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Cyclists are thick !

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  • ventureuk
    ventureuk Posts: 354 Forumite
    . I have said several times I was not hooting her !. Try reading the posts.

    I think that the bottom line is that you anotherbaldrick are a fool.
  • Oh, and please don't hoot at cyclists unless you are warning us of something, makes us jump out of our skin and concentration is vital if we are to survive on today's roads.

    Not as much as the sound of a skidding wheel.
    Remember some years ago my sister braking in plenty of time, car coming the other way, she decided just to wait.
    No danger to cyclist, bit heavy on the brake, one of the wheels locked.
    Poor guy nearly landed in a field.
  • ventureuk wrote: »
    I think that the bottom line is that you anotherbaldrick are a fool.
    And you are too lazy to read foregoing posts.
    You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)
  • poontang
    poontang Posts: 55 Forumite
    . I have said several times I was not hooting her !. Try reading the posts.

    She wound you up enough to post on here, so I'd say it's a safe bet that you were.

    Perhaps get some more exercise?
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  • darich
    darich Posts: 2,145 Forumite
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    And you are too lazy to read foregoing posts.

    I'm with ventureuk on this one although I wouldn't have been quite so blunt! :rotfl:
    If you're not too lazy you cold try reading rule 112 of the highway code.

    By your own admission you were not sounding your horn to warn others of your presence.
    That means you were in the wrong regardless of how bad or stupid you think the cyclist was.

    Keen photographer with sales in the UK and abroad.
    Willing to offer advice on camera equipment and photography if i can!
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Actually, technically, it was the correct use of the horn.

    "112

    The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. You MUST NOT use your horn
    • while stationary on the road
    • when driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am
    except when another road user poses a danger."

    The cyclist could have damaged the car if they had gone under it, or made the motorist late waiting for the fire engine to get the car off, if they didn't come out from the back.
  • darich
    darich Posts: 2,145 Forumite
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    mikey72 wrote: »
    Actually, technically, it was the correct use of the horn.

    "112

    The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. You MUST NOT use your horn
    • while stationary on the road
    • when driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am
    except when another road user poses a danger."

    The cyclist could have damaged the car if they had gone under it, or made the motorist late waiting for the fire engine to get the car off, if they didn't come out from the back.

    the clause is written from the perspective of the person in the car ie except when another road user poses a danger to you.

    There is no logical reason why I would sound my horn if I see two vehicle on a roundabout about to collide.

    Keen photographer with sales in the UK and abroad.
    Willing to offer advice on camera equipment and photography if i can!
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    If the cyclist in front was hit by a car, at worse the tangled buckled mess could bounce back and scratch my car, at best I'd feel obliged to stop, and it could make me late.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    How exactly is a horn used well in this country they just create angry people....

    Car in front is rolling back on a gradient towards you and is about to damage your car.;)
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