Cyclists jumping traffic lights

Kat
"An idiot is an idiot whether they're on a bike, in a car, driving a bus or walking down the street."

That is a meaningless statement.

Yawn.

An idiot is an idiot whether they're on a bike, in a car, driving a bus or walking down the street.

SRU

"If you want to moan baout something moan about the reduction in traffic Police leaving most of our roads effectively lawless."

Thank you but I will moan about what bothers me in the same way that you moan about what bothers you and I find many (not all) cyclists to be a problem these days although they never used to be in the past.

Stereotyping a whole section of the community because of a minority is not going to win you any sympathy. There are a minority of bad motorist, cyclists and pedestrians but fortunately there is a large majority of considerate law abiding road users/pedestrians. If you want to moan baout something moan about the reduction in traffic Police leaving most of our roads effectively lawless. We need more traffic Police so people breaking the law on the road will have real fear of being caught.

Where I live there is a busy pedestrian crossing by the shops and in front of the station.

Most times that the lights are on red for traffic and green man for pedestrians, cars and buses stop right across the walkway completely blocking it. People dart across when the lights are against them because it is quite often the only time they CAN get across.

Yes, common sense is needed and some people take silly risks but there is precious little respect or consideration shown to pedestrians by drivers and even less by cyclists which is what this gripe is about.

So why do pedestrian feel it necessary to walk out in front of buses and when the pedestrian lights are red there is always some prat who walks out just because there are more pedestrians out there doesnt mean you all can make up your own rules... I know that J walking isnt illegal in UK but a bit of common sense goes a ong way!!!!

There are, of course, bad drivers but some cyclists want to blame anybody but cyclists for their own bad behaviour.

The government is encouraging more and more people to cycle while doing very little to provide them with suitable facilities and nothing at all to enforce cycling laws. A lot of us are sick to death of cyclists jumping red lights at pedestrian crossings and weaving in and out of pedestrians on the pavements.

If cyclists want the support of the non cycling public then perhaps they should do more to censure the irresponsible cyclists instead of making excuses for them.

Seems like somebody should be writing for the Daily Mail or presenting top gear. Cyclists wouldn't have to do this if there wasn't such a threat from motorists ( especially taxi drivers in my opinion. I always wait at a red light and if I don't get enough speed early enough when the light turns green I get a honk from a stationary motorist (which is illegal to do I must add).

Maybe you should respect cyclists more and they will feel safe to obey traffic laws without getting ki11ed by moronic drivers.

Cyclists shouldn;t jump pedestrian crossings however there are cases when jumping a red light in order to position yourself in front of the queue of traffic rather than being amongst it is considerably safer

This is a regular occurence in Oxford, especially at night. Cyclists feel they are above the Law. They jump lights and pedestrian crossings (see my comments, motorists and cyclists don't mix). Cyclists ride our highways intoxicated or high on other substances and nothing is done. Police state that they haven't the manpower. May I suggest that their force is on the streets during the day and can't be bothered to fill out the forms. Parking is an easier touch if needs must. I caught a vagrant snatching a charity box at 5:45pm. I recovered the box with a little money still in it but the Police couldn't be bothered to collect it so I had the take it to the other side of Oxford to St Aldates. WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR ???????????

I am sorry to have to say this but while there are some good cyclists there are too many who are nothing more than arrogant @rseholes who think they are a cut above the law and don't have to respect signals, other motorists or pedestrians.

As you know some of them try to weave in and out of traffic when it is stationary and this can pass a zebra crossing. A car had stopped leaving the crossing clear for pedestrians to cross and a cyclist who was overtaking cycled across the crossing in between the pedestrians while they were crossing and rang his bell at us.

On another occasion, I wanted to cross a busy road which was on a slope and a cyclist was coming up the hill rather slow. There was enough time for me to cross while the road was clear without waiting for the cyclist to pass but because I didn't wait for him to pass he rang his bell and waved his fists at me.

Sheer arrogance by some cyclists who seem to believe they have more rights than other road users and pedestrians.

If you break the law then you criminalize yourself, the police are not criminalizing you! When you say that you have not hit a pedestrian when you shoot through a red light you should have added ....yet.

I agree that the police, government and councils are keen on offences that bring them in money but, as they can fine cyclists £30 for riding on the pavement, I don't see why they do nothing to stop this selfish and dangerous behaviour.

I think few pedestrians or car drivers will find your attitude funny or particularly clever. The police were not interested when I was burgled either but I did not see that as a good reason to go out and scare or risk the safety of pedestrians as some sort of perverse revenge.