flymango Posted September 27, 2012 Share http://thenormalmale.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/rman3890l.jpg Reminds me of a colleague who used to say "we'll burn that bridge before we try to cross it"!! Wyatt Earp 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabes Posted September 27, 2012 Share I do my best to obey the Law at all times Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted September 27, 2012 Share Dangle, don't you get it? No agenda. I was just trying to ask a question, and you go straight to fighting me. Why? I could call you transparent, I have seen through you ages ago. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share I could call you transparent, I have seen through you ages ago. Lovely. So, any attempt at actually answering the question, or you want to carry on wasting your time fighting me? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted September 27, 2012 Share Lovely. So, any attempt at actually answering the question, or you want to carry on wasting your time fighting me? Who is fighting with you, I refuse to answer you, I know you have a hidden agenda, so actually couldn't be bothered to entertain you with any substance.Too-de-loo, buddy and thanks for the poem. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted September 27, 2012 Share If a traffic light shines red in the forest, is it still wrong? I think we need a time trial between Dangle and TNT1. (Obviously, we couldn't put them together on the start line.) Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share I think we need a time trial between Dangle and TNT1. (Obviously, we couldn't put them together on the start line.) Meh. I'm transparent. PS, I saw a dude on a steel Gitane yesterday. Couldn't stop, but I'm gonna trawl that route and try get it for you. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBushpig Posted September 27, 2012 Share Hehehe, so true and as much sarcasm you have in this post, I can't help but see the relevance in it.Here in Midrand people don't give two ticks for a stop or a traffic light.They have no patience and will regularly almost take you out, hoot at them and they want to have fisticuffs.just another example that lawlessness is becoming a right. 100%. Yup, that's exactly what I was getting at; too many do whatever the heck they please regardless of whether it endangers others or not. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Yup, that's exactly what I was getting at; too many do whatever the heck they please regardless of whether it endangers others or not. Exactly why I asked what do you do when this conundrum faces you daily. Dangle couldn't answer, Fabes did, the rest of you? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted September 27, 2012 Share Do you risk the fight and try and obey the law, or follow the when in Rome kind of principle?50:50 I take the Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry / Spaghetti Western) approach where he has his own morality that sometimes coincides with the general view, and sometimes not. I could run a red light today and blow you away tomorrow for doing the same thing. So, punk, are you feeling lucky? Edited September 27, 2012 by Joe Low Decapod_Crew 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share 50:50 I take the Clint Eastwood(Dirty Harry / Spaghetti Western) approach; where he has his own morality that sometimes coincides with the general view, and sometimes not. I could run a red light today and blow you away tomorrow for doing the same thing. So, punk, are you feeling lucky? Yeah, sometimes you gotta fight and run away, so you can run away another day. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted September 27, 2012 Share Yeah, sometimes you gotta fight and run away, so you can run away another day.Do unto others before, they do unto you. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Do unto others before, they do unto you. And your take on the prick in the Polo I saw today, who couldn't wait, and went through the intersection (stop street) and got tagged by a taxi? I guess all and sundry blame the taxi, but the Polo was at fault. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted September 27, 2012 Share And your take on the prick in the Polo I saw today, who couldn't wait, and went through the intersection (stop street) and got tagged by a taxi? I guess all and sundry blame the taxi, but the Polo was at fault. Hope he's reincarnated as a donkey. But more concerned about getting caught in a jam on the ORT service road parallel to the R21 this a.m. with the closure of the highway due to rock throwing and burning of vehicles. Eissh its a jungle out there. Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted September 27, 2012 Share Exactly why I asked what do you do when this conundrum faces you daily. Dangle couldn't answer, Fabes did, the rest of you?You couldn't answer either. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agteros Posted September 27, 2012 Share I ride for survival above obeying the law. There are certain instances where stopping at a red light is more dangerous to me than rolling through if it is safe to do so at the time. Nothing any of you hub-land chaps can say will ever change my perspective on this after spending upwards of 10 years on the road and having the various near misses and their patterns to reinforce how some stretches of road will always be less safe simply because of the situations they illicit in different scenerios out on those roads. Principles are awesome in Utopia I've heard..... The world's most intelligent man and his disciples are of the opinion that a red light is an absolute command to halt and a green one an invitation to proceed at own risk. We should bow down and prostrate ourselves at the feet of his enlightened and esteemed wisdom. Guess we (the thinkers and survivors) will always be the outcast heretics... Edited September 27, 2012 by RoboCyclist Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/121156-why-not-stop-at-red-traffic-lights/page/10/#findComment-1794993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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