Comments on: Post 61! http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/ Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jen Dockter http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-793 Jen Dockter Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-793 Just to second on heather; I too will cross against the light if it is safe to do so. Most urban biking advisors recommend doing this in fact just because if it's safe to go, there is surely some overly impatient fucknut in their deathmachine riling themselves up to get to that next red light as quickly as they can. Living in SF and biking up and down Market to work every day, I've learned the biggest F-U a biker can give to the ornery driver is to pass them (and the dozens of cars in front of them) and never be seen again. Just to second on heather; I too will cross against the light if it is safe to do so. Most urban biking advisors recommend doing this in fact just because if it’s safe to go, there is surely some overly impatient fucknut in their deathmachine riling themselves up to get to that next red light as quickly as they can. Living in SF and biking up and down Market to work every day, I’ve learned the biggest F-U a biker can give to the ornery driver is to pass them (and the dozens of cars in front of them) and never be seen again.

]]> By: grand_badger http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-780 grand_badger Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:10:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-780 First Off.. I voted for you :-)<br/><br/>Second, I've always detested cyclists who run red lights and I nearly got run over the other week in Hackney by a cyclist who said 'Sorry, but it's raining' in his pitiful denfence for nearly killing me..<br/>However, I agree with HeatherJ.. If it's actually safe to do so then what the hell.. Drivers in most cities don't give a shit about cyclists or pedestrians and i've lost count of the time both have got into bother with careless drivers at traffic lights.. It's those idiots in killing machines that should chill out at pedestrian crossings.. Most cyclists know when it's safe to stop or carry on through.. Same as when riding on the pavement.. The fact is people are more likely to remember that one idiot than those 10 careful cyclists you meet at traffic lights in one day..<br/><br/>http://www.overspecific.com First Off.. I voted for you :-)

Second, I’ve always detested cyclists who run red lights and I nearly got run over the other week in Hackney by a cyclist who said ‘Sorry, but it’s raining’ in his pitiful denfence for nearly killing me..
However, I agree with HeatherJ.. If it’s actually safe to do so then what the hell.. Drivers in most cities don’t give a shit about cyclists or pedestrians and i’ve lost count of the time both have got into bother with careless drivers at traffic lights.. It’s those idiots in killing machines that should chill out at pedestrian crossings.. Most cyclists know when it’s safe to stop or carry on through.. Same as when riding on the pavement.. The fact is people are more likely to remember that one idiot than those 10 careful cyclists you meet at traffic lights in one day..

http://www.overspecific.com

]]> By: HeatherJ http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-779 HeatherJ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:24:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-779 mmm...I'm a cyclist (and occasionally a pedestrian - but never a driver!), and if there are no people crossing or they're a good 5-6 metres away, then I will cycle through a red light mainly because stopping at reds is when you're at your most vulnerable i.e. cars alongside you pulling away/turning left without indicating...)<br/><br/>But these unnecessary bad vibes - shouting out mean things is quite unnecessary. If I happen to cut some one off (and it happens), I ALWAYS smile sweetly and apologise as I do so. Works a treat. Especially with the coppers (saved myself...oooh, £90+ in fines! Just laying on the charm...)<br/><br/>I wonder what she'd have said if you'd yelled 'sorry love!'... mmm…I’m a cyclist (and occasionally a pedestrian - but never a driver!), and if there are no people crossing or they’re a good 5-6 metres away, then I will cycle through a red light mainly because stopping at reds is when you’re at your most vulnerable i.e. cars alongside you pulling away/turning left without indicating…)

But these unnecessary bad vibes - shouting out mean things is quite unnecessary. If I happen to cut some one off (and it happens), I ALWAYS smile sweetly and apologise as I do so. Works a treat. Especially with the coppers (saved myself…oooh, £90+ in fines! Just laying on the charm…)

