sucramuk Posted December 11, 2018 Share Beach Road this morning on our way back from ride. 3 different rider groups stop at the lights. One older lone rider swerves around us and jumps the light. He certainly wasn't trying to beat any segments based on his riding. Idiot! ChrisF and Dirkitech 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucramuk Posted December 11, 2018 Share .. Edited December 11, 2018 by sucramuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted December 11, 2018 Share ..I am entitled !!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted December 11, 2018 Share Beach Road this morning on our way back from ride. 3 different rider groups stop at the lights. One older lone rider swerves around us and jumps the light. He certainly wasn't trying to beat any segments based on his riding. Idiot!Sounds like a knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted December 11, 2018 Share Lotta road rage on this thread heyMet eish ???? ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkitech Posted December 11, 2018 Share Which brings up the question what can we as cyclist do1) Wearing bright colours?2) Lots of lights around the bike?3) Warning systems ?That is supposedly one reason why bicycles must have reflectors while on public roads, I guess. I have lights my bike when riding after sunset and reflectors on the spokes, but none of these are any use when confronted with a driver looking down at their phone. Only lights that will distract a driver looking down at their phone, is one of those purple 40W laser shotguns that Styropyro made. Pure Savage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted December 11, 2018 Share Lotta road rage on this thread heyMet eish To be fair, one of the more constructive threads on the hub at the moment. ChrisF, 'Dale and Velouria 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted December 11, 2018 Share To be fair, one of the more constructive threads on the hub at the moment.Yup - by Hub standards, this has been quite civil. We're six pages in, and there is no hint of Godwin's Law! We've even touched on helmets and somehow stayed civil... Jase619 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted December 11, 2018 Share Please provide the piece of legislation where "blame is aportioned" https://www.aa.co.za/insights/motorists-obligations-towards-pedestrians-and-cyclists Are you in the legal profession by any chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted December 11, 2018 Share Yup - by Hub standards, this has been quite civil. We're six pages in, and there is no hint of Godwin's Law! We've even touched on helmets and somehow stayed civil...Nobody has mention the cyclist hitting a motorist with his front wheel or the time MTN squad leaned over and took the keys out of the ignition of a woman that tried to run them over and rode off with them. Nobody has posted a pic from our instagram of us breaking a road rule either, people are obviously busy! Edited December 11, 2018 by Pure Savage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma Posted December 11, 2018 Share Sounds like a knob. Don't be silly, he's entitled to do it, I mean, pro's and their mates do it. Quagga and Pure Savage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted December 11, 2018 Share Don't be silly, he's entitled to do it, I mean, pro's and their mates do it.  Thats what I thought, but then the poster did not mention he was a raodie, so is probably safe to assume he was a MTBer, total knob. karma, Jase619, ChrisF and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted December 11, 2018 Share  Seems that the biggest culprit is potentially the use of the mobile phone. So if you riding in the yellow, or in the middle of the road neither will protect you from such a driver.   Commuted this morning and was struck by how many drivers were friendly and courteous to me - things like letting me cross the intersection first even though they arrived ahead of me. Making space for me when stopping at a robot, only passing when it was safe etc. Mornings like this I'm convinced the whole motorists vs cyclists divide is greatly exaggerated... (until I get on thehub at least) But the one thing I noticed again was how many drivers in traffic are on their phones!! It is CLEARLY sociably acceptable for a large portion of drivers to do this and the peeps calling them out on this are considered the $%^holes. I have no idea how this is problem is going to get fixed but I'm certain a great number of motorists and cyclists are going to die before it is. mazambaan, Pure Savage, Geronimo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagga Posted December 11, 2018 Share Commuted this morning and was struck by how many drivers were friendly and courteous to me - things like letting me cross the intersection first even though they arrived ahead of me. Making space for me when stopping at a robot, only passing when it was safe etc.  And then you woke up ? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatman Posted December 11, 2018 Share You can do whatever you like within the law and other road users must deal with it.   Does your car have four round circles on the front or a B M W?Riding 3 abreast (original post) is not within the law. And no I don't drive an Audi or BMW, I drive a little Palio mostly. I wouldn't be taken seriously if I had to hoot at anyone whilst driving the Palio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted December 11, 2018 Share To be fair, one of the more constructive threads on the hub at the moment.Great Life’s too short.Keep up the good work, @PureSavage #carsaredeadlyweapons#stayfarwideoftherider ???? Edited December 11, 2018 by 'Dale Dirkitech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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