[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[wycombewheeler]

JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote

JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote:

Beautiful reply on a local site thread moaning about “Road tax”. Quite a long-winded way of announcing they are a prick.

I couldn’t get upset about the content of that rant, I was already apoplectic about the grammar.

[David9694]

And lo! he spake unto him

And lo! he spake unto him saying, “thou can’t park there, mate” and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth at the city gates. 

[chrisonabike]

Clearly not “Europe” now

Clearly not “Europe” now anyway!

[David9694]

If you are going to go to the

If you are going to go to the expense of running Land Rover V8 in – checks notes – Oxfordshire, at least try to be happy about the experience. 

[NOtotheEU]

“residence of the uk”

“residence of the uk“

The planet earth?

[JustTryingToGetFromAtoB]

Beautiful reply on a local
Beautiful reply on a local site thread moaning about “Road tax”. Quite a long-winded way of announcing they are a prick.

[stonojnr]

A serious crash on the A14
A serious crash on the A14 blocked the eastbound carriageway for 6hrs this morning, but has anyone ever heard of a school closing as a result of a crash like that, because the teachers weren’t able to drive in ?

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23285123.a14-suffolk-felixstowe-school-closed-a14-crash/

[mattw]

Oh to have Episcopal

Oh to have Episcopal influence:

A spokesperson for Worcestershire County Council said: “Following a recent site meeting, we are looking at introducing a new Traffic Regulation Order that will give our partners at Worcester City Council powers to enforce against people parking on Cathedral Square.”

[mattw]

He’s not a Lib Dem – that

He’s not a Lib Dem – that face is nowhere near miserable enough. Needs training.

Our ex-Lib Dems now Ashfield Independents manage to look far more miserable than that when faced with a cycle track.

 

[wtjs]

meet a horse, it gets put

meet a horse, it gets put down

I recall a video linked on here in which riders are proceeding along the left side of the road, and the horse is hit hard by a speeding oncoming car which fails to round a left hand bend. I seem to remember, but I’m not sure, that the driver received the usual joke penalty but I can’t remember the fate of the poor horse.

[IanMSpencer]

I’ve ridden in my time. I

I’ve ridden in my time. I learnt a lot about horses. Contrary to the press, they are pretty thick in general, and are simply a bunch of instincts, you ride by containing them and kicking them into a canter is like hitting a nerve bundle. Like with a dog, if you react, the horse will react, but they are spooked by wheelie bins, bin bags, bikes, cars, odd clothing, dogs, strange shapes, flappy things and so on.

While there are cyclists who need a slap, their biggest enemy is still the car driver as it is with pedestrians. Horse riders have done quite well in their battle for awareness, mainly because horses can inflict real damage on cars, so a good majority of drivers respond well to when they see horses – unfortunately I suspect most incidents are driving too fast down country lanes and not accounting for stopping distance when the victim is round a corner – meet a car, it gets dented; meet a horse, it gets put down.

My post was prompted by a Tweet by someone who did a “But cyclists” when a car had destroyed (and been destroyed by) a Sheffield stand when driving on the pavement, and then dug up the 2017 incident with the cyclist killing someone. It turned out they were petitioning to get cyclists banned from bridleways.

[chrisonabike]

As wtjs says though – the
As wtjs says though – the issue is that animals are erratic (yes – including people, will get there). Lots can’t control their dogs. Horses are similar – least they might run away rather than towards you but they can be the weight of an old mini and can certainly get up to cyclist speeds eg. 25 – 30mph. Worse, they’re predictably unpredictable – spook for all kinds of reasons.

Finally – there are problems with the animal on top of them! I’d hesitate to say those types are often on their high horse (probably most are kids on ponies? ) but they may not be sympathetic to cyclists. Especially if “my horse got spooked by one”. I don’t think horses get cycle training and something that moves quickly and quietly may just be too much for many of them.

[Awavey]

absolutely, some of us who

absolutely, some of us who ride bikes, may also ride horses. though some who ride horses also drive stupidly large 4x4s on country roads and struggle to make the connections with others on different modes of transport

last time I met a horse + rider on a single track road, I called out and the rider looked back at me and damn kicked the horse into a trott/canter as a result, and Im like ok well Ill just sit back here then as Im not going to try to get past you whilst you’re doing that, its unsafe for me and you, 500metres later the horse gets a bit bored and wants to go back to plodding, and the rider eventually conceeds and waves me by.

 

[wtjs]

I bit

I bit

That’s nowt for Lancashire! I’ve just identified 3 No MOT vehicles on the road inside one minute. The first is black Focus YL06 YYW, then Passat VE06 NWZ and Passat SA10 EWM- all in 10:47 minute, 28.1.23, and the Passats were consecutive oncoming cars passing me. You may think no wonder the police ignore them all with ‘everybody does it’, but my view is no wonder there are so many when the police ignore them all

[wtjs]

I’ve been told that

I’ve been told that recumbents are like kryptonite for them and are guaranteed to give them a bad trip

I was blamed for frightening a horse which was coming down a steep country lane when I was walking up it with my trailer when I was on the Pennine Bridleway, and similarly blamed on my trailer-laden way up to the Lakes because the little yellow triangular ‘Bob’ plastic flag mounted on a fibreglass pole on the trailer was a ‘dangerous hazard’ for horses

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