Malmens Posted December 3, 2018 Share Im not sure how other riders feel about absolute idiots on their bikes. Daily (worse over weekends) on the popular Botha Rd in Centurion i see dozens of riders skipping stop streets, red lights and riding 3,4 abreast with not a care in the world, its ridiculous-i wonder if clubs couldnt police reckless riding and revoke or suspend their racing licenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pista Posted December 3, 2018 Share Im not sure how other riders feel about absolute idiots on their bikes. Daily (worse over weekends) on the popular Botha Rd in Centurion i see dozens of riders skipping stop streets, red lights and riding 3,4 abreast with not a care in the world, its ridiculous-i wonder if clubs couldnt police reckless riding and revoke or suspend their racing licenses?Nice first post Do you ever confront the taxis and pedestrians that act irrational? Hairy, Opc_danny, J∆kk∆ls and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting slip Posted December 3, 2018 Share Im not sure how other riders feel about absolute idiots on their bikes. Daily (worse over weekends) on the popular Botha Rd in Centurion i see dozens of riders skipping stop streets, red lights and riding 3,4 abreast with not a care in the world, its ridiculous-i wonder if clubs couldnt police reckless riding and revoke or suspend their racing licenses?you ever jumped a robot? text and drive? drink and drive? ever missed a deadline? forgot to pray before you eat...... CatzSpace "frail", Opc_danny, avatar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted December 3, 2018 Share Welcome !! Great 1st post. How can we help? Edited December 3, 2018 by porqui Opc_danny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted December 3, 2018 Share Im not sure how other riders feel about absolute idiots on their bikes. Daily (worse over weekends) on the popular Botha Rd in Centurion i see dozens of riders skipping stop streets, red lights and riding 3,4 abreast with not a care in the world, its ridiculous-i wonder if clubs couldnt police reckless riding and revoke or suspend their racing licenses?WARNING It is Groundhog day! Run for the hills! Tomorrow will be exactly the same! AdamA, FootballingCyclist, Opc_danny and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted December 3, 2018 Share Im not sure how other riders feel about absolute idiots on their bikes. Daily (worse over weekends) on the popular Botha Rd in Centurion i see dozens of riders skipping stop streets, red lights and riding 3,4 abreast with not a care in the world, its ridiculous-i wonder if clubs couldnt police reckless riding and revoke or suspend their racing licenses?Valid observations there are some riders that cycle reckless. Some clubs do police their members however even if they all did a larger majority, myself included, do not belong to clubs, the group I ride with police ourselves. Cyclists with racing licenses are a very small minority and is only needed when racing in official cycle races, not everyday recreational and commuter cycling. cat-i and Opc_danny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted December 3, 2018 Share Unfortunately its a mindset. I see it regular on my commute. I cant understand why people choose to put themselves at risk and cycle inbetween cars in thick traffic when there is a cycle lane.Somehow these guys are oblivious ......... cat-i, MarthinusKemp, Quagga and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted December 3, 2018 Share Welcome !! Great 1st post. How can we help? OP seemed to wonder how they could help a bit... it wasn't a b!tch and moan session about some random bad service... To OP: why not contact some local clubs and make your point known... take photos too... do NOT confront offenders directly... you'll just get vloeked and you'll have your day ruined... cat-i, Quagga, gerhardmschafer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge_Design Posted December 3, 2018 Share Some people are just stupid - just accept that. I came across a kid in Bridge Cycles kit cycling down the M3 in Cape Town at 8am last week - interesting challenge joining a road at 100kph in peak hour with a kid on a road bike cycling across the onramp. cat-i 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerklong Posted December 4, 2018 Share Welcome I promise you it's not just the Centurion area. They've got family in the Cape as well. sawystertrance, NickGM, FootballingCyclist and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted December 4, 2018 Share Natural selection? Same goes for the motorcyclists doing 300kmh on highways Same goes for the idiots not maintaining their cars Same goes for the people smoking and drinking excessively. Remove all warning labels and let the world sort itself out the good ol fashioned way maybe? J∆kk∆ls, AdamA and StevJam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky DQ Posted December 4, 2018 Share Nice first post Do you ever confront the taxis and pedestrians that act irrational?What about mentality is part of the problem in SA. We should have a broken window approach and eventually everything will fall into place, cat-i and Patchelicious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotter Posted December 4, 2018 Share The first replies to this perfectly describe the problem with many cyclists today, the mentality of: "Other road users don't obey the rules so it's ok for us not to", and"It's everyone else's fault not ours" The fact that we are 100x more vulnerable to the effects of any accident should dictate that we do everything possible to keep ourselves safe, follow the rules, watch out for what's going on around us and anticipate what might endanger us. Dusty, dalem44, Quagga and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicanZA Posted December 4, 2018 Share The first replies to this perfectly describe the problem with many cyclists today, the mentality of: "Other road users don't obey the rules so it's ok for us not to", and"It's everyone else's fault not ours" The fact that we are 100x more vulnerable to the effects of any accident should dictate that we do everything possible to keep ourselves safe, follow the rules, watch out for what's going on around us and anticipate what might endanger us. Boom!!! 14 posts in and serving it up to the old guard... Patchelicious and Ferro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkitech Posted December 4, 2018 Share Natural selection? Same goes for the motorcyclists doing 300kmh on highways Same goes for the idiots not maintaining their cars Same goes for the people smoking and drinking excessively. Remove all warning labels and let the world sort itself out the good ol fashioned way maybe?That will never be a solution hey, because of collateral. What if said idiot doesn't maintain their car and runs over your hypothetical child? Admin, please merge this thread with the "skipping red lights" thread edit: providing a link to the existing thread covering the same topic:https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/178871-jumping-lights/ Edited December 4, 2018 by Dirkitech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matuka Posted December 4, 2018 Share Its a bit sad reading this thread after reading about the Suikerbossie incident. Just because Taxis and pedestrians dont obey the law doesnt mean we should do the same. cat-i, Dusty, Quagga and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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