Cyclists....

[Mich the Tester]

All you say is correct. But consider the number of times pedestrians just walk into the road causing cyclists to swerve - sometimes in a daze and sometimes on phone. Worse they sometimes see a cyclist and decide the cyclist can swerve anyway - after all if a cyclist hits a pedestrian the pedestrian does not get hurt do they?

As I have repeatedly said, the biggest danger to cyclists is not cars but pedestrians.

Biggest danger here is old fogies on electric bikes

[vetran]

last night some muppet in a Van got the full force of my bike horn. Yes If I am coming from your right on a roundabout I do have priority even on two wheels. I'm going slowly because muppets like you pull out on me, not to let you out.

Pedestrians are an absolute pain, I am caught yelling at them .. see that picture of the bicycle muppet????? The picture of the person walking is over there try using your side idiot!!!!!!!!!!! BEEEEEEPPPPP


Get a big bike horn , use it frequently and searchlight front & rear lights its the only way.

[b0redom]

I got a bike horn when I was commuting around west London. There were forever people wandering into the bike lanes on phones, or just in a daze. It was a monster. 115dB. Loud as a pneumatic drill. It even scared the tulipe out of me, and I was behind it and knew it was coming.

The first time I needed to use it in anger, the wandering pedestrian in question was deaf.

True story.

[RetSet]

All you say is correct. But consider the number of times pedestrians just walk into the road causing cyclists to swerve - sometimes in a daze and sometimes on phone. Worse they sometimes see a cyclist and decide the cyclist can swerve anyway - after all if a cyclist hits a pedestrian the pedestrian does not get hurt do they?

As I have repeatedly said, the biggest danger to cyclists is not cars but pedestrians.

Agreed.

This time last year I was working in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and did most of my getting around on an old hack iron bougt for the purpose.

I very quickly came to the conclusions that (1) a dozy pedestrian would make a softer landing for me than a car/ bus/ truck, and (2) I would not swerve into the flow of traffic to avoid a dozy bike rider who endangers me, rather I would happily deposit him on the pavement/ bike lane.

Fortunately, I never needed to apply either of these, but would have had no qualms whatsoever in doing so.

[thunderlizard]

Haven't got time to go into as much detail as you guys have, but I am also always in the right whenever I use the road.

hth,
tl

[bobspud]

Haven't got time to go into as much detail as you guys have, but I am also always in the right whenever I use the road.

hth,
tl

about sums it up

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[MadDawg]

If you thought our roads are bad...

Cyclists brave 700-metre drops on Bolivia's North Yungas Road aka 'the world's deadliest road' | Mail Online (Wail link - sorry!)

[Ticktock]

I'm on a motherf*cking bike