Bloody feckin CYCLISTS (rant)

hatrickpatrick

You know what really grinds my gears?

CYCLISTS.

Seriously. Is there some statute I'm unaware of which states that cyclists are exempt from the law?
It's called a red light. You're supposed to STOP at it. You know, when those lights go red and the green man comes on, I'm supposed to be able to cross the road safely without worrying about being hit.

I walk up Dame Street every morning from Pearse, and outside Trinity, crossing the toad to get on to Dame Street, EVERY FECKIN DAY there's some gobsh!te of a cyclist who decides that the rules of the road clearly don't apply to him/her, and furthermore that if he or she almost hits someone who is trying to cross the road they are perfectly entitled to cross with the green man, it's THEIR problem.

God Almighty.

I have nothing against the idea of cycling, but for feck's sake follow the law??? If I see ONE more cyclist breaking the f*cking lights at a pedestrian crossing I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single cyclist in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

Lynchy747

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

You know what really grinds my gears?

CYCLISTS.

Seriously. Is there some statute I'm unaware of which states that cyclists are exempt from the law?
It's called a red light. You're supposed to STOP at it. You know, when those lights go red and the green man comes on, I'm supposed to be able to cross the road safely without worrying about being hit.

I walk up Dame Street every morning from Pearse, and outside Trinity, crossing the toad to get on to Dame Street, EVERY FECKIN DAY there's some gobsh!te of a cyclist who decides that the rules of the road clearly don't apply to him/her, and furthermore that if he or she almost hits someone who is trying to cross the road they are perfectly entitled to cross with the green man, it's THEIR problem.

God Almighty.

I have nothing against the idea of cycling, but for feck's sake follow the law??? If I see ONE more cyclist breaking the f*cking lights at a pedestrian crossing I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single cyclist in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

Yes they do but so do pedestrians crossing when there is a red man ?? It works both ways

Agricola

Don't you just love when they cycle four abreast on a secondary road and no amount of driving at 5mph behind them will lead them to get out of the fúcking way. :mad:

Well this is an interesting and new topic of discussion.

GTDolanator

ill stop breaking reds on my pushbike when pedestrians stop walking out in front of me,argument swings both ways stop being a biatch and man the fook up!

Run_to_da_hills

Pedestrians are the worst culprits for j walking and stepping out in front of anything that moves. If there was a law to fine Pedestrians J Walking like in the States or Germany the Government would make a fortune.

Gronkosaurus

I love the way CYCLISTS in the title is in capital letters. It's like the OP went with "Bloody feckin _____________" and let the After Hours Randomiser get to work, to choose one of CYCLISTS, FOREIGNERS, POLITICIANS, SCUMBAGS, FOREIGNERS, WOMEN, FOREIGNERS or FOREIGNERS.

hatrickpatrick

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I have nothing against the idea of cycling, but for feck's sake follow the law??? If I see ONE more cyclist breaking the f*cking lights at a pedestrian crossing I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single cyclist in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

Great, I trust we can rely on you to also slash the tyres of every car if you see one more speeding or breaking a red light, and to attack every pedestrian with a sledge hammer the next time you see one crossing against a red man?

hatrickpatrick

Lynchy747 wrote: »

Yes they do but so do pedestrians crossing when there is a red man ?? It works both ways

I agree, and if a pedestrian decides to wander out onto the road while there's no green man and there is oncoming traffic, it is his or her personal risk.

Seriously though, at this stage I've almost been cut in half by light-breaking cyclists more times than I can count, and I have grown to hate them with a fiery passion. It's endemic on Dame Street and also on the adjacent South Great George's Street.

Long Time Reader

It's not how many times you get hit to the ground by a bike that's the problem...It's how you pick yourself up, while everyone is looking at you that's the problem...

TeddyTedson

As both a regular driver and cyclist I really think drivers are the worst.
The amount of times I've nearly been crushed against railings ect while in the cycling lane. Car blocking them unnecessarily while stopped at traffic lights just being parked in them. I have had bad experiences with cyclists too while driving but I find the opposite scenario to be far worse generally.

I tend to find people who only give out about cyclists only drive.

lastlaugh

These pesky Cyclist threads are nearly as good as the 'scumbag' ones.

44leto

As a cyclist I will openly admit that red lights do not apply to me, I really should Kop on.

But motorists of which I am one as well, should give cyclists a wider berth we really are vulnerable perch on a machine that requires balance.

A mate of mine was in court over some driving offenses he told me the morning he was there 4 cyclists were done for this offense, but I didn't believe him, I think it was his way of telling me to cop on.

dark crystal

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

You know what really grinds my gears?

CYCLISTS.

Seriously. Is there some statute I'm unaware of which states that cyclists are exempt from the law?
It's called a red light. You're supposed to STOP at it. You know, when those lights go red and the green man comes on, I'm supposed to be able to cross the road safely without worrying about being hit.

I walk up Dame Street every morning from Pearse, and outside Trinity, crossing the toad to get on to Dame Street, EVERY FECKIN DAY there's some gobsh!te of a cyclist who decides that the rules of the road clearly don't apply to him/her, and furthermore that if he or she almost hits someone who is trying to cross the road they are perfectly entitled to cross with the green man, it's THEIR problem.

God Almighty.

I have nothing against the idea of cycling, but for feck's sake follow the law??? If I see ONE more cyclist breaking the f*cking lights at a pedestrian crossing I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single cyclist in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

Yourself and George Hook should go for a pint sometime!

Cantona's Collars

Why oh why do they cycle right out at the edge of the traffic when they have the whole hard shoulder to themselves?

