Re: Commuting Etiquette
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:50 am
3 seconds at 30kph is 25 metres!
2 seconds at 20kph is 11 meters.
2 seconds at 20kph is 11 meters.
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In the UK as this video shows the mantra is (or used to be) "Only a fool breaks the two second rule".The 2 second rule is a tip on how to keep a safe distance, but even if you are 2 seconds behind and crashed into the vehicle in front you are still in the wrong.
The cyclists that take up a full lane at the lights, especially if they want to go straight and block a lane with a green turning arrow really, really annoy me. Anyone who has driven in Perth knows half of your trip is spent waiting at lights as it is so when some toe-rag on a bike who can easily move aside decides not to then turns around and smirks I fully support any action the driver takes. Cyclists that do this need their head kicked in. All they are doing is pissing people off because they can and this further enrages drivers who may take it out on the next innocent syslist they see. We BOTH need to SHARE the road...it is not all about drivers giving way to cyclists only. As a cyclist, when is the last time you gave way to someone in a courtesy situation? Never? Yet expect others to give way to you every time?eeksll wrote:Commuting etiquette. My number one pet peeve is when other bike riders decide to ride up to the front of a queue (eg at a traffic light) and then make no effort to ride fast ... these are always the commuting types (the racers take off and stay out of my way)... arghhhhhhh, why?
now that I am on the topic, my second pet peeve, is when my riding buddy decide to weave through traffic and then sit in front of the car waiting at the traffic light .... arrgghhhhhh .... why?
We give way, move over to far left all the time - extremely difficult to claim many cyclists are actually inconsiderate, and the cyclist is probably in that lane because he's been staying left. Cyclists also don't have a heads-up-display that will tell them the order the lights will move in. Its a really-really-really silly place to move to the left to let cars through as they will all then be encouraged to close pass - and they will tend to do it quickly if they believe the light is about to change. If I'm at the front, I will however happily move to the right and block the middle lane, which often upsets the moron in the middle lane, which goes to show the general pointlessness of being 'considerate'.Mat_H wrote:The cyclists that take up a full lane at the lights, especially if they want to go straight and block a lane with a green turning arrow really, really annoy me. Anyone who has driven in Perth knows half of your trip is spent waiting at lights as it is so when some toe-rag on a bike who can easily move aside decides not to then turns around and smirks I fully support any action the driver takes. Cyclists that do this need their head kicked in. All they are doing is pissing people off because they can and this further enrages drivers who may take it out on the next innocent syslist they see. We BOTH need to SHARE the road...it is not all about drivers giving way to cyclists only. As a cyclist, when is the last time you gave way to someone in a courtesy situation? Never? Yet expect others to give way to you every time?eeksll wrote:Commuting etiquette. My number one pet peeve is when other bike riders decide to ride up to the front of a queue (eg at a traffic light) and then make no effort to ride fast ... these are always the commuting types (the racers take off and stay out of my way)... arghhhhhhh, why?
now that I am on the topic, my second pet peeve, is when my riding buddy decide to weave through traffic and then sit in front of the car waiting at the traffic light .... arrgghhhhhh .... why?
I don't move past cars if its likely that they will be doing 60 or more after the lights change, but there is a safety reason for doing it (it moves the cyclists away from the most common place cyclists get killed - being rear-ended by a driver that has never noticed them).As for cyclists that ride up between cars at the lights like the motorbikes do well I think their life expectency is dwindling. All they are doing is passing say 10 cars who will, once the lights change, immediately pass the cyclist again...that is 10 more chances at getting hit. Do they a few times at consecutive lights and look out. I stop behind the last car that is in the line and go once he has gone. This way drivers seem to respect me a lot more for being CONSIDERATE.
HiMat_H wrote:The cyclists that take up a full lane at the lights, especially if they want to go straight and block a lane with a green turning arrow really, really annoy me. Anyone who has driven in Perth knows half of your trip is spent waiting at lights as it is so when some toe-rag on a bike who can easily move aside decides not to then turns around and smirks I fully support any action the driver takes. Cyclists that do this need their head kicked in. All they are doing is pissing people off because they can and this further enrages drivers who may take it out on the next innocent syslist they see. We BOTH need to SHARE the road...it is not all about drivers giving way to cyclists only. As a cyclist, when is the last time you gave way to someone in a courtesy situation? Never? Yet expect others to give way to you every time?eeksll wrote:Commuting etiquette. My number one pet peeve is when other bike riders decide to ride up to the front of a queue (eg at a traffic light) and then make no effort to ride fast ... these are always the commuting types (the racers take off and stay out of my way)... arghhhhhhh, why?
now that I am on the topic, my second pet peeve, is when my riding buddy decide to weave through traffic and then sit in front of the car waiting at the traffic light .... arrgghhhhhh .... why?
As for cyclists that ride up between cars at the lights like the motorbikes do well I think their life expectency is dwindling. All they are doing is passing say 10 cars who will, once the lights change, immediately pass the cyclist again...that is 10 more chances at getting hit. Do they a few times at consecutive lights and look out. I stop behind the last car that is in the line and go once he has gone. This way drivers seem to respect me a lot more for being CONSIDERATE.
The laws you say?Mat_H wrote:Not a bad day at all...just venting as all I see is 90%+ of cyclings flaunting the laws and disrespecting everyone they see
some cyclists do make an effort to behave and lift their image. however, there are a lot that don't.Mat_H wrote:As a group there is no doubting cyclists deserve the reputation we have.
HiMat_H wrote:Not a bad day at all...just venting as all I see is 90%+ of cyclings flaunting the laws and disrespecting everyone they see (but DEMANDING everyone show them respect)
There's laws against that. I'm afraid it's us or smokers these days.jules21 wrote:...the answer is, it's an expedient way of justifying prejudice - whether it's racism, religious vilification or any other group.