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colin1
Captain Safety



Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 14 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
sounds good, but u'd need some practise to actually get that to work.

more likley someones just gonna get hurt
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mattsmith95
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Joined: 03 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 14 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the worse time of the year, many cyclists don't bother with lights. Some only have a rear light, some only a front light, it would be nice if they had BOTH lights so you can see them.
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cagiva gezzer
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Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: 21:25 - 14 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I lug one of these around london:

https://thumb.shutterstock.com/photos/display_pic_with_logo/2034/2034,1106179282,3.jpg

The thing i hate is cyclists pushing through red lights when i'm crossing with the ickle green man. I'm aiming to get someone with my heavy solid case......

Having said that, i love cycling in london. Such fun and faster than most things.
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KLR600
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PostPosted: 21:43 - 14 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
spitfire wrote:
they dont have to participate in any kind of road safety scheme


*Remembers fondly doing my cycling proficiency when I was 11 years old...... Wink Wink
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Nikki123
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Joined: 13 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: 12:55 - 15 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I couldn't believe my eyes last night. Waiting at some traffic lights in Northampton, this tosser on a bike, all done up in the lycra gear etc. with a little kid in a child seat on the back only goes and JUMPS THE RED LIGHT!

If he doesn't value his or other people's safety, then he should at least value the life of what presumably was his child.
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Dom
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Joined: 06 Sep 2004
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PostPosted: 13:03 - 15 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
KLR600 wrote:
spitfire wrote:
they dont have to participate in any kind of road safety scheme


*Remembers fondly doing my cycling proficiency when I was 11 years old...... Wink Wink


Laughing Laughing That was a qualification and a half.

*gets all nostalgic*
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G
The Voice of Reason



Joined: 02 Feb 2002
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PostPosted: 13:12 - 15 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
Pavement cyclist arrest technique number 1:

Pavement cyclist standard revenge:

Pick up bike.

Turn away from assaulter.

Hold bike outstretched.

Spin towards target

Remove teeth/gristle from spokes.

Continue journey.

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I suspect cycling is similar to the process many go through with motorbikes. You first pass your test and doing 10mph over the speed limit seems bit naughty and 20mph + over you'd only do occasionaly.
Then you start turning the throttle a bit more and find that you neither get arrested nor mashed in of a car, so end up going faster and faster; to the point that many have tested out their deep-into-triple-figure top speeds on their bikes.
Tell many car drivers how you were doing 160 down the motorway and they'd be horrified, however empty it was.

In a similar manner
I don't see going through red lights specifically the problem - it's whether or not they are paying attention when they do that is the issue.
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