Stupid little things that bug you

gaz76 said:
It was me who started the cyclist moan, and I'm a cyclist, I'm still to hear a reason at all why other cyclists have flashing lights dazzling the fuck out of everyone.
It doesn't surprise me that motorists get pissed off with cyclists, a high percentage of them just constantly take the piss with their riding.
Ignoring red lights is another of my faves, I sure do love it when some knob cruises past me while I'm stopped at a red light and then hardly pedals at all when in front of you in the cycle lane.
As for letting my kids ride bikes to school, I'm not sure where you live but in Manchester you would have to have a screw loose to even think about letting your kids ride to school.
Which reminds me of another cyclist love of mine, parents riding with kids and not a helmet in sight, just why?
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Of course there are annoying cyclist, I have often seen them make a nuisance of themselves and in no way am I defending them. I too get annoyed seeing them riding two abreast on narrow roads and not obeying highway code rules and weaving between cars.
I used to cycle to my school sports ground near Southern Cemetery from Hulme, that was back in the 60's, there was a lot less traffic around then and I don't recall nearly as much animosity..
A flashing (on-off) rear light uses less battery power so they last longer. Plus, during the day, they do attract more attention. After pedestrians, cyclists are the second most vulnerable, making sure I can be seen is paramount.
The poor skills of some drivers equally annoy both other motorists and cyclists. What really annoys me is when the driver's action are deliberate, passing to close, squeezing the space passing parked cars and cutting across me when I'm turning at junctions. "Driving" home their antagonism towards cyclist.
 
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People who undertake me on the motorway when I'm doing the speed limit and their on their phone looking at you like your doing something wrong.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
I used to cycle to my school sports ground near Southern Cemetery from Hulme, that was back in the 60's, there was a lot less traffic around then and I don't recall nearly as much animosity..
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You've hit the nail on the head. There was no animosity in those days because the bike was used for a useful purpose...kids going school or where ever, blokes riding to work, paper rounds etc. Nowadays they're an expensive excuse for lycra clad tour de France wannabees to clog the roads up on their pointless journey to nowhere in particular. Hence the animosity nowadays.
 
trotsky said:
You are. If you are not overtaking you should be in the inside lane.
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Get your drift but if I'm doing 70 don't overtake please. If you were doing 70 and had to make an emergency stop it would take let's say x amount of feet. If your doing 80 where you stopped at doing 70 you would still be doing 39mph.
 
rogerterry said:
Get your drift but if I'm doing 70 don't overtake please. If you were doing 70 and had to make an emergency stop it would take let's say x amount of feet. If your doing 80 where you stopped at doing 70 you would still be doing 39mph.
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interesting stat; have you done a course ? It sounds familiar.
 
Donmcfc said:
Garden gnomes. Ugly little fuckers.
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A few years ago, a van hit my parked car causing £600s worth of damage. I gave the police the name of the company owning the van but they didn't want to get involved. "Too short-staffed, just claim on your insurance" they advised.
Two days later, I had a knock on the door and surprised to see two PCOs. I assumed they had decided to investigate after all, but I was wrong. They asked me if I had seen or heard anything out of the ordinary last evening, I said I hadn't but why the enquiry, apparently my next door neighbour had 3 garden gnomes stolen!
 
Watching the WSL and am peeved off we are still taking the knee when every other country has stopped it and having to pay the Pedo Ring the BBC a licence fee, when no other country does that. I thought that was forgotten about last week.

Only in the UK do we still keep doing things others don't......
 
rogerterry said:
People who undertake me on the motorway when I'm doing the speed limit and their on their phone looking at you like your doing something wrong.
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What I don't like is being overtaken while doing the speed limit or being overtaken just for slowing down for a speed hump.

I don't want my car ruined you impatient twat, who is most probably a rag.

Roundabouts, that's another one. Supposed to keep the traffic flowing, but it just jams it up.
 
I was in the middle lane to get past a slow moving articulated truck on my left, behind me was another one flashing me. It's obvious what I was trying to do and when I got past I went back to the left lane, only for the one I passed to move to the middle in front of the impatient light flasher!haha!.

How could I move to the left with the lane blocked anyway. I had to get past first.
 
I was at A&E yesterday and a tosser in the next cubicle was pacing up and down and ranting for britain , after about ten mins of shouting abuse at the staff he was offered iv paracetamol , he took offence, tore out his iv and fucked off , what a fucking ****
 
kaz7 said:
I was at A&E yesterday and a tosser in the next cubicle was pacing up and down and ranting for britain , after about ten mins of shouting abuse at the staff he was offered iv paracetamol , he took offence, tore out his iv and fucked off , what a fucking ****
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They should have offered hemlock, the bastards.
 
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