Saturday, 15 October 2011

This Is The Guy That...

Speaking as a motorist of some 24 years, I feel that I am suitably qualified to answer the question, Why do motorists hate cyclists.

With cyclists, we, the motorist, have a new law breaking hazard in our midst.

  • This is the guy that decides to go through the red light and either turn left go go straight across the traffic.
  • This is the guy that hops off the road so he can use the "pedestrian" crossing, without dismounting.
  • This is the guy that chooses to use even the narrowest of footpaths.
  • This is the guy that goes between lines of stationary traffic waiting for the lights (What do you think is going to happen bright boy!).
  • This is the guy that scoots up the inside of vehicles queued at the lights (just as well a passenger doesn't get out of a car)
  • This is the guy that seems to be invisible to the police.
  • This is the guy that never pays road tax (I'm OK with that one, after all, it is a bike)
  • This is the guy that doesn't pay insurance to use a form of transport on the road ( My 10 year old daughter would need insurance if she was using her electric scooter that has a top speed of about 6mph).
  • This is the guy that can be on the pavement on minute and on the road the next (and what would happen of a motorcyclist took his motorbike for a jaunt like that?)
  • This the guy that is victim of, but also causes a lot of accidents and or crashes.
  • This is the guy that.....I'll have to get back to you on that one.