... by a bloody pushbike!
Had to get some fuel so jumped on the bike and as it was a nice night tonight, decided to take it for a little squirt through the city.
Was sitting at the Fitzgerald St lights waiting to turn right onto Roe St. There is a dedicated turning lane there. Lights turned green and I looked to my right, then moved off while glancing slightly to my left.
This fucking bicycle comes from behind me and to my left and cuts across the front of me to head west down Roe St, clipping my front wheel! A quick "sorry mate" and off he rides!
I was like "what the fuck just happened?"
I rode 100m down Roe St and stopped the bike to survey the damage. This guy rode over and apologised and I asked him WTF he was doing.
Tool of the Week: "The light was red so I thought I could just shoot across."
Me: "Did you not fucking see me there?"
TOTW: "Yeah, but I thought I could just get across because the light was red."
Me: "What the hell are you talking about? Are you high?"
I can only imagine he meant the light was red for the traffic on Roe St, so he thought he could skip through the intersection while traffic was stopped.
Never mind the fucking traffic on the road on which he's travelling, right?
For fuck's sake. If a bicyclist can't take proper measures to account for a motorcyclist on a public road, what hope is there for the cagers?
Had to get some fuel so jumped on the bike and as it was a nice night tonight, decided to take it for a little squirt through the city.
Was sitting at the Fitzgerald St lights waiting to turn right onto Roe St. There is a dedicated turning lane there. Lights turned green and I looked to my right, then moved off while glancing slightly to my left.
This fucking bicycle comes from behind me and to my left and cuts across the front of me to head west down Roe St, clipping my front wheel! A quick "sorry mate" and off he rides!
I was like "what the fuck just happened?"
I rode 100m down Roe St and stopped the bike to survey the damage. This guy rode over and apologised and I asked him WTF he was doing.
Tool of the Week: "The light was red so I thought I could just shoot across."
Me: "Did you not fucking see me there?"
TOTW: "Yeah, but I thought I could just get across because the light was red."
Me: "What the hell are you talking about? Are you high?"
I can only imagine he meant the light was red for the traffic on Roe St, so he thought he could skip through the intersection while traffic was stopped.
Never mind the fucking traffic on the road on which he's travelling, right?

For fuck's sake. If a bicyclist can't take proper measures to