Always look, even on green lights

[Dave48]

Red light jumping isn't just confined to the capital. I see more & more drivers doing it in Birmingham/West Mids. where I live & travel daily.
Why is everyone in such a tearing hurry-what is so important that they risk life & limb to "save" a few seconds/minutes?
Was taught years ago by a wise man-check the junction, check the traffic, look & expect the unexpected. Its saved my skin a few times over the years. Green lights are like flashing indicators-they only mean the bulbs wo :eekrk!

[Lawrence]

What a bellend :| not uncommon though, I commute into Central London and lose count of the people jumping red lights each day.

[Frosties]

Hello officer, I recklessly jumped a red light nearly hospitalising another road user, if it wasn't for his observations you'd be breathalising me right now and a colleague would be calling his family, however there appears to be damage sustained to my rear light cluster and,

And?

Like it Stiggy  :lol

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That's a hotspot, it happens there all the foccing time. The number of times that must have happened on my commute through there. Glad there was no contact!

PS. At least you didn't get blanked by Warwick Davis again lol  :lol

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Sorry for making this a smart ass reply, but I can't help it. Here's the thing from my city's perspective:


1) Video evidence is kept for up to a week. No more room on the servers. So if a driver had say 2 people on board and reported me for breaking his stop light, the other two passengers could confirm. If I get the charge after more than a week (which is a reasonable time), video evidence would have been gone by the 7th day and it would be my word against 3 witnesses.


2) It is not your job to teach people to drive. There is the police, you can report. But doing justice on one's own is not very wise if you want to live long and good. In my city people tend to get out of cars with baseball bats, or guns, so getting into arguments, even if you're right and they're wrong is not productive at all. Idiots won't learn, they probably even know they're doing wrong.




I had a situation when I just flipped the bird to a rude driver and he stopped, got out of the car. I thought: what a stupid reason to get beaten, or sued for causing injuries - whatever happens I'm in trouble!


On another occasion, I was on a bicycle and a guy started pushing me off the road with a car (driving parallel with me and then turning towards the kerb slowly). I started banging with my hand on his car, but he didn't stop, so I had to brake, let him go ahead. The idiot didn't know he was doing anything wrong, he was angry for me hitting his car (but this one didn't stop to have a chat).


After those incidents, I always do this:







Just let it go.




Oh, and those lights: even when in a car - I always check for idiots running red light. Those things happen quite often. I either slow down to have a look, or have a bus/lorry by my side covering me.
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Slani - your first reply is top notch and much appreciated fella!


I ride into & across London every day and always check for idiots but this one caught me out, really pissed me off and was by far the worst ever.


Having said that, I can't disagree with your comments and normally do let it go...........now & again, it's just sometimes the red mist gets the better!

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[noggythenog]

A guy just about came close to wiping me out about 5 minutes ago.




I was going round the inside of a standard sized 3 exit roundabout, tonnes of visibility all round...i seen him hoofing it on in the Land Rover as if to slingshot & go off the first exit i had already backed off....he didnt see me until he was already in the middle of the roundabout......if he kept going he woulda been fine but when he finally seen me he shit himself and anchored on......so we both ended up stopped on the roundabout.




I could tell he was gutted...youngish guy & it was a work land rover....he was apologising profusely & i was like shaking my head as if to say look just dont worry about it...get outta my way...he kept apologising...so..well i gave him the thumbs up the poor fucker....i think he learned big time & will be looking out for bikes...he is the type of bloke to take it seriously & have a word with himself & like with stig the responsibility really is on us to be looking out for this type of stuff.




I didnt even get pissed off.........but some snobby arsehole not giving a shit would have been a totally different kettle of fish.......we all make mistakes...but these type arent making mistakes.....it is the way they constantly are....foccin oxygen thiefs.

[Dead Eye]

Glad you kept it shiny side up... even if I can't figure out what actually happened :| :lol

[Punkstig]

Noggy- my first proper accident was a woman pulling out on me on a roundabout, I pulled the bike upright slamming on the anchors, if she'd have carried on regardless we would have missed each other, but as with yours she saw me way too late, panicked and slammed the anchors on stopping dead in front of me, I then had to try and swerve back around the front as opposed to aiming behind the rear, clipped her front bumper and off I went!

I've always said- if people apologetically put there hand up in admittance of their mistakes there would be very little road rage, it's difficult punching someone that's saying sorry, that would be like slapping the Andrex dog round the face whilst swinging a toddler about by the feet!

(now you've all got that image in your heads!)

[noggythenog]

Ha ha :lol


I've got an idea for an upgrade for your bike......a rubber mechanics mallet.....inserted into a soft cuddly toy......i think Andrex actually did a limited addition puppy toy giveaway but maybe a leopard to go with your bike...& some extra material around the handle...it would just look like a mascot..........until it was delivering extreme pain....plus it could be thrown like a tommahawk :b




Ye i'm a bit paranoid after getting blocked off my bike last year......looking for sinners round every corner......& boeing 777's

[kitcrazy]

I've always said- if people apologetically put there hand up in admittance of their mistakes there would be very little road rage, it's difficult punching someone that's saying sorry, that would be like slapping the Andrex dog round the face whilst swinging a toddler about by the feet!

(now you've all got that image in your heads!) :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

[darrsi]

Whitton Avenue/Greenford Road crossroads in Sudbury is still the most ridiculous place for jumping lights for me on the way home from work. I normally filter to the front and just watch in astonishment.

The record i've counted so far is SEVEN vehicles jumping blatant RED lights, although i've seen six at least twice now, it's quite scary really.  :eek

[Hamos]

I had some of those temporary traffic lights on my way to work last week.  Both sets of traffic were separated by about 300 metres and a bend so you could not see the other set of lights.  I was filtering up to the front when the lights went green, so I slotted in about 5 cars from the front.  4 cars coming the other way had jumped the red light and were forced onto the verge by the queue of traffic I was in.  They had to sit there whilst we all drove past shaking our heads, horn tooting and wanker signs.  Made me laugh.

[Slaninar]

Run about a dozen red lights on my way to work today... on a bicycle. 

[Neon Knight]

Some twat in a van side swiped me and the mrs today in Bristol, broke my indicator and cracked the fairing, the asshole didn't even stop. I should thank the fairies that I managed to stay on the bike and apart from a bruise or 2 we both got off pretty lightly. Still makes you bloody angry tho.  :'(

[ChristoT]

Some twat in a van side swiped me and the mrs today in Bristol, broke my indicator and cracked the fairing, the asshole didn't even stop. I should thank the fairies that I managed to stay on the bike and apart from a bruise or 2 we both got off pretty lightly. Still makes you bloody angry tho.  :'(

What a pillock! Any video footage?

[Dave48]

Some twat in a van side swiped me and the mrs today in Bristol, broke my indicator and cracked the fairing, the asshole didn't even stop. I should thank the fairies that I managed to stay on the bike and apart from a bruise or 2 we both got off pretty lightly. Still makes you bloody angry tho.  :'(

Its an almost unreal feeling when drivers do this to you-I got side swiped on a roundabout by a half asleep taxi driver-his front offside took out my LHS footpeg from under my boot-fortunately at low speed & I stayed upright. Needless to say he got hi wallet out and was a bit shocked when I told him the price of Yamaha parts! :lol