Kamikaze Cyclists!

Tilt

Speaking as a coach driver who was picking up from St Pancras International Station last night in London, I am amazed that we don't hear of more cyclists being killed after the astonishing way I witnessed some of them riding last night. They were dangerously weaving in and out of the traffic (most with NO lights on at all) through very narrow gaps. They were undertaking buses (when the drivers would NOT be able to see them via their mirrors. They were riding on and off pavements to avoid red traffic lights and some simply ignored red traffic lights all together.

No wonder cyclists have such a bad reputation which give responsible cyclists a bad name. I must admit, is saw very few of the latter during my journey along Euston Road.

brat

Yawn.......

Tilt

brat wrote: »

Yawn.......

My thread put you to sleep has it? If you ride like the above it will permanently put you to sleep sooner or later!

Marktheshark

Mcnob = Militant cyclist no brakes

SailorSam

The reason i don't go out on my bike a lot is 'cos of all the kamikaze motorists. And i say that as a car driver. The roads would be a lot safer if everyone just stayed at home.
As with everything in life, there are good and bad.

fred246

I was waiting on my bike to turn right at a junction recently. There was a bus coming but it was INCREDIBLY slow. I noticed the bus was full of passengers and the driver was texting as he went along. I couldn't believe that a bus driver would be doing that. Wouldn't a passenger report him? Is that safe behaviour from a fellow PSV driver then TILT?

Tilt

fred246 wrote: »

I was waiting on my bike to turn right at a junction recently. There was a bus coming but it was INCREDIBLY slow. I noticed the bus was full of passengers and the driver was texting as he went along. I couldn't believe that a bus driver would be doing that. Wouldn't a passenger report him? Is that safe behaviour from a fellow PSV driver then TILT?

Obviously not. But you are only describing one driver, I must of seen at least a dozen cyclists who were riding recklessly AND without lights in the space of 20 minutes.

brat

My biggest gripe on the road is ignorant coach drivers who believe they own the road. They don't give enough space when overtaking, they forget how long their tail is, and, more than anything else, one of them mowed down and killed a couple of cyclist acquaintances of mine because he couldn't see out of his windscreen.

Most coach drivers are the absolute pits! They give the occasional good coach driver an extremely bad name!!

RichardD1970

Oh goody,



Not had one of these for a while.

Tilt

brat wrote: »

My biggest gripe on the road is ignorant coach drivers who believe they own the road. They don't give enough space when overtaking, they forget how long their tail is, and, more than anything else, one of them mowed down and killed a couple of cyclist acquaintances of mine because he couldn't see out of his windscreen.

Most coach drivers are the absolute pits! They give the occasional good coach driver an extremely bad name!!

Well I can assure you that I am not one of those "most coach drivers" as you put it. But the pont is the driver isn't the one who is going to kill himself by driving without lights on along Euston Road and undertaking larger vehicles when the driver of said vehicle is very unlikely to see you in his mirrors because you have no lights on.

As I said MOST cyclists I saw within about 2 miles approaching St Pancras, we riding like lunatics. The only people who they are likely to hurt are themselves.

brat

Tilt wrote: »

Well I can assure you that I am not one of those "most coach drivers" as you put it.

Good. I can assure you that none of us here are the bad cyclists that you constantly fulminate about.

Now go away and tell your fellow coach drivers to stop being sh*t drivers!