Thread: Lost for a month

Originally Posted by Jack_

There's douchebags on either side of the fence and you are right, there's a few dumbass cyclists around.

A lot of habits that cyclists have that seem annoying though is literally to keep them alive. If everyone knew how wide their vehicle was, was aware of their surroundings, checked their mirrors, didn't enter their own blind spots and would always pass at a safe distance then cyclists would have far less annoying habits. They claim the road sometimes. They need to in order to not die. You might need to slow down your car sometimes for them, but slowing down for a little bit is not much of an inconvenience compared to getting run over or dying.

When they ride with 3 metres of good seal on their left on a hi-way I can only conclude they are trying their best to shorten their time on this earth. Plus the ones whose bikes are grossly overloaded with saddle bags etc trying to pedal up a slight rise and for every forward metre they wobble sideways 2 metres, they don't seem concerned with their own life expectancy. I sometimes conclude that they don't realise what a flimsy machine without any protection they are operating among heavy traffic, but good old ACC and the NZ tax payer will bandage them up for free if they survive.