agree with you on that, and could all those people on bikes wear something nice and bright (not black) at night plus lights and if they could would they decide which they are going to ride on as in pavement or road and not jump the lights and if when I am out walking on the pavement would they mind not bumping into me and if so could they use a bell.
Grrrrr....don't get me going on either of the above points, as a motorist (of many miles PA), a dog walker and a cyclist it amazes me how many rude people in all 3 categories there are I said to my OH the other day that sometimes I just feel like I'm too polite and should start being rude to other road / path users as they are to me.
In Norwich city centre we sometimes get skateboarders in their mid 20s using the roads - there's no way of telling which direction they're going to take and they swerve in and out of parked cars with abandon - when I remonstrated politely with one who'd cut me up at traffic lights then swerved across my path down a hill, he swore at me and said that he should be treated as a cyclist - I said in that case he should have brakes, some form of steering and lights and put his arm out if he was turning right - you should have heard the abuse I got
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've been riding a bike since I was really young and my mum taught me the correct road procedures from a very early age. One time though, I was crossing a dualcarriageway that had traffic lights on it, so I waited for the green man and then waited for the traffic to stop, it was 2 lanes and there was a lorry in the first one so I couldn't see the second, so I carefully started to cross and then next thing I knew I got hit by a car, that failed to stop and drove off. Luckily, he just scraped my front wheel and i hadn't fallen off hard, but still have a scar on my leg now.
As of my 16th birthday (last year), I got a moped and so many people treat you like rubbish. I've also had so many people pull out on me. The worst time was a couple of months ago and I was doing 30, then suddenly this old lady pulled out and I had to veer off of the road and she swerved and hit a van. We were both really shaken up, and she was crying, so I consoled her. Which I shouldnt really have done, but I didn't want her upset.
i guess what I'm trying to say is Clari, I'm really sorry for what happened and thank my lucky stars nothing like that has happened to me. I'll be passed my test soon and so won't need a bike anymore. Wish you all the best x
On a different note, there was a disabled person in Waitrose I saw struggling, so I asked him if he needed help and I needed up going round half the shop with him, picking things from high up and passing them to him. It made his day and he was ever so grateful. He asked me what my favourite food is and I said strawberries, so he went and bought me some. I couldnt believe it, and told him I couldn't accept them, I didn't do it for the thankyou and he told me that nobodies ever done that for him before and it was nice not to be left to struggle
Oh guys that made me blush! Good thing no one was here to witness it No but seriously thankyou, it also annoys me when some elderly people complain all we do is drop litter, swear and sit on our computers all day! I don't think I've ever dropped litter once, I do swear on the odd occasion I feel it's needed though , and the only reason I go on my computer is to do my assignment work or here (I can't take the blame for the latter haha)
I too sobbed at Claris post and I hate it when people treat disabled people like nothing, and moving you out of their way is disgraceful! were all just normal people at the end of the day, whether you're fat, skinny, black, white, disabled or not
I know, it's such a shame, I've been bought up with manners and boundaries, but so many people never smile, or even look at you. And never please or thankyou...that's another thing! Manners! They don't cost anything, and it's showing respect to some one else, that really gets my goat
A pic of me blushing would make me blush more! I'm so un-photogenic it's unreal
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agree with you on that, and could all those people on bikes wear something nice and bright (not black) at night plus lights and if they could would they decide which they are going to ride on as in pavement or road and not jump the lights and if when I am out walking on the pavement would they mind not bumping into me and if so could they use a bell.
Grrrrr....don't get me going on either of the above points, as a motorist (of many miles PA), a dog walker and a cyclist it amazes me how many rude people in all 3 categories there are
I said to my OH the other day that sometimes I just feel like I'm too polite and should start being rude to other road / path users as they are to me.
In Norwich city centre we sometimes get skateboarders in their mid 20s using the roads - there's no way of telling which direction they're going to take and they swerve in and out of parked cars with abandon - when I remonstrated politely with one who'd cut me up at traffic lights then swerved across my path down a hill, he swore at me and said that he should be treated as a cyclist - I said in that case he should have brakes, some form of steering and lights and put his arm out if he was turning right - you should have heard the abuse I got
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've been riding a bike since I was really young and my mum taught me the correct road procedures from a very early age. One time though, I was crossing a dualcarriageway that had traffic lights on it, so I waited for the green man and then waited for the traffic to stop, it was 2 lanes and there was a lorry in the first one so I couldn't see the second, so I carefully started to cross and then next thing I knew I got hit by a car, that failed to stop and drove off. Luckily, he just scraped my front wheel and i hadn't fallen off hard, but still have a scar on my leg now.
As of my 16th birthday (last year), I got a moped and so many people treat you like rubbish. I've also had so many people pull out on me. The worst time was a couple of months ago and I was doing 30, then suddenly this old lady pulled out and I had to veer off of the road and she swerved and hit a van. We were both really shaken up, and she was crying, so I consoled her. Which I shouldnt really have done, but I didn't want her upset.
i guess what I'm trying to say is Clari, I'm really sorry for what happened and thank my lucky stars nothing like that has happened to me. I'll be passed my test soon and so won't need a bike anymore. Wish you all the best x
On a different note, there was a disabled person in Waitrose I saw struggling, so I asked him if he needed help and I needed up going round half the shop with him, picking things from high up and passing them to him. It made his day and he was ever so grateful. He asked me what my favourite food is and I said strawberries, so he went and bought me some. I couldnt believe it, and told him I couldn't accept them, I didn't do it for the thankyou and he told me that nobodies ever done that for him before and it was nice not to be left to struggle
We've always known you're a bit of a star Ryan
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aww that's really nice Ryan
Something else that annoys me is when elderly people moan about the youth of today, you have just proven that they are not all bad
Oh guys that made me blush! Good thing no one was here to witness it
No but seriously thankyou, it also annoys me when some elderly people complain all we do is drop litter, swear and sit on our computers all day! I don't think I've ever dropped litter once, I do swear on the odd occasion I feel it's needed though 
, and the only reason I go on my computer is to do my assignment work or here (I can't take the blame for the latter haha)
I too sobbed at Claris post and I hate it when people treat disabled people like nothing, and moving you out of their way is disgraceful! were all just normal people at the end of the day, whether you're fat, skinny, black, white, disabled or not
I know, it's such a shame, I've been bought up with manners and boundaries, but so many people never smile, or even look at you. And never please or thankyou...that's another thing! Manners! They don't cost anything, and it's showing respect to some one else, that really gets my goat
A pic of me blushing would make me blush more! I'm so un-photogenic it's unreal
There no doubt at that Philippa
Although I would really like a profile pic, but not sure what to have it of?
Awww Ryan how kind. I bet you made his week, yet alone his day.