Cyclists Again

[Lockhouse]

Far too many cars don't know how to pass a cyclist.

As a cyclist and a driver I would agree with this. Nothing is more off-putting as a cyclist than having a car tail you 6 inches off your rear wheel because he can't get through the bus-sized space you've just left him...

[Zoiderman]

You fricking wait for a place to pass or for them to pull over. Far to many cars don't know how to pass a cyclist.

Did you used to be a bus or taxi driver? They also think they own the road.

I guess the ability to read passed you by too; I did wait, and they didn't pull over. So I tooted the horn to ask them to, which was met with abuse.

Honestly MF, is the fat clogging the blood supply up to the vacuous recess meant to be a brain or something

[Zoiderman]

...and yes, the £1000 in car tax and £10k in fuel tax I pay a year means I own the road slightly more than the bike rider who pays fook all and still acts like Charlie Big potatoes, despite being protected by little more than a plastic bucket

[MarillionFan]

I guess the ability to read passed you by too; I did wait, and they didn't pull over. So I tooted the horn to ask them to, which was met with abuse.

Honestly MF, is the fat clogging the blood supply up to the vacuous recess meant to be a brain or something

Was this (A)A brief toot. (B) A tootity toot? (C) Or more likely a large, long impatient honk?

We can guess this answer. Now begone with you, I grow tired of this interaction and I have a bench to warm.

[Zoiderman]

Was this (A)A brief toot. (B) A tootity toot? (C) Or more likely a large, long impatient honk?

We can guess this answer. Now begone with you, I grow tired of this interaction and I have a bench to warm.

Does it matter a fook what horn it was? It was a horn, after sitting behind him, and fat assed wife, on single track road for a few minutes.

[GillsMan]

It's even worse around where I live, as the roads are mostly narrower. On a back road recently, I had a tete a tete with a cyclist, as he was two abreast, enjoying the scenery with me behind. After a couple of minutes, I tooted the horn, it being a single track lane and him and his wife taking most of it. He eventually pulled over, but as I passed, gave a languid shake of his wrist, possibly suggesting I enjoyed playing with myself. As I stopped, he got off his bike and said, rather ironically, that I didn't own the road. If my kids had not been on the car, I would have punched him. It's cyclists like these twats that give cyclists a bad name. A tractor will pull off the road to let traffic through, if he's holding it up. Most cyclists seem to revel in the fact they're holding people up. I don't mind you going double up, just ******* pull back in when you have people queing up behind you...

You sound like a nice, reasonable fellow

(ooh, are you going to punch me now??)

[MarillionFan]

Does it matter a fook what horn it was? It was a horn, after sitting behind him, and fat assed wife, on single track road for a few minutes.

Of course it matters. A brief honk gives the indication of 'hello, just behind you, do you mind awfully pulling over'. A tootity toot is an indication of a 'behind you, bit of a warning but you need to pull over', while a long pressed toot goves the indication of 'look at me, look at me you ****, I'm going to **** you up if you dont get out of my way, I own this ******* road and you are slowing me down you fat assed mother ******* gobtulipe, look at my cock!!!!!'

Which one was it then?

[Zoiderman]

Of course it matters. A brief honk gives the indication of 'hello, just behind you, do you mind awfully pulling over'. A tootity toot is an indication of a 'behind you, bit of a warning but you need to pull over', while a long pressed toot goves the indication of 'look at me, look at me you ****, I'm going to **** you up if you dont get out of my way, I own this ******* road and you are slowing me down you fat assed mother ******* gobtulipe, look at my cock!!!!!'

Which one was it then?

I toot, an A) if you like, and it doesn't really matter, for when a car approaches you on a single track lane, if you are two abreast, it is considered polite to make room for the other road user, not dawdle along in the middle of said single track road. I think I did well waiting a few minutes to give him a toot, and more so not to poke him on the nose for the bollocks I got afterwards...

[GillsMan]

...and yes, the £1000 in car tax and £10k in fuel tax I pay a year means I own the road slightly more than the bike rider who pays fook all and still acts like Charlie Big potatoes, despite being protected by little more than a plastic bucket

You're aware that most roads are paid for from Council Tax, yes? Of which cyclists will contribute just as much. Since 1940, your vehicle excise tax has gone into general tax pot, rather than maintaining roads. So no, you don't own the road slightly more than a cyclist.

[Zoiderman]

...and what is more, is don't suggest someone is a if you don't have the stones to back it up when he calls you for it