Pet Peeves?
#8686
Re: Pet Peeves?
Needless to say many drivers don't give a çräp about cyclists because there seems to be very little liklehood that the cyclist that you just ran over/knocked off, and killed will be treated any better than any other roadkill.
#8687
Re: Pet Peeves?
I understand where you're coming from, but bicycle riders get the §hïtty end of the stick in North America. Whenever a cyclist get killed in a wreck the police seem to some along, shrug their shoulders and say,"Ah well, it was an accident."
Needless to say many drivers don't give a çräp about cyclists because there seems to be very little liklehood that the cyclist that you just ran over/knocked off, and killed will be treated any better than any other roadkill.
Needless to say many drivers don't give a çräp about cyclists because there seems to be very little liklehood that the cyclist that you just ran over/knocked off, and killed will be treated any better than any other roadkill.
#8688
Re: Pet Peeves?
Sorry to say I've never had a bike...my parents couldn't afford one...(beside Sheffield was so hilly ). I lie...I did have one when my daughter was about 9 but I had great difficulty using it. Perhaps being small is a disadvantage...I couldn't touch the floor while seated. So my perspective is purely from a driver/pedestrians point of view.
I walk, ride (pedals only), and drive, and tend to think about the situation of all the others, including motorbikes, which ever mode of getting around I am using. I make room, lots of room for bicycles, yield to pedestrians even if they don't seem to expect it, I get out of the way of sports bikes as they invariably go faster than even I am willing to. .... As a pedestrian I pause for cars/motor vehicles if I can then cross the road without causing them to have to stop, even waving cars in front of me at awkward junctions where they get backed up waiting for pedestrians.
To JSmth's point, I just wish that bicycles would behave a bit more like guests on the sidewalk, and not weave aggressively between pedestrians.
Last edited by Pulaski; Sep 7th 2017 at 2:38 am.
#8689
Re: Pet Peeves?
I walk, ride (pedals only), and drive, and tend to think like the others, including motorbikes, which ever mode of getting around I am using. I make room, lots of room for bicycles, yield to pedestrians even if they don't seem to expect it, I get out of the way of sports bikes as they invariably go faster than even I am willing to. .... As a pedestrian I pause for cars/motor vehicles if I can then cross the road without causing them to have to stop, even waving cars in front of me at awkward junctions where they get backed up waiting for pedestrians.
Last edited by Jerseygirl; Sep 7th 2017 at 8:54 am.
#8690
Re: Pet Peeves?
So, to summarize, generally cyclists are no better than those in control of motorized vehicles.
#8691
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Sorry to say I've never had a bike...my parents couldn't afford one...(beside Sheffield was so hilly ). I lie...I did have one when my daughter was about 9 but I had great difficulty using it. Perhaps being small is a disadvantage...I couldn't touch the floor while seated. So my perspective is purely from a driver/pedestrians point of view.
She was riding it down a steep hill near Barnsley Road when the lock came loose and folded up on itself.
He still laughs about it now (he's 42, she's 46). Younger brothers, eh?
#8693
Re: Pet Peeves?
I wasn't given a bicycle until I left Sheffield, but Gloucester is about as flat as Sheffield is hilly. The problem I have is finding a bicycle large enough - I have the largest frame size and then the saddle adjusted until it is about as far up as it will go. I haven't ridden much in recent years, but I bought a bike for little Miss P, and sometimes we go out riding.
I walk, ride (pedals only), and drive, and tend to think about the situation of all the others, including motorbikes, which ever mode of getting around I am using. I make room, lots of room for bicycles, yield to pedestrians even if they don't seem to expect it, I get out of the way of sports bikes as they invariably go faster than even I am willing to. .... As a pedestrian I pause for cars/motor vehicles if I can then cross the road without causing them to have to stop, even waving cars in front of me at awkward junctions where they get backed up waiting for pedestrians.
To JSmth's point, I just wish that bicycles would behave a bit more like guests on the sidewalk, and not weave aggressively between pedestrians.
I walk, ride (pedals only), and drive, and tend to think about the situation of all the others, including motorbikes, which ever mode of getting around I am using. I make room, lots of room for bicycles, yield to pedestrians even if they don't seem to expect it, I get out of the way of sports bikes as they invariably go faster than even I am willing to. .... As a pedestrian I pause for cars/motor vehicles if I can then cross the road without causing them to have to stop, even waving cars in front of me at awkward junctions where they get backed up waiting for pedestrians.
To JSmth's point, I just wish that bicycles would behave a bit more like guests on the sidewalk, and not weave aggressively between pedestrians.
#8699
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Vancouver has tons of bike lanes and bike stop lights as well. But those on bikes like to fly right through a red.
I saw a bike hit a pedestrian once on the sidewalk downtown. And cyclist then proceeded to scream as the pedestrian telling him he should get out of the way.
Biggest issue is lack of enforcement. If a car runs a red a cop will ticket. A bike cops pretty much ignore and cyclists know this.
I saw a bike hit a pedestrian once on the sidewalk downtown. And cyclist then proceeded to scream as the pedestrian telling him he should get out of the way.
Biggest issue is lack of enforcement. If a car runs a red a cop will ticket. A bike cops pretty much ignore and cyclists know this.
#8700
Re: Pet Peeves?
Some Americans have a weird obsession with "following the rules", especially when it comes to driving. If I am turning right at a STOP sign, or even if I am turning left or going straight across, and there are no traffic or pedestrians around, who cares if I don't actually come to a complete stop. (And yes, I mean when driving, not riding a bicycle.)
In any case, if coming to a complete stop is somehow important, why doesn't traffic have to stop before turning left when leaving a main road by crossing the path of oncoming traffic?
Last edited by Pulaski; Sep 7th 2017 at 2:21 pm.