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So much safer for cyclists to be allowed to go through red!

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  • Altarf
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    Damn funny this morning.

    A moron colour blind cyclist rode straight through a red light, which had been red for some time, STRAIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CYCLIST, who was cycling through a green light.

    The amusement of hearing one cyclist berate another for being an idiot was almost too funny to watch.
  • custardy
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    Altarf wrote: »
    Damn funny this morning.

    A moron colour blind cyclist rode straight through a red light, which had been red for some time, STRAIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CYCLIST, who was cycling through a green light.

    The amusement of hearing one cyclist berate another for being an idiot was almost too funny to watch.

    Did you stroke your umbrella as you watched?
  • Johnmcl7
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    edited 4 September 2015 at 5:39PM
    Altarf wrote: »
    Damn funny this morning.

    A moron colour blind cyclist rode straight through a red light, which had been red for some time, STRAIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CYCLIST, who was cycling through a green light.

    The amusement of hearing one cyclist berate another for being an idiotwas almost too funny to watch.
    Altarf wrote:
    What is so funny about cyclists, is that even if they are not anti-social colour blind cyclists themselves, that they have a burning desire to defend those cyclists who are anti-social colour blind idiots.

    If you wander over to the motoring board, bad driving is roundly condemned by other motorists.


    However if bad cycling is mentioned here, then the cyclist union stands shoulder to shoulder, good and bad cyclists together, bleating out their standard defence of "we are not as bad as other road users".

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/69057224#Comment_69057224

    Thanks for proving us right about cyclists condemning bad cycling, good to see you making progress understanding how wrong you are about cycling.

    John
  • Retrogamer
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    The real humour here is Altarf refers to cyclists who jump red lights as "colour blind" but i'm a genuine colour blind cyclist and i don't jump red lights.

    Can't wait for his next fictional story, probably involving a cyclist that's bunny hopped onto a childs pram whilst trying to clear the cars so they can jump a red light.
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  • Indie_Kid
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    Retrogamer wrote: »
    The real humour here is Altarf refers to cyclists who jump red lights as "colour blind" but i'm a genuine colour blind cyclist and i don't jump red lights.

    I'm actually colour blind too and just laughed at his stupidity. I remember someone telling me it's just a case of knowing which light (top, middle or bottom) is lit.
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  • esuhl
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    Ha ha ha -- and still Altarf comes back to post his banal made-up stories! As if anyone even slightly cares! :rotfl:

    How many sensible people have called Altarf an idiot for his incompetent driving for him to be so thrilled when it happens to someone else?
  • Altarf
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    Retrogamer wrote: »
    Can't wait for his next fictional story, probably involving a cyclist that's bunny hopped onto a childs pram whilst trying to clear the cars so they can jump a red light.

    No, yesterday was just yet another real case of a moron colour blind cyclist ploughing through a group of pedestrians crossing on a green man.

    Of course in your fantasy world such reprehensible behaviour from a cyclist would never occur.
  • esuhl
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    Altarf wrote: »
    No, yesterday was just yet another real case of a moron colour blind cyclist ploughing through a group of pedestrians crossing on a green man.

    Of course in your fantasy world such reprehensible behaviour from a cyclist would never occur.

    It took you more than a week to come up with that?! :rotfl: :T
  • Altarf
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    esuhl wrote: »
    It took you more than a week to come up with that?! :rotfl: :T

    No, there were plenty of other moronic colour blind cyclists I have seen this week, but this one who cycled through the pedestrians who were crossing really took the prize for dribbling stupidity.

    Why do you ask, do you know them?
  • custardy
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    Altarf wrote: »
    No, yesterday was just yet another real case of a moron colour blind cyclist ploughing through a group of pedestrians crossing on a green man.

    Of course in your fantasy world such reprehensible behaviour from a cyclist would never occur.

    You dont seem to have posted about these?

    http://www.dromoreleader.co.uk/news/local-news/almost-crashed-into-police-car-at-red-light-1-6944761

    http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/police-issue-new-description-of-driver-who-ran-red-light-and-hit-dundee-schoolgirl-1.899048

    http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Sleepy-policeman-runs-red-light-crashes-taxi/story-27767826-detail/story.html

    http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Sleepy-policeman-runs-red-light-crashes-taxi/story-27767826-detail/story.html

    Many many more to choose from.
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