I have a confession to make. I am an extremely inconsiderate cyclist. I cycle on the path, I break red lights, I don’t wear a helmet and I roar self-righteously at motorists and pedestrians when they behave in a similar fashion. Someone should really enforce the law. Otherwise, plonkers like me will get somebody killed.
On the other hand, I’m a pretty considerate driver. Go figure.
I know this is a cyclists’ love-in, but:
I can live with cyclists cycling on the pavement, it’s when the cheeky fuckers happily jump on a pedestrian crossing to make their right-hand turns that makes me reach for the tyre-iron
Bastards!
Actually, Twisty, now that I come to think about it, quite a lot of those photofits look remarkably like you. They didn’t take pictures of you to produce the photofit components by any chance?
I enjoy it when the cab drivers wax poetic about how all them A-rabs are crazy and they should just be bombed into oblivious. Especially those eye-rain-eeans.
Yeehaw. Rednecks with shamrocks for brains!
Yes, oblivious was the word used.
Someone mentioned the rollerbladers. Toss in strollers, joggers and pedestrians and these trails can be a mess.
Another problem with these multi-use trails is that they inevitably cross a driveway or side road. Drivers often fail to look when crossing even when the side road or driveway is marked with a yield and crossing marks. I’ve been hit by cars twice while biking and both times were on multi-use trails. Also, I’ve occasionally encountered a regular curb at a crossing, when I expected a cut curb, and gone ass over handlebars. I’ll stick to the street, thanks. Less dangerous.