Cyclists

[russell]

I despise the idiots who get on trains with bikes, they smell bad and take up loads of space. Then they moan if you push past them while they take 10 mins to alight the train. Either take the train or cycle.

[Support Monkey]

its not just cyclists, nearly took out 2 joggers and a dog the other night, both wearing black with a black labrador running with the flow of traffic.

I always tell my kids if your gonna walk/run down the road always be on the side facing the oncoming traffic because you can then see whats coming towards you rather than behind,

"I find common sense is not that common"

[norrahe]

In Cloggers safety gear or lighting doesn't seem to be an option.

Though thankfully in some cities they have cycle paths so you don't have to deal with cyling loons.

Except in Amsterdam where i am convinced that most of the cyclists there have a death wish and you really have to be aware of them.

[BrilloPad]

Cyclists allowed wrong way up one-way streets - Telegraph

Stone me.

There is a road like that in Bermondsey.

[Arturo Bassick]

I used to use those back in the day.

Me too. Also used the much bigger (and heavier) stacked ones. AB in "when IT used to be a mans game" mode.

[gingerjedi]

Cyclists who dress in black, wear earphones and have no lights are a tiny minority Shirley?

Must be a London thing.

[BrilloPad]

Cyclists who dress in black, wear earphones and have no lights are a tiny minority Shirley?

Must be a London thing.

I wear reflective gear, no earphones and have lights. Quite a few drivers only just miss me. So what is the point?

[EternalOptimist]

I wear reflective gear, no earphones and have lights. Quite a few drivers only just miss me. So what is the point?

Yes but they are aiming for you, GJ was trying to miss

[TimberWolf]

Never worn a safety helmet myself and had considered them a bit sissy, but having not thought about the physics, but having seen it in action, the argument for them becomes more compelling. Turns out that when hit from behind, the angular momentum of the cyclist and the forward momentum of the car are a perfect storm for sending a cyclists head thumping into a car windscreen. Or in simple terms the lower body is swept away and the car crashes into his head which is heading for the floor and not travelling horizontally as fast as the car. Presumably pedestrians meet a similar fate. People on mobile phones are my pet hate though.

[wobbegong]

12 gauge pump?

Yep.

Nope.

its not just cyclists, nearly took out 2 joggers and a dog the other night, both wearing black with a black labrador running with the flow of traffic.

I always tell my kids if your gonna walk/run down the road always be on the side facing the oncoming traffic because you can then see whats coming towards you rather than behind,

"I find common sense is not that common"

Spot on.

Cyclists who dress in black, wear earphones and have no lights are a tiny minority Shirley?

Must be a London thing.

Nope. It's not a 'London' thing (I live in Dorset.), it's a 'moron' thing (they're everywhere).