Pedestrians (maaaaan)

[angryjonny]

Freakin' pedestrians, maaaan. They're everywhere. I'm just tryin' to ride through London, filter past traffic, y'know, and there they all are. Over my left shoulder. Over my right shoulder. They're in the trees maaan, behind buses and vans, like a coiled spring, ready to leap out the second I ride past. I can't take it any more maaan. I can't sleep any more, I just get these freaky nightmares about pedestrians leapin' out of my wardrobe and through the window. Every bus, every truck, every van or 4x4 I try to pass there's a pedestrian, quietly waiting behind it, listening for exactly the right moment to hurl themselves in front of my front wheel, nonchalanty, not looking, as if they're completely oblivious to me. But I know what's going on maaaan... they know what they're doing. They're attacking. They're like predators - waiting for the right moment to strike, and then BAM! You're on the floor and your bike's in pieces and before you know it you're up in court being sued for running one of these menaces over. I just can't take it any more, man. They're not in the (urban) jungle... they ARE the (urban) jungle.

[Cog Head]

i nearly eniolated an african kid the other night...waiting at a pelicon crossing, just waiting for the lights to change and she decides to leap out just before the amber comes on the F*CKING P*ICK, nice wet road too. The best bit was that she some how decided that it was my fault, and my responce was "you know in this contry we have cars and bikes ya F*king N***A" so she death steared me , so i kindly turned to highbeam and blinded the CUN* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the only person i can trust on the road is me and i have my doubts sometimes when i somehow endup doing 50 round an island in the cold

im ponderiny carrying a painball gun or a BB gun hidden inside my fairings so i san shoot the bas*ards
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[angryjonny]

[st3v3]

and then if you get caught, you will be screwed under firearms offences............
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[killa]

I’ve had recently some idiot cross the road at no crossing or anything, see me to late and then dot hat shuffle thing, back and forth, panicking until just stopping dead in the middle of the road…..
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[Cog Head]

some people really need to be ran over, i recon there should be a points scheme about howmanny people you can run over...
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[ColdInsomnia]

I've often thought about carrying something on my bike with me in case I need it to defend myself more than anything.

Just something to throw at the chavs at the side of the street. After all, they're usually throwing bottles at me, why can't I throw... say... a petrol bomb back at them?


Of course keeping a petrol bomb with you when you're on a bike is not a good idea.
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[ram_doom]

Samurai sword is probably a more convenient option
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[angryjonny]

There's probably a joke about a Ninja in there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to think it up. Make your own punchline.

[st3v3]

[Keir]

i dunno about the weapons but the first post in this thread made me piss myself.
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[ColdInsomnia]

[GearboxGeezer]

You called a kid a nigger because she walked across a road when the traffic light was red? How was she surposed to no it was gona go orange...

[Stiffler]

I ran into a little 8 year old kid last night It's really shook me up and I'm just hoping he's ok. It was a big main road with central reservation 20 yards from a Pedestrian crossing. I wasn't going very fast 10-20ish, It was dark and this lad ran straight in front of me, I got the brakes and swerved and then ran into his little brother than was running across the road after him.

He was up straight away and ran to the edge of the road crying, I got straight off my bike and tried to calm him down. He kept saying "I'm in trouble I'm in trouble" his brother ran to get his parents and people in the cars around me at the time came to help. The lad had a lump on his forehead and the Paramedics said they think he may have broken his collar bone.

I'm not sure I want to get on the bike again for a while....

Tim
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[killa]

10 points Tim......don't be ashamed.
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[ColdInsomnia]

[angryjonny]

[Rookie]

[angryjonny]

Yeah - exactly. Just think about how bad it could have been if you hadn't been more alert, or had been driving a van or something, and pat yourself on the back that this kid is still alive to tell his classmates about the day he got hit by a motorbike.

[crazymotorbik...]

[instigator]

Shaun, you got any of his details or address? If I were you, I wouldn't let him get away with lieing through his teeth. This could involve phsyical violence or just plain malice to his car (writing a message on his car bonnet, a threat). Even if you do get off scott free which I hope you do....he hasn't learnt anything from this and thinks he can get away with lieing like that, no matter how much it might affect others.

On another note, only had one near off with a pedestrian. Outside my uni, 2 lanes on my side, busses stopped on left hand side lane so I go to the right of my lane and at the last moment someone runs across. Managed to swerve maybe 2cm but still clipped him hard with my mirror which didn't budge much. Hope it hurt, you nob. Have to remember that, people are...generally....very stupid.

[m0l0t0v]

[tokarev]

The worst are those drunken fools coming out of the bars/clubs at night in Central London.

One time I was coming back late from somewhere (forgot where lol) and was travelling along Shaftesbury Avenue towards Piccadilly Circus and there were a group of fuckers crossing the road from a bar. Most made it across but two of the guys were walking in slow motion. You know how they time it so that when you pass them, there body/foot is just inches from your wheels, well this is what he was doing. This guy was trying to show off to his mates and decided to pretend to throw himself forward (as if to cause an accident). I was already expecting him to be a twat though and so I just rolled passed him normally, making him look like an even bigger retard.

If he wants to jump out in front of my bike then he is the one who will come out worse, fucking fool.

[angryjonny]

Tonight it was cars; Volkswagen Golfs in particular. But that's a story for another day. I'm still alive and in one piece and off to buy a louder horn.

[SimonB]

I don't want want to sound like a cock but isn't it a good idea to report it to the police. Its just so that they have a record of the incident plus it should mean that you can't be done for failing to report an accident.

Still it must have been a hellva shock for you and I hope you recover from it soon.
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