Inconsiderate Cyclists

[ktnpl]

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I used to ride the bicycle to travel to uni, from Toa Payoh to Kent Ridge, over 20 years ago and it was an absolute breeze. It beats taking the bus in terms of comfort and speed, because the bus from Toa Payoh was a double decker and I still need to change to a feeder bus. On those good old days, the traffic was light and most vehicles will stay a few metres away from me even though I keep very close to the kerbside within the yellow or white lines.

Nowadays, I will not venture out to the roads. It is too dangerous. I will ride on the footpaths and park connectors. If there are too many pedestrians, I will dismount to push the bike or overtake them using the turf area. A few days ago, a group of students even cheered me on for venturing onto the bumpy turfed area instead of squeezing through them on the narrow footpath. I think if everyone observe the proper etiquette, the footpath can be shared by both pedestrains and cyclists.

 

[iScoupe]

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Now I need to say something about cycling on a PEDESTRIAN pavement to those cyclists who think just because they ring their bells incessantly, it means we pedestrians have to give way to you.... FCUK YOU

I will NOT give way to rude cyclists and if any bike touches me, I WILL NOT hesitate to kick you off your bike

+100
i was hit by a battery operated bicycle... kan pain...

 

[Chocs]

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I have seen quite a few arguments on all sorts of forums if cyclist belongs on the my father's road..

I will keep cycling on my (your) father's road and I will also keep on driving, live and let live.

....if u read comments....in other forums ..there r always 2 camps.. Of course beta 2 read more in-depth 1st, b4 jumping guns....:chinese:

Bottom line is..No one wants anybody to be hurt....no one wins if anyone is dead..

....except 4 this fellow who wrote in a forum elsewhere ....this I call ...乳嗅未干。....still drinking milk...kid. Let's see how he feels, if Sumone say tt abt hitting his love ones...

...point is simply jus 2 create awareness and prevent / work 2gether...not 2 prove who is king...Haiz.

QUOTE (Vhtfhwl__o @ May 12 2011, 09:42 AM)
TS, to avoid unnecessary swerving of vehicle along this stretch of road, just hit all cyclists in future.

 

[VolanteDB9]

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+100
i was hit by a battery operated bicycle... kan pain...

no wonder you don't go Geylang lorongs anymore...

 

[detach8]

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ep bikes are dangerous. i've seen some zip past me when i was at east coast and they are extremely fast and powerful. the kids riding them are zig zagging around and not aware of the harm they can cause others. its so powerful that even with two persons on the bike it can accelerate like nobody's business. i just hope none of them fall... it will be very painful. no helment or other protective gears. so damn dangerous. and they underestimate the power. i wonder if the brakes are up to the job.

 

[white]

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Now I need to say something about cycling on a PEDESTRIAN pavement to those cyclists who think just because they ring their bells incessantly, it means we pedestrians have to give way to you.... FCUK YOU

I will NOT give way to rude cyclists and if any bike touches me, I WILL NOT hesitate to kick you off your bike

A lady from my office cycled to work via pedestrian walkway. She was fined $30 and she gave up riding as she is afraid of traffic.

 

[atec1267]

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Again this morning along west coast rd, even there are not many cars, this cyclist just take the road as theirs, take up 2 lanes, the truck even have to siam them to go to the extreme right lanes.....hope one of this day ah tiong will teach them a lesson...pui.

 

[white]

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As a driver, let's be gracious and live graciously.

Just one moment of inattentiveness from a driver, will be disastrous, even if d cyclists is abiding to traffic rules.

These are just fleeting seconds of your entire journey.....

 

[Chocs]

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As a driver, let's be gracious and live graciously.

Just one moment of inattentiveness from a driver, will be disastrous, even if d cyclists is abiding to traffic rules.

These are just fleeting seconds of your entire journey.....

...harlow White...ho say boh...8)...Y u nvr tok much 2 me @ SW...i so sad....:ehhh:..

..oki...back 2 Cyclist.....:chinese:..

...give & take...few seconds onli....2...possibly..regrets...whole life.

..even WA on the road, while driving la....stops during traffic lights la... is absolutely...irresponsible...

..how mny times ...did we hve 2 lightly sound our honk 2 remind motorists...green lights liow...haiyo...:sleepy:.

 

[speeddream]

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At the end of day, every individual needs to exercise appropriate social responsibility and be more tolerance towards one another.

There are many places where we as driver need to exercise extra vigilant, eg driving around little India.

A classic example to share: a cement mixer truck was zooming at speed in excess 100km/h along Tampines Ave 10 at extreme right lane. Upon stopping alongside it at traffic light junction, I noticed that the driver was running on slick tyres!!!

 

[wt_know]

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cyclist also very on to beat red light as they feel they are not obliged to traffic light rule

[video=youtube;KRI1o4F5rNs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI1o4F5rNs[/video]

 

[C3P0]

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cyclist also very on to beat red light as they feel they are not obliged to traffic light rule

Are they in such a hurry ? - YouTube

Is that near Mandai?
If yes, very near u-know-where.....

