Jaysus cycling! (4 Viewers)

[7 - No tomorrow]

None of it really bothers me anymore
Getting annoyed at someone in a bike lane or a motorist that doesn't use his blinker, isn't really worth my time.
They're dangerous assholes, but they're never gonna change.

 

[Space]

cars use the road

that's their main thing

So do cyclists but I've seen plenty of both on footpaths including near misses of being run over by cars while I'm on a bicycle and the car is attempting to mount the footpath for some reason or another. But yeah I also gave up being annoyed after two years of approx 8 hours of being on a bicycle a day and having countless near misses due to drivers paying no attention to anything other than other cars or worse seeing you and deciding to ignore you anyways all while breaking one rule of the road or another. Hi viz aren't going to change any of that unfortunately.

 

[nooleen]

yeah i didn't say it would

i said it would make cyclists more visible, which i reckon is very self-evidently not a bad thing like was originally suggested

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

But yeah I also gave up being annoyed after two years of approx 8 hours of being on a bicycle a day and having countless near misses due to drivers paying no attention to anything other than other cars or worse seeing you and deciding to ignore you anyways all while breaking one rule of the road or another.

Amen.

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

 

[Space]

and it's pointless being more visible when drivers choose to ignore you because they believe you shouldn't be anywhere near a road.

 

[Jerry Twig]

and it's pointless being more visible when drivers choose to ignore you because they believe you shouldn't be anywhere near a road.

Thank you. Hi viz only draws attention of the haters, not much else.

 

[Space]

A similar anecdote for yas, for years Cyclone Couriers had the reputation as they most dangerous cycle couriers around simply because they were the most visible in their full branded uniforms.

 

[nooleen]

and it's pointless being more visible when drivers choose to ignore you because they believe you shouldn't be anywhere near a road.

well as a driver who doesn't ignore cyclists or have some mental rabid objection to them being on the road, i still amazingly think higher visibility is a plus

 

[nooleen]

i've also managed to cycle in cities for years without imagining drivers in general have a mad vendetta against me

 

[pete]

A similar anecdote for yas, for years Cyclone Couriers had the reputation as they most dangerous cycle couriers around simply because they were the most visible in their full branded uniforms.

When everyone knows they were just as bad as the rest of the couriers out there, amirite?

 

[Space]

i've also managed to cycle in cities for years without imagining drivers in general have a mad vendetta against me

So it's my imagination? Very well carry on.

 

[Space]

When everyone knows they were just as bad as the rest of the couriers out there, amirite?

Exactly. Had cops tell that since that most couriers are great cyclists in comparison to the suits on Dublin Bikes.

 

[nooleen]

so in summary, hi viz made dublin bikes couriers more visible. imagine that.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Exactly. Had cops tell that since that most couriers are great cyclists in comparison to the suits on Dublin Bikes.

As a suit on a bike, I'm internet offended at this!

 

[Space]

I've never seen a courier on a Dublin Bike.

 

[Space]

As a suit on a bike, I'm internet offended at this!

Good I'd say you'd be offended at the idea of riding a Dublin Bike too.

 

[nooleen]

*cyclone couriers, not dublin bikes

 

[Space]

Ah right. Never mentioned anything to do with hi viz to do with cyclone.

 

[nooleen]

shite

i'm getting off the internet til all this coffee wears off so

 

[nooleen]

obviously i still maintain that i'm completely right about everything though