Wilber Posted April 4, 2017 Report Posted April 4, 2017 Looks to me like they are both idiots. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
The_Squid Posted April 6, 2017 Report Posted April 6, 2017 The car driver was using his car as a weapon. The cyclist was standing up to a bully. Quote Science flies you to the moon, Religion flies you into buildings.
OftenWrong Posted April 6, 2017 Report Posted April 6, 2017 Stopping in the middle of the road is a very stupid thing to do. It puts lives in danger. Grave danger... Quote
The_Squid Posted April 6, 2017 Report Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, OftenWrong said: Stopping in the middle of the road is a very stupid thing to do. It puts lives in danger. Grave danger... Lol. Sure it does. Quote Science flies you to the moon, Religion flies you into buildings.
OftenWrong Posted April 6, 2017 Report Posted April 6, 2017 6 hours ago, The_Squid said: Lol. Sure it does. Do you really need an explanation as to why stopping in the middle of the road is dangerous? Quote
Wilber Posted April 6, 2017 Report Posted April 6, 2017 12 hours ago, The_Squid said: The car driver was using his car as a weapon. The cyclist was standing up to a bully. There is no excuse for what the motorist did but the cyclist is an idiot. He was the only one who stood to get hurt and if the driver had really used his vehicle as a weapon, he could be dead or in hospital. If you are holding people up, get out of the way as soon as you can, that goes for motor vehicles and cyclists and pedestrians. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Thinkinoutsidethebox Posted April 19, 2017 Report Posted April 19, 2017 On 4/2/2017 at 10:51 AM, kimmy said: Get a "Metal Mullisha" sticker on your rear window. But if you really want to be an asshole, become a "coal roller". These turds have gone the extra mile to make their vehicles obnoxious. Not satisfied with just noise pollution, they have also modified their trucks to create air pollution. That's right, they can apparently inject extra diesel somewhere into the system, such that their truck can create a giant black cloud of toxic smoke behind them at the press of a button. Often the target of these smoke attacks are pedestrians, cyclists, or Priuses. I got "coal rolled" onced, while riding my bicycle in the bike lane along a busy road. I am sure the drivers felt like real super-heroes. I remember the truck, and if I see it again I will customize it with some interesting modifications of my own. -k Oh oh ... My son has a truck exactly as you describe, including the Metal Mullisha and Coal Rollers stickers. The black smoke is produced from oversized injectors, it's the over pushing of the throttle that produces the smoke. It's funny really as he is one of the more polite and courteous drivers out there and would sooner push his truck past a cyclist then blow smoke at them. His daily runner is a '97 escort On topic though, what the cyclist was dangerous all right. If I was the driver of the car I'd probably shut it off, relax and let him/her get it out of their system, done it a couple times in other situations and it doesn't take long. I'm a relaxed driver and traffic doesn't bother me. Quote
Ash74 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Posted April 20, 2017 Bikes are annoying but City bus drivers are hands down the worst. They cut you off or force you into another lane. Once that signal goes on they are moving and they don't care what is in their way Quote “Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”― Winston S. Churchill There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. –Robert Heinlein
Bonam Posted April 20, 2017 Report Posted April 20, 2017 39 minutes ago, Ash74 said: Bikes are annoying but City bus drivers are hands down the worst. They cut you off or force you into another lane. Once that signal goes on they are moving and they don't care what is in their way Buses are a freaking menace. They don't even look around to see if there might be someone where they are going. They don't think twice about blocking a huge intersection for a light cycle or five. Ugh. Quote
Ash74 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Posted April 20, 2017 16 minutes ago, Bonam said: Buses are a freaking menace. They don't even look around to see if there might be someone where they are going. They don't think twice about blocking a huge intersection for a light cycle or five. Ugh. During the last year of the show Top Gear ( the real one not the one with joey) they address this very issue. Check it out. Quote “Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”― Winston S. Churchill There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. –Robert Heinlein
MaeKruger Posted December 20, 2021 Report Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) Hello, Argus! Last year, since the COVID-19 global pandemic lockdown, many people had become really crazy. I don't see any reason to do that did this bike guy. Sometimes I feel like the bicycle guys are just assholes in most cases. If you were moving for the middle of the road and didn't let the vehicles faster than your bicycle pass you, this is a dick move. Anyway, I hope this guy got a good bicycle insurance UK company to fulfill his damage in this situation. Edited December 22, 2021 by MaeKruger Quote
LittleNipper Posted January 8, 2022 Report Posted January 8, 2022 The simple reality is that the bycicalist needs to observe the speed limit and move out of the way if he is unable to "make the grade".? Quote
eyeball Posted February 1, 2022 Report Posted February 1, 2022 On 3/31/2017 at 10:11 AM, Boges said: Because they can think they're being environmentally friendly they think they're better than people that drive cars. I had a kayaker pull that on me once when parked at a fuel dock. The only way out was in reverse and I asked if he could please move so I could leave but he didn't and wouldn't and made an issue out of it. Fortunately I have engine driven fire hoses. 1 Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
Boges Posted February 1, 2022 Report Posted February 1, 2022 Always interesting when someone replies to a post made 5 years ago. Quote
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