Re: The state of roads.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:13 pm
No, I'm just trying not to swear...
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TripleS wrote:Off topic somewhat, but a question:
Are posts being subjected to some form of censorship on here?
TripleS wrote:Off topic somewhat, but a question:
Are posts being subjected to some form of censorship on here?
TripleS wrote:Off topic somewhat, but a question:
Are posts being subjected to some form of censorship on here?
StressedDave wrote:Rolyan wrote:The cyclist the other day was going with the flow of traffic, but decided he could make better progress by cycling at speed on the pavement. Fortunately, I based my driving plan around the premise that not only was he inconsiderate, he was likely to be a really poor rider with no spatial awareness and an arrogant attitude to all other road users. This meant that when he decided to join the road without any shoulder check, at speed, I was able to avoid an unpleasant RTI.
Knowing that most cyclists are complete idiots (certainly the lycra clad 'Captain Insensible' ones) can save their lives.
Are you aware just how smug the above sounds?
StressedDave wrote:Someone needs to read and inwardly digest Dave's driving mantra No. 1... To save you searching it is: 'Everyone on the road is an idiot, including me'.
akirk wrote:Back on topic - ish for SD, I was also a member of the tufty club mid 1970s, I think I have still got the handkerchief somewhere! Ref. cyclists, we have a lot of issues with them around here - singly, in packs and even organised racing on the road, I tend to be pretty patient with them, but the issues we have had / will have is always when idiot driver comes in contact with them, particularly when overtaking them on blind corners... And to be really on topic, the issue is made bigger by the quality of the roads locally (low quality) which means that cyclists have no choice but to move out into the road more to avoid potholes etc, a move rarely anticipated by car drivers... In reality there is room for both, the driver simply has to slow down and make decisions based more on the speed of the cyclist than the car...
Alasdair
akirk wrote:Back on topic - ish for SD, I was also a member of the tufty club mid 1970s, I think I have still got the handkerchief somewhere! Ref. cyclists, we have a lot of issues with them around here - singly, in packs and even organised racing on the road, I tend to be pretty patient with them, but the issues we have had / will have is always when idiot driver comes in contact with them, particularly when overtaking them on blind corners... And to be really on topic, the issue is made bigger by the quality of the roads locally (low quality) which means that cyclists have no choice but to move out into the road more to avoid potholes etc, a move rarely anticipated by car drivers... In reality there is room for both, the driver simply has to slow down and make decisions based more on the speed of the cyclist than the car...
Alasdair
Rolyan wrote: I just don't get how they have ended up so bad.
Rolyan wrote:StressedDave wrote:Rolyan wrote:The cyclist the other day was going with the flow of traffic, but decided he could make better progress by cycling at speed on the pavement. Fortunately, I based my driving plan around the premise that not only was he inconsiderate, he was likely to be a really poor rider with no spatial awareness and an arrogant attitude to all other road users. This meant that when he decided to join the road without any shoulder check, at speed, I was able to avoid an unpleasant RTI.
Knowing that most cyclists are complete idiots (certainly the lycra clad 'Captain Insensible' ones) can save their lives.
Are you aware just how smug the above sounds?
Yeah. I wrote it that way to see who would bite. I'm partly surprised it's you.
Rolyan wrote:StressedDave wrote:Someone needs to read and inwardly digest Dave's driving mantra No. 1... To save you searching it is: 'Everyone on the road is an idiot, including me'.
To be fair, even acknowledging your massive experience over mine (I truly acknowledge that) that is not your mantra. Yes, you've appropriated it as a useful soundbite. But it's not yours and you are certainly not the only one to use it. Sorry to disappoint you, but I've been saying it for years. I would give you a link to save you searching, but the forum has been closed. So I can't. But rest assured you are not the only one who knows it and uses it.
Rolyan wrote:That aside, the cyclist in question was an idiot. If you don't agree, fine. But fortunately you are not the arbiter of all things driving. I described his idiotic actions and explained how I (and probably others) saved his life by predicting his actions.
Chillax man.