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Did she learn that ladylike phrase from you or did you marry above yourself?:rolleyes:

No need for abuse? You are quite right, did you wash her mouth out with soap and water when you got her home?

Only if you keep coming back on site, he likes the easier targets and you seem to volunteer for the job.
:)

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i have 2 cars so pay 2 lots of road tax..... do i now need to have another tax for my bike? :rolleyes:

i ride lots of off road routes around hyndburn and haven't seen many "proper cyclists" on the pavements. although i find most dog walkers ignorant ****es who think there dogs can just chase bikes because "there just playing"

pratts



see we all have our bugbears.

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Yes we do, mine is ignorant cyclists, yours is ignorant dog owners, both are dangerous and shouldn't get away with it.
:)

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at least we can agree on something :D

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Well add teens on bicycles riding the path while on a mobile now. The little pest didnt see me on the pavement. He was to busy grunting down his phone. Why is there never a stick for the front wheel handy when you need one.

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spugs use the tealeaf method.;):D

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Or the drop kick method:D

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More fun watching them fly. Even better if at the time they are on their mobile. :D

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah:D

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Then thud as they do a belly flop on the pavement. :D

But they would still have the mobile in hand on impact before :hesoff: of to A&E. :D

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Is that for treatment or to have the mobile amputated from their hand:D

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The mobile amputated from the hand and sometimes from the ear. A broken mobile is more distressing to them than a shattered body. :eek: The body can be fixed but the mobile well that is their whole life. A bit like many young women and men (18 - 30) who cant live without it.

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Makes you wonder just what did they do before the mobile came on the scene Spuggs

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I hear what you say there but the reality is if you/anyone were to try and hit(shoulder) any passing cyclist it would be you who would go flying and probably end up on your arse as they would be travelling at speed and the likelyhood is they would hit you as opposed to you hitting them..
and for the record I have had people try to hit me and I was on the road - they were on the white lines in the middle waiting to cross and because I didnt go fast enough by them or stop for them? they tried to kick and hit me..
they were wasters with tracksuits and pitbulls to suit so I shouldnt have been surprised really..
the thought of headbutting one of them with my cycle helmet on was very appealing..

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We got on with our lives quite happily & you even spoke to people you know the old fashioned way , you went round their house & spoke to them face to face ..... Oh those bygone days eh, we'll not be seeing there likes again that's for sure ! :D

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They dont speak they grunt slurp n gargle. Maybe a flight over the handle bars with them landing on their heads might help them. Only problem is who would pay for the pavement damage?

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well i know a guy that didn't come off worse.:D

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Wondered what that slight scratch was on your hand the last time I saw you cashy:rolleyes::D

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but its the same with e-mail and tinternet now :rolleyes:

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Let common sense & consideration rule !
Cyclist should be allowed to ride on the pavements, as long as they are aware and considerate to pedestrians, and of course it depends on the locality. I ride on some single carriage rural roads (A585 fleetwood to the M55 ) where cars and HGV belt past you at 50+ mph, whilst the pavements alongside remain some of the most unused I've ever seen.


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-safety-row.do

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Common sense and consideration rule:eek::eek::eek:
cycles should be on the road, the pavements is for pedestrians end of

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The highway code is not the law but an advisery.
Laws made should be policed .
You can complain for ever but unless the police are doing their job you are wasting your time. :dancedog:
I refuse to drive in the cycle lanes , people look a bit miffed in the rearview mirrow.
I don`t park on the pavement, ( i was fined for parking my motorcycle on the pavement.The pavement was at least 2 cars wide) I walk in the road to get around . I have not seen the police do anything.
Mini roundabouts are a pain ,I go around them.
The problem IS the people , they just don`t give a dam. I`m alright Jack.
I stick to just below the speed limit.... :cool:

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Wrong.

Taken from:-
Introduction : Directgov - Travel and transport

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"Manners maketh the person" (Note the PC bit) So to get Cyclists off the streets they can use canal towpaths & here's how they're expected to behave. :)

Debrett's issues Code of Conduct to cyclists and other towpath users - Telegraph

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Around here, firstly they would have to nick a bell.
:rolleyes:

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So yet again, walking home in the dark someone on a pushbike tried to push me into the gutter of a busy road, why, because he was on the pavement behind me and impatient.
When I protested it seems I was at fault, he claims it was my fault, no doubt it was my fault after all, I'm a pedestrian using the pavement, he is on a bicycle and I was in his way.
Try to explain to these people that you have right of way on a pavement, he and others just come straight back with abuse!
When is the actual law going to be applied to stop these folk creeping up behind us?

I do at times use my own pushbike but always on the actual Rd. the way it used to be when I first taught to ride one.

As the title say's, Cyclists should re-claim the Rd. NOT use the pavement just because the Police won't tell them to.:mad:

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How's this, Less. Not sure what the law is over there but here in South Australia they brought in a law last October which states that motorists have to keep 1 metre away from cyclists when passing them and that cyclists ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE ON THE FOOTPATH!

As most of them do not carry a warning device (although they are supposed to) just imagine some poor old dear (me, for instance!) suddenly having a bike come up behind the old bod and whizz past on the footpath. It's enough to cause an accident, an apoplexy - and who pays any expenses related to this if it happens, cyclists are not insured. Is that the next thing planned - that cyclists have to be insured?

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It doesn't matter love, just re-read the whole of this carp, it started with a similar post, no-one and nothing has changed except...


...I find it harder to jump out of the way of the oncoming traffic I've been forced to share a gutter with by the ignorant pavement cyclist.
:(

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Some thing never change eh? Wizz
You not wanting to share the gutter you are in.

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Oh joy of joy's you arrive back to prove your worth, which has never yet met the plus side of zero.
I do hope your attempts at humour (insult?) Improve if you mature.

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They "cyclists" like that learn quicker with a punch in the gob.

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theres a new craze now where some cyclists get themselves a head camera and deliberately put themselves in dangerous situations then upload their video to facebook of their own stupidity calling the driver they set up an idiot

if this goes wrong i can assure you its more than likely no car , van or truck driver will be seriously injured but there will be on less idiot on the road or pavement

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clearly the bus driver is completely in the wrong if this goes badly for the cyclist

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/cycl...100000867.html

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For that to work around here the bus would have to be on the pavement.

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And I always thought that pavements were installed so that certain ethnic minorities/majorities, (take your pick), could park their cars on them with impunity.
silly me.

Stay happy, Your's Taddy.