 

[Euphoria]

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Is that near Mandai?
If yes, very near u-know-where.....

Yes, it's near the crematorium.

I do my laps at Mandai also, but I doni't beat red lights. :smack:

 

[white]

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...harlow White...ho say boh...8)...Y u nvr tok much 2 me @ SW...i so sad....:ehhh:..

..oki...back 2 Cyclist......

Aiya, that time I tot u pow by that See Tee Boon, so I can oni look c look c lor, no tolk.


Ok back to both of us......

we go tak ka la chia Friday Mai? Side by side along Awkchard Road, so I can spend Quality time tolking to u...

No ka la chia? Nvm, one Look kalachia on lelong at cassified leh. Hi end some more....

 

[iScoupe]

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cyclist also very on to beat red light as they feel they are not obliged to traffic light rule

Are they in such a hurry ? - YouTube

these cyclists kenna Ferrari hit , how to pity them.

think time to install video cam!

 

[Bat69]

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....if u read comments....in other forums ..there r always 2 camps.. Of course beta 2 read more in-depth 1st, b4 jumping guns....:chinese:

Bottom line is..No one wants anybody to be hurt....no one wins if anyone is dead..

....except 4 this fellow who wrote in a forum elsewhere ....this I call ...乳嗅未干。....still drinking milk...kid. Let's see how he feels, if Sumone say tt abt hitting his love ones...

...point is simply jus 2 create awareness and prevent / work 2gether...not 2 prove who is king...Haiz.

QUOTE (Vhtfhwl__o @ May 12 2011, 09:42 AM)
TS, to avoid unnecessary swerving of vehicle along this stretch of road, just hit all cyclists in future.

Of course, there are always two sides of the story, as my two daughters are really good at spinning contradicting stories to escape punishment

A lot of these forum comments, are due to non cyclist not understanding why we 'choose' to cycle on the road. When I ride my fixie with my wife, I stay on the PCN without fail.

But when I am on my road or TT bike, I have no choice but to ride on the road as I can get up to 50kph to maximize the training effect in preparing for races. And no, I am not trying to lose weight, there are better and safer ways to do this.

It may look deceiving, but our riding speed in a peloton can very fast that it may be more hazardous for us to stop at red light (and I do not condone beating a red light !!), as we may cause a pile up in the peloton, so the proverbial, lesser of two evils choice.

Our shoes are also clipped in and hence if we do a hand brake stop, we may just flop over like a hippo, cyclist do fall over at traffic lights as they can't unclip fast enough, yours truly being one of them:chinese:

I am not saying it's right, but these are some reasons that sometimes we do what we do and seems like we own the road and disregard all other users. Saying that, I also believe that if cyclist wants to cycle on the road, they need to start respecting other road users and not road hog, especially on a single lane or liberally flipping the bird to anyone that honks.

Incidentally, there was a E60 that honked at me yesterday, indicating his intention to overtake me and cut sharply into the ocean financial center, which I think was the right thing for him to do, as it gave me a warning of his intent, rather than have him cut right in front of me, like how some blue colored taxis are fond of doing to me !

THere was a bike oncoming, not very clear in the video but you can see the headlights. I wonder what is the problem with keeping LEFT? Or which part of LEFT do cyclists not understand? Must they ride two WIDE abreast and take up the entire bloody lane?

BTW, let me make it clear I did not speed up. I barely went from gear 1 to gear 2 before I let the gas off. In the video the engine is loud it does not mean I sped towards them. did not intentionally speed up as you think I did.



I did not pick a fight. I honked to ask them to get out of the way.

Sometimes we ride two abreast in a peloton for safety, I know sounds ridiculous, but the logic is to be more visible and prevent cars from squeezing past you and run you off the road.....

I agree that detach8 did not provoke the cyclist in the video nor trying to start a fight, he has every right to honk, as I would do so myself, judging by the haphazard way the foldies are riding.

 

[Mockngbrd]

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cyclist also very on to beat red light as they feel they are not obliged to traffic light rule

Are they in such a hurry ? - YouTube

kenna bang down orbi

 

[detach8]

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Thanks for that, Bat69. Like I said, I cycle myself and I know the reasons why people prefer the road (which also puzzles me why people take the road along changi coast road because the PCN there is very well paved.)

I am perfectly OK with those on road bikes going fast and keeping very near the left. In fact I saw a few yesterday all dressed up like they were going for a race, helmets and all. There's no reason for me to honk if they do not obstruct me or I do not endanger them.

But these kids... I really hope none of them are BMW-SG member's kids...

BTW, I don't think they are riding foldies. They are riding regular sized bikes.

 

[detach8]

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Here's what I was saying. The honda in front of me was forced to make a last minute lane change because the bikes were taking up the entire left lane and all of us were on the right lane.

And you can see that there's more cars avoiding these kids while I was stopped so there was TRAFFIC on the road.

Sorry I am not so damn free to edit out the audio. The reason why the video was cut was to filter out my conversations.

 

[jasonmaxima]

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durian season plus warm weather now.....


makes everyone more heaty.....

please remember to drink more water