Horses on roads

[wuvvum]

....biker baiting

 

What fun! Very irresponsible, of course. But almost entirely justifiable.

 

And nowhere near as dangerous, antisocial or justifying a rude name as, say, cycling two abreast or letting your gee-gee shit on the highway

Absolutely not, on a clear, straight, empty dual carriageway.

[Cheggers]

Absolutely not, on a clear, straight, empty dual carriageway.

 

I don't doubt it - I was simply pointing out that, as a cyclist, it seems our every transgression is cause for referring to ALL of us as "wankers", while racing a motorcycle at 100mph on a public road is viewed as a bit of harmless fun...double standards maybe?

[wuvvum]

I think it's largely subjective to be honest. When I'm in a car I get pissed off by cyclists, when I'm cycling I get pissed off by car drivers, and when I'm on foot I get pissed off by both. I don't think any particular set is any worse than the other when taken as a whole.

 

To be honest the group of road users who wind me up most regularly are moped riders, who buzz along at 30mph on a 60mph A-road for mile after mile with a vast queue of traffic behind them - tractor drivers doing the same speed almost invariably pull over when it's safe to do so, and it's a lot harder to pull a tractor over than it is a moped.

 

And re the biker baiting thing - if two consenting adults want to have a race on a clear road with no other traffic in the vicinity, then yes I do think it's harmless fun as it's not affecting anyone else. Cyclists cycling several abreast or horsey types riding down the middle of the road are fine on a quiet road but end up impeding the flow of traffic if the road is busy - similarly I wouldn't go racing bikers on a single carriageway road at rush hour.

[Cheggers]

I think the problem with moped riders is that for 99% of them it's just a tool. I ride a bike because I love it, so train hard & try to be as good at it as possible. No-one HAS to ride a horse, so most riders do it for the love and care for their horses. Similarly, an awful lot of drivers are also car enthusiasts & actually think about what they're doing.

 

Moped riders, on the other hand...

[Cavcraft]

Speaking as one of the "moped riding wankers on fifty quid Chinese Hysongdo 'peds', we're bollocksed what ever we do. Cyclists think we should use the horse lanes (not compulsory BTW) whilst tractor shoppers and family cyclists quite rightly think 24.8mph is fast enough for the shopping precint.

 

Oh, and to call us all tools is a bit unfair on the basis of a tooly minority. I was hit by a frozen crap last year, therefore I'm allowed to call air passengers (which musn't include me as I haven't got a passport) turderous shitpots...fair?

[Cheggers]

Touche sir...a fair point well made

 

*slinks off, muttering

[Justin Case]

I live near open country, which being near to the town has been turned over to the keeping of horses, so I quite often see them on the road and they are generally no problem. A friend of Mrs A keeps her horse in that area and has had no trouble with drivers either, in fact her only horse-related accident was when her horsebox got written off by a council dustcart. Fortunately she was uninjured due to the low speed and the Bedford CF having a crumple zone consisting of all the completely unobtainable parts

 

No, the only group that I have a problem with and that includes cyclists and Audi drivers is Ramblers. Not pedestrians or walkers out to enjoy the scenery or observe the wildlife, but the gangs of Hi-vis pillocks walking for the sake of walking, who believe that they are not only immune from the laws of traffic but the laws of physics. Don't they realise that if they stopped and looked before ploughing on relentlessly across roads or not facing oncoming traffic that they would stand a better chance of not finding out the hard way that they will always come off worse against everything else on the road when they cause an accident.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I was hit by a frozen crap last year

 

Uhh?

[wackywacerwill]

Whilst jumping a red on my Raleigh racer last week (yeah, bite me bitches) I saw a goat running down the black top. His blatant disregard for traffic laws pleased me immensely.

 

[Cavcraft]

 

 

 

[retrogeezer]

i had to pop out last night around dusk to pick up some freecycle 2000ADs. On a single carriageway 60mph road i spotted this Nob'ility scooter with no lights trundling along the road ahead of me (there is a very wide tarmac path about 5 feet from the road, and it was totally empty) as i approached him I slowed down, as oncoming traffic prevented me from overtaking him, he looked behind him and veered out in the middle, and started waving around a 6 inch piece of reflective belt. eventually i overtook him, but then stopped to buy fuel. After rejoining the road, there he was again, driving/riding/scootering down the road, no lights, in dark clothing and as i overtook him I can see he drinking a can of fosters

 

You should have called the police, they would have got someone there about 3 days later.

[Negative Creep]

I've had no cause to be upset by horses of late, but bikers on tricked up gixxer thou's or KTMs, with blue headlamps and black visors, riding in jeans, have annoyed me at least thrice this morrow...

 

 

It does seem like what would be condemned if it was on a car is always dismissed as "a bit of fun" when on a motorbike. Some bikes have exhausts so loud they can be pyshcially painful, yet nothing seems to be done. Speed limits and lane discipline seem to purely optional, yet they are always ready to explode with indignation when a car driver fails to spot them undertaking a line of traffic well over the posted limit

[Cheggers]

So, what have we learned?

 

 

All other road users are twats

[eddyramrod]

So, what have we learned?

 

 

All other road users are twats

 

What, you've just discovered that? I've known it for at least 30 years. You think it's fun in GB? Come and try Cypriot streets. OK, we don't have the horse situation very much but all the other games apply.

[John F]

 

 

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