Nearly ran over one eejit when he hit a cats eye and wobbled out under me just as I was driving past him.Anyone with slow reflexes or if I'd not been paying 100% attention would have killed him.

I have a bike myself but find that keeping out of the way of cars is the best policy.

hatrickpatrick

Deleted User wrote: »

Great, I trust we can rely on you to also slash the tyres of every car if you see one more speeding or breaking a red light, and to attack every pedestrian with a sledge hammer the next time you see one crossing against a red man?

Sure, why not. Need something to occupy my boredom sometimes

Being fair about this though, I see cars breaking lights in a dangerous manner fairly rarely in town, and the same for pedestrians (obviously not counting crossing when there's no moving traffic).
Literally seem to see cyclists ploughing through red lights when there's a crowd of people trying to cross about half way along George's street, and at the lights beside the Central Bank, every single morning. I noticed it a few weeks ago and at this stage I genuinely can't recall a morning in the last week when it didn't happen and someone wasn't almost hit by it.

jaja321

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

You know what really grinds my gears?

CYCLISTS.

Seriously. Is there some statute I'm unaware of which states that cyclists are exempt from the law?
It's called a red light. You're supposed to STOP at it. You know, when those lights go red and the green man comes on, I'm supposed to be able to cross the road safely without worrying about being hit.

I walk up Dame Street every morning from Pearse, and outside Trinity, crossing the toad to get on to Dame Street, EVERY FECKIN DAY there's some gobsh!te of a cyclist who decides that the rules of the road clearly don't apply to him/her, and furthermore that if he or she almost hits someone who is trying to cross the road they are perfectly entitled to cross with the green man, it's THEIR problem.

God Almighty.

I have nothing against the idea of cycling, but for feck's sake follow the law??? If I see ONE more cyclist breaking the f*cking lights at a pedestrian crossing I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single cyclist in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

Would you cut the legs off every pedestrian who did this too?! :eek: Pedestrians are the worse offenders imo, walking out in front of cars and cyclists all the time..

hatrickpatrick

TeddyTedson wrote: »

As both a regular driver and cyclist I really think drivers are the worst.
The amount of times I've nearly been crushed against railings ect while in the cycling lane. Car blocking them unnecessarily while stopped at traffic lights just being parked in them. I have had bad experiences with cyclists too while driving but I find the opposite scenario to be far worse generally.

I tend to find people who only give out about cyclists only drive.

Personally I neither drive nor cycle, I'm a bus/dart man most of the time, so I have no particular bias toward drivers.
I don't think I've ever almost been hit by a light breaking driver in town, in the last week as I said I've seen cyclists do it every day and I have felt personally threatened by it on two occasions with mere inches to spare.

Run_to_da_hills

The worst cycle culprits for recklessness are the Lycra louts on their "fixies".

marketty

ROAD TAX rabble rabble

MagicMarker

The main thing I hate about cyclists is how they somehow have the right of way when someone wants to turn left!!! :mad:

Slow moving traffic in rush hour isn't helped when a car has to wait to turn left while 20 fúcking pass on the inside, I mean ffs, if you see a car IN FRONT OF YOU indicating to turn left then fúcking SLOW DOWN and let him turn left.

That's my only gripe with cyclists.

Dravokivich

You know what really grinds my gears?

DRIVERS.

Seriously. Is there some unwritten rule I'm unaware of which states that drivers are exempt from the common sense?

You know that space between the kerb and your car, you aren't meant to keep that as narrow as possible, it also doesn't make any sense to cut back as close to the kerb as you can after overtaking a cyclist.

Remeber to check your mirrors to make sure their isn't a cyclist on your inside when you intend to turn. Too often drivers only indicate after they start turning and we cyclists get caught in it. Its called an indicator to let us know you are going to turn before you do!

Also... it will help if shít doesn't get flicked out the window when you are stuck in traffic while we are cycling pass.

I have nothing against the idea of driving, but for feck's sake apply some common sense to other road users??? If I see ONE more driver being a gobshíte I swear to God I will personally conduct a vendetta campaign to slash the tyres of every single car in the vicinity of Dame Street.

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Anyone else find this absolutely infuriating?

overshoot

marketty wrote: »

ROAD TAX rabble rabble

no such thing, its MOTOR tax rabble rabble

mongdesade

Fookin cyclists

For a forum that so despises the Daily Mail, AH bears an uncanny resemblance to it a lot of the time.

marketty

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The worst cycle culprits for recklessness are the Lycra louts on their "fixies".

Fixie riders don't wear Lycra, they wear tight jeans, cardigans and non prescription glasses.
Real cyclists wear Lycra

lastlaugh

MagicMarker wrote: »

The main thing I hate about cyclists is how they somehow have the right of way when someone wants to turn left!!! :mad:

Slow moving traffic in rush hour isn't helped when a car has to wait to turn left while 20 fúcking pass on the inside, I mean ffs, if you see a car IN FRONT OF YOU indicating to turn left then fúcking SLOW DOWN and let him turn left.

That's my only gripe with cyclists.

Cyclists do have the right of way if they are going straight and a driver is turning left.

My biggest danger as a cyclist if drivers not using their mirror when turning.

MagicMarker

lastlaugh wrote: »

Cyclists do have the right of way if they are going straight and a driver is turning left.

That doesn't make it any less retarded.

Diabhal Beag

Cyclists are trolls. They know they're just annoying everybody by not going very fast and their smug "I'm not destroying the environment" attitude to the rest of us isn't even subtle trolling.

And you aren't fooling anybody with all that lycra either.

biko

As it happens there is a special forum just for rants about cyclists.
See if you can figure which one it is.
Is it this?
Is it this?
Is it this?