Motorists vs Cyclists.... again

[Mamil]

7 minutes ago, andydude said:

 

This is how cyclists should be able to ride on the roads were it not for the climate controlled lounge suites encased in metal armour and equipped with 200 kilowatts at the flick of an ankle that make it dangerous to be an unarmoured human in public spaces..... #mamilisonhissecondwhiskey

[Shebeen]

Sort of off topic and a few months old now. but the delivery scooter guys are taking some heat off us cyclists

as per usual, would be interesting to see what actually happened to cause this.

 

[Hairy]

9 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

Sort of off topic and a few months old now. but the delivery scooter guys are taking some heat off us cyclists

as per usual, would be interesting to see what actually happened to cause this.

 

That looks pretty heated ...... scooter guys went a bit hard core, but money is on the blue BMW starting all the K@K@

[Jbr]

100% BMW's fault for sure 🤣

[Mamil]

23 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

Sort of off topic and a few months old now. but the delivery scooter guys are taking some heat off us cyclists

as per usual, would be interesting to see what actually happened to cause this.

 

The woman was quite hardcore too - maybe I betray my gendered assumptions about the world but I'm always surprised when a woman steps into a fight like that and physically challenges a man - the guy she was yelling at did well not to retaliate against her.

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, Mamil said:

The woman was quite hardcore too - maybe I betray my gendered assumptions about the world but I'm always surprised when a woman steps into a fight like that and physically challenges a man - the guy she was yelling at did well not to retaliate against her.

If he did every woman’s and equestrian groups south of the arctic circle will polishing their saddles

[Robbie Stewart]

4 hours ago, Hairy said:

That looks pretty heated ...... scooter guys went a bit hard core, but money is on the blue BMW starting all the K@K@

I mean prolly, but have you driven down Parklands Main recently? I avoid it like the plague.

[-Az-]

1 hour ago, Robbie Stewart said:

I mean prolly, but have you driven down Parklands Main recently? I avoid it like the plague.

I keep my reactions honed by actively using Parklands main during event week.

[DieselnDust]

7 hours ago, Jbr said:

100% BMW's fault for sure 🤣

Of course, and that untie in a nightie wif a entjie kaal voet in the morning.....? In Merca they be Heelbillies. Probably sibblings

[Hairy]

22 hours ago, Robbie Stewart said:

I mean prolly, but have you driven down Parklands Main recently? I avoid it like the plague.

Often out and about in the area

['Dale]

It’s been one year now since the hit & run incident in Green Point. Phew!

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, 'Dale said:

It’s been one year now since the hit & run incident in Green Point. Phew!

 

Glad you have recovered and are back cycling.

 

Our thoughts with those that did not make it home.

[SCD]

Some perspective: 

We just came back from 3 years in Canada, Ottawa, or the Quebec part of it called Gatineau, specifically. Canada LOVES their rules. And there are plenty of rules about cycling. You gotta go single file. Groups larger than 15 are prohibited. You have to have a light switched on front and back from 1h before sunset to 1h after dawn. Red lights? Stop signs? You better watch those. The cops are everywhere and quick to nab you. Red lights is a few hundred $ and points off your license. Almost anything in this list is 80$ or 120$. Taking the fun out of things a little. And btw, the drivers are just as much of a threat as here. Only the cars are a LOT bigger. And the road are a lot shittier (not kidding). And a contractor's F350 with a 20ft trailer passing you with 80 with 300mm clearance is happening as often as the same with taxis here. If YOU don't watch it you get killed. The driver surely would get fined. But that doesn't help your corpse. Same as here.

Compared to the rules and fine craziness we enjoy great freedom here. So, just chill a bit. Ride single file on the road already, it doesn't hurt that much. And that urge to skip red lights? Why? I don't get it. I am not surprised that otherwise normal and reasonable drivers get frustrated...

Anyway, flamesuit on. fire away

[Robbie Stewart]

27 minutes ago, SCD said:

Compared to the rules and fine craziness we enjoy great freedom here.

The a-typical South African is quick to moan about the lawless state of the country and is even quicker to break those same laws. The irony of it all boggles the mind. 

['Dale]

3 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

Glad you have recovered and are back cycling.

 

Our thoughts with those that did not make it home.

It's the empty chair at the dinner table. Or the phone number that is still on one's phone. And the dull ache that comes with every birthday anniversary, lingering forever. It's those that are left behind that I think of most. 

My spouse still gets a nauseating feeling when my phone number rings on her screen and it's just me calling home to let her know that I am okay, sipping on my coffee somewhere with my chain gang.

💟

[Mamil]

6 hours ago, 'Dale said:

It’s been one year now since the hit & run incident in Green Point. Phew!

I have secondary trauma seeing that photo and the ones you shared after the crash. 

We keep riding though cos it's lekker. Glad you are recovered and still giving Mrs Dale reassuring calls