Motorists vs Cyclists.... again

[Shebeen]

10 minutes ago, SCD said:

Cool trip this. Must have been a stunning experience!
A lot has changed in Canada in the last 20 years. My better half is Canadian. For her the trip was a return to home after 20 years of South Africa. She said she did not recognize the country she grew up in. One of the reasons we left again.

Thanks for your perspective, amazing to see how a culture can change over a generation.

 

*the bike touring trip(s) were amazing. I just didn't feel like it was a thing we could do here at the time, unless you were a cape to cairo type.  It was an incredible way to visit BC/Alaska/Yukon territory. I wanted keep going. Happy to say we now have this happening locally and the options are endless.

 

 

[milky4130]

3 hours ago, Hairy said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG40rUhqw_z/?igsh=a2w0eGFvazliZXZi

[Wannabe]

What an utter BOX!!!!

[Mamil]

43 minutes ago, milky4130 said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG40rUhqw_z/?igsh=a2w0eGFvazliZXZi

He should face a criminal charge for that.

[W@nted]

I hope this guy realizes how this type of behavior affects all other cyclists' safety on the roads. Just reading the comments on instagram... 

[Hairy]

3 hours ago, W@nted said:

Saw the post earlier, but it has been removed. Video showed a roadie skipping a red light. A lady and her daughter were driving in their car and filmed the incident on their dash cam.  The vehicle had right of way (green arrow at the traffic light), but had to brake in order not to hit the roadie skipping the red light. The vehicle hooted at the roadie, who then proceeded to throw and crack the vehicles windscreen with his water bottle. Crazy man.

What a chop!

[Hairy]

2 hours ago, SCD said:

Cool trip this. Must have been a stunning experience!
A lot has changed in Canada in the last 20 years. My better half is Canadian. For her the trip was a return to home after 20 years of South Africa. She said she did not recognize the country she grew up in. One of the reasons we left again.

Are you back in SA?

We thought we saw you in Melkbos this past week!

[Robbie Stewart]

1 hour ago, milky4130 said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG40rUhqw_z/?igsh=a2w0eGFvazliZXZi

I had TWO morons do this to me today while they were driving in their cars and me in my 4x4.
First incident I was already turning right at a 4 way stop when the boet in his black jeep renegade decided he wasn't stopping until he saw a big red 4x4 that clearly didn't give a rats ass. He stopped in the middle of the road and waved his arms at me, despite him being the prick who didn't stop at the line.

Literally 5 minutes later a woman decided to also not stop at the traffic circle I was already in and she proceeded to just drive straight at me, flipping me off while she passed.

People need to calm down, because life is too short. And whenever people want to get crazy they need to remember that there are other people crazier than they are also out and about. They might even be driving a large red 4x4. . .

 

[Andreas_187]

Dick cyclist but funny how that poor woman with her young child aboard hit that accelerator hard!

[Scott roy]

48 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

I had TWO morons do this to me today while they were driving in their cars and me in my 4x4.
First incident I was already turning right at a 4 way stop when the boet in his black jeep renegade decided he wasn't stopping until he saw a big red 4x4 that clearly didn't give a rats ass. He stopped in the middle of the road and waved his arms at me, despite him being the prick who didn't stop at the line.

Literally 5 minutes later a woman decided to also not stop at the traffic circle I was already in and she proceeded to just drive straight at me, flipping me off while she passed.

People need to calm down, because life is too short. And whenever people want to get crazy they need to remember that there are other people crazier than they are also out and about. They might even be driving a large red 4x4. . .

 

On a side note, most people haven’t a clue how a circle works. But some are from countries (like where I now live) where circles work opposite and you give way to incoming traffic. 
 

Again most people are just morons but some do battle with adapting (like me here) 
 

 

[milky4130]

1 hour ago, Robbie Stewart said:

I had TWO morons do this to me today while they were driving in their cars and me in my 4x4.
First incident I was already turning right at a 4 way stop when the boet in his black jeep renegade decided he wasn't stopping until he saw a big red 4x4 that clearly didn't give a rats ass. He stopped in the middle of the road and waved his arms at me, despite him being the prick who didn't stop at the line.

Literally 5 minutes later a woman decided to also not stop at the traffic circle I was already in and she proceeded to just drive straight at me, flipping me off while she passed.

People need to calm down, because life is too short. And whenever people want to get crazy they need to remember that there are other people crazier than they are also out and about. They might even be driving a large red 4x4. . .

 

Imagine they knew you were a cyclist as well 😁

[Shebeen]

5 minutes ago, milky4130 said:

Imagine they knew you were a cyclist as well 😁

It would be cool if there was a hand signal you could give to cyclists that indicated you were also cyclist, but currently driving your car. 

[Murrob]

1 hour ago, Shebeen said:

It would be cool if there was a hand signal you could give to cyclists that indicated you were also cyclist, but currently driving your car. 

That’s why I like leaving my bike racks on the car. 

[Robbie Stewart]

3 hours ago, Shebeen said:

It would be cool if there was a hand signal you could give to cyclists that indicated you were also cyclist, but currently driving your car. 

The more astute will notice the unobtrusive S swish logo with the words Specialized below the S on a fairly prominent spot on the rear canopy lid 😉. I reckon that should be clue sufficient.

[Robbie Stewart]

4 hours ago, Scott roy said:

On a side note, most people haven’t a clue how a circle works.

In South Africa, you give way to traffic on the right, that is already entered or at the circle before you. 

That does NOT mean you give way to the entirety of traffic approaching from your right, only to the traffic already in the circle or busy entering the circle as you approach. 

At that point when it's your turn, then you enter and continue to give way to traffic to your left already in the circle before you. 

Unfortunately the asleep-behind-the-wheel Capetonians think that you need to sit stationary at the circle for ad infinitum while the rest of Cape Town enters the circle to their right. 

The logic is really simple. A traffic circle is nothing more than a moving four-way stop with pretty much similar logic other than yield to your right, then to your left. 

What is is NOT is a stop till the whole world passes by. 

[emme]

Unless it is a mini circle...