I've just taken up cycling, I do still ride my motorbike to work everyday as I wouldn't want to take on rush hour traffic with no means of acceleration. I know what you mean about jumping lights, it can be so frustrating having to stop and start all the time and if there is space....And seeing as cyclists don't pay any road tax (they still take up space) then why should they stop at the lights if it's safe to continue. It never bothers me when I'm on the motorbike and cyclists ride straight through.
One of my biggest peeves on the road is pedestrians walking across the road without looking, scary on a cycle, much worse on a motorbike as they're not insured! In 9 years of riding motorbikes I've hit 2 pedestrians, one of them needed a hospital visit, both times I was fine and both times there were witnesses that saw said 'walkers' make like lemmings. I've even had mothers push a pram out before themselves, possibly to 'test the water', utter insanity!!!
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Date: 2007-05-14 07:01 pm (UTC)One of my biggest peeves on the road is pedestrians walking across the road without looking, scary on a cycle, much worse on a motorbike as they're not insured! In 9 years of riding motorbikes I've hit 2 pedestrians, one of them needed a hospital visit, both times I was fine and both times there were witnesses that saw said 'walkers' make like lemmings. I've even had mothers push a pram out before themselves, possibly to 'test the water', utter insanity!!!