thehermanator Posted September 30, 2009 Share This morning at 5:40 I stood waiting for the traffic lights at the intersection of <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Loch and Jan Smuts Ave in Parktown. A group of riders came down Jan Smuts towards Braamfontein, most of them manage to cross while the light was still green, but 3 riders rode over the red traffic light and I must say they were not very brightly dressed and not merely enough flashing lights in my opinion to make them visible. Ask yourself if another motorist who is not observant would have ploughed into you, and one of your mates have to go tell your family what happened? Come on don?t be freaking cowboys and skip traffic light where you clearly know that it?s dangerous. I am all for skipping lights if it?s safe to do so, but this morning it was just plain stupid. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li Mu Bai Posted September 30, 2009 Share happens all the time, each day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehermanator Posted September 30, 2009 Share happens all the time' date=' each day of the week.[/quote'] Yea but this could have gone so wrong.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted September 30, 2009 Share But then it must always be someone else's fault when they get flattened!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted September 30, 2009 Share BTW I saw a **** doing the same thing on Barry Hertzog! Didn't get to have a chat with him this time....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted September 30, 2009 Share Again..... I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Hey, I see cyclists acting like this on roads on the east rand everyday... But they're east rand roadies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted September 30, 2009 Share The East Rand does tend to skew stats in most aspects of modern living!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted September 30, 2009 Share Cars do it, bikes do it - even educated w@nkers do it. Lets do it - let's all get killed. Woohoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowellingWulf Posted September 30, 2009 Share Cars do it' date=' bikes do it - even educated w@nkers do it. Lets do it - let's all get killed. Woohoo.[/quote'] Slipknot version to a happy song from the 90's hmm? No but seriously, the same thing happens on Witkoppen everyday and those traffic lights are out 90% of the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted September 30, 2009 Share found this on eco-action.org the other day... Q: Have you ever used your bike in the commission of a crime? A: Every good cyclist should! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calabash Posted September 30, 2009 Share I passed a HUGE group of cyclists on the old Pretoria road on Saturday. They were all in single-file and riding on the shoulder. It just made me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTANA Posted October 1, 2009 Share I passed a HUGE group of cyclists on the old Pretoria road on Saturday. They were all in single-file and riding on the shoulder. It just made me happy. Something positive. The rest of this tread is a everyday fact. Pllt skip lights all the time. Let everyone stand in for themselves. Just remember - if a car skip a light and crash with another car - chances of survival is relatively good compared to a cyclist been taken out by a car from the side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levett Posted October 1, 2009 Share I passed a HUGE group of cyclists on the old Pretoria road on Saturday. They were all in single-file and riding on the shoulder. It just made me happy. Take a picture and post it on here with the title - Cyclists behaving ..... well!!!!! and we'll see how many 'hits' it gets, and how many pages the thread runs to levett2009-10-01 01:02:12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted October 1, 2009 Share I passed a HUGE group of cyclists on the old Pretoria road on Saturday. They were all in single-file and riding on the shoulder. It just made me happy. Take a picture and post it on here with the title - Cyclists behaving ..... well!!!!! and we'll see how many 'hits' it gets' date=' and how many pages the thread runs to [/quote'] That heading is an oxymoron...... it does not exist!!!!!!! The posting on the previos page about Robots out in Witkoppen...... the general rule is that the intersection should then operate as a four way stop AND EVEN MORE CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN THAN USUAL!!!!!!!!...... but it is useless telling that to testosterone driven cyclists in a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaris Posted October 1, 2009 Share I passed a HUGE group of cyclists on the old Pretoria road on Saturday. They were all in single-file and riding on the shoulder. It just made me happy. Take a picture and post it on here with the title - Cyclists behaving ..... well!!!!! and we'll see how many 'hits' it gets' date=' and how many pages the thread runs to [/quote'] That heading is an oxymoron...... it does not exist!!!!!!! The posting on the previos page about Robots out in Witkoppen...... the general rule is that the intersection should then operate as a four way stop AND EVEN MORE CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN THAN USUAL!!!!!!!!...... but it is useless telling that to testosterone driven cyclists in a bunch. On behalf of all my roadie friends, give it a break please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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