Motorists vs Cyclists.... again

[NotSoBigBen]

22 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

also didn;t see it, but law abiding cyclists need to do our best to stop this sort of thing. 

 

Guys are gonna be d#$%s, we don;t have to defend them if they are cycling, driving or on the internet. We need to call them out, and do it when we see it on the road. 

Any cyclist who reacts aggressively to a vehicle when there is no contact is a problem

 

 

 

 

I did see before they took it down that he had been identified .... I got the name but guess not good to post it here

*Luckily I didn't, I see it was not the person initially identified probably why it has been removed!

Saw post saying the actual person had however been identified correctly now, no name given though ...

I'll leave my nose out of it from here on*

Edited Friday at 11:54 AM by NotSoBigBen
Updated info

[SCD]

16 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

I spent the summer of 2004 cycling this $25 Diamond back around Vancouver. Then I took it loaded to Alaska on this trip.

 

I rode everywhere and experienced the start of bike culture being seriously embraced as a transport solution, separate lanes/traffic lights even vehicle restricted residential road routes (grid structure makes this easy). Putting your bike on the bike rack on the front of the public bus is an awesome way to unlock huge parts of the city.

They do like their laws, but in my memory cycling was not policed like you describe above. Maybe this is a time warp for what 20 years of behavioral adaption does. I don't see vehicle drivers and cyclists locally working together in the future, we are at war. We don't need more rules, cynical me doesn't see traffic laws of any type ever being seriously policed in sunny south africa.

 

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.

[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.