike

Ha ha, time to sharpen up the bar ends on the wet stone!

Aww, but Ed, you knows I loves ya really.

I know, I am bad...

Originally Posted by maviczap

If you ride on the pavement you get even more abuse

Quite rightly so, cyclists shouldn't be on the pavement.

Unless it's one of these stupid cycle lanes that shares the pavement with pedestrians, in which case sometimes it can't be avoided due to bad design.

Cyclists have developed a tendency to ignore the rules and regs in recent years, such as riding at night with no lights, riding on pavements, running red lights, etc. Motorcyclists tend not to break those kind of rules. Motorcyclists do other things to annoy other roads users and get criticism for it and as a motorcyclist I accept that we bring it upon ourselves with some of our antics. Cyclists need to accept that they bring it upon themselves too and take the criticism on the chin.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Quite rightly so, cyclists shouldn't be on the pavement.

Unless it's one of these stupid cycle lanes that shares the pavement with pedestrians, in which case sometimes it can't be avoided due to bad design.

Cyclists have developed a tendency to ignore the rules and regs in recent years, such as riding at night with no lights, riding on pavements, running red lights, etc. Motorcyclists tend not to break those kind of rules. Motorcyclists do other things to annoy other roads users and get criticism for it and as a motorcyclist I accept that we bring it upon ourselves with some of our antics. Cyclists need to accept that they bring it upon themselves too and take the criticism on the chin.

Some sanity! Well said.