If someones hooting me, im in th habit of giving them a thumbs up 🙂 It works on so many levels 😉
1. THey are a police guy-- i dunno wtf they'll think 2. they are honking angrily- they'll take it as me mocking them 3. they are honking in a friendly manner- they will take it like a real thumbs up 🙂
Well after I gave him the finger and mumbled "[censored] off" loud enough for him to hear I turned around and saw who he was, I ambolled over sheepishly and said "I guess I'm in trouble now" to which he replied in the positive. Live and learn eh? -- Cheers Damian Harvey
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Does everyone always stop at pedestrian lights? NO! Well not car drivers anyway. I went for a walk the other day and came to a pedestrian only crossing on a moderately busy road. Pushed the button, waited for the little green man to appear, checked to see that the approaching car really was stopping, then started to cross. Then another car came up from behind, beeped its horn, swerved past the stopped car and continued full speed through the intersection. Gave me quite a fright.
I used to regularly use one traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing where drivers often went through the red light. One went through while I was still on the roadway (& the little man was definitely green) so I turned around & kicked the car as it passed me. (I'd seen so many cars do this that I could tell who would stop & who would not, so I wasn't surprised.) Yes, the driver was very upset, but I never saw another car run that pedestrian crossing again.
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(i) if I've been waiting ages and they haven't changed (which is actually legal, as the in-road sensors can't always [never?] detect bikes and not all lights are on a timer all day)
So what do you do in situation (i) ? We have two known sets of lights around here that don't detect bikes.
I get off the bike, walk to the footpath, press the ped light button, and then walk across when the little green man appears. Then I get back on the road and ride.
--- Cheers
PeterC
[Rushing headlong: out of control - and there ain't no stopping] [and there's nothing you can do about it at all]
I get off the bike, walk to the footpath, press the ped light button, : and then walk across when the little green man appears. Then I get back on the road and ride. :
I also. Unless I know its a semi sort of busy road and then I just be patient till a car comes along. No biggie. I am not in that much of a hurry.