I wonder what she’d have said if you’d yelled ’sorry love!’…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-777 Anonymous Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-777 i love love love your blog local girl but i have to say cyclists running red lights are pretty on a par with mummies driving their chelsea tractors 200 yards down the road to drop their (one) child off at school. the roads are shitty enough places as it is, why not just relax a bit?<br/><br/>but then... i know how you love to get people riled up :) xx i love love love your blog local girl but i have to say cyclists running red lights are pretty on a par with mummies driving their chelsea tractors 200 yards down the road to drop their (one) child off at school. the roads are shitty enough places as it is, why not just relax a bit?

but then… i know how you love to get people riled up :) xx

]]> By: BLTP http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-776 BLTP Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-776 shall we have a vote on the laws we choose to ignore, presumably if you get knocked over by a cyclist you won't mind so much, drawing nice pictures doesn't exempt people from acting morally. shall we have a vote on the laws we choose to ignore, presumably if you get knocked over by a cyclist you won’t mind so much, drawing nice pictures doesn’t exempt people from acting morally.

]]> By: Helen http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-775 Helen Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-775 Ha! I have to ride to work and go through red lights all the time! Only been shouted at a few times and i normally just snarl a bit or something then wish i shouted back when i'm a few feet further down the road! Ha! I have to ride to work and go through red lights all the time! Only been shouted at a few times and i normally just snarl a bit or something then wish i shouted back when i’m a few feet further down the road!

]]> By: annie http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-772 annie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:43:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-772 good luck!<br/>(you got my vote)<br/><br/>and be careful out there. here in northern california, there have been scuffles with critical mass riders vs. san francisco drivers. way too many automobiles in that fair city! good luck!
(you got my vote)

and be careful out there. here in northern california, there have been scuffles with critical mass riders vs. san francisco drivers. way too many automobiles in that fair city!

]]> By: Luna http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-771 Luna Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-771 It's so funny to see a British girl whining about inexorable people. My father used to live in a small city nearby Liverpool when he was a kid and he said his neighbours wouldn't even let him sit on their windbreak, because it was THEIRS and THEY PAID FOR IT. And this kind of thing also happened to me several times when I went to Cambridge last summer. As a Brazilian - probably the most flexible people in the world when it comes to breaking the law - it all seems a little bit weird to me, because we do have a huge criminal code but nobody really pays attention to it. We just do what it seems reasonable in the given situation. Anyway, I voted for you three times (: It’s so funny to see a British girl whining about inexorable people. My father used to live in a small city nearby Liverpool when he was a kid and he said his neighbours wouldn’t even let him sit on their windbreak, because it was THEIRS and THEY PAID FOR IT. And this kind of thing also happened to me several times when I went to Cambridge last summer. As a Brazilian - probably the most flexible people in the world when it comes to breaking the law - it all seems a little bit weird to me, because we do have a huge criminal code but nobody really pays attention to it. We just do what it seems reasonable in the given situation. Anyway, I voted for you three times (:

]]> By: Serge Protector http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-770 Serge Protector Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:08:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-770 I find that when I'm a pedestrian, I think that pedestrians are the most righteous users of the road/pavement, and that all other forms of transport should treat us pedestrians as the bright green eco gods that we are.<br/>When I'm on my bike I hate those jay-walking idiot ipod numpties that stray into my holy cyclists way.<br/>When I'm in my car I want to kill every other mother****** out there with my fantasy bonnet and boot-mounted machine guns.... I find that when I’m a pedestrian, I think that pedestrians are the most righteous users of the road/pavement, and that all other forms of transport should treat us pedestrians as the bright green eco gods that we are.
When I’m on my bike I hate those jay-walking idiot ipod numpties that stray into my holy cyclists way.
When I’m in my car I want to kill every other mother****** out there with my fantasy bonnet and boot-mounted machine guns….

]]> By: Joe Sorry http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/2008/01/23/post-61/#comment-769 Joe Sorry Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/wordpress/?p=62#comment-769 i done a vote for you! i hope you win a prize! id like to win a prize! have you ever won a prize before? i've never won a prize before. good luck!! i done a vote for you! i hope you win a prize! id like to win a prize! have you ever won a prize before? i’ve never won a prize before. good luck!!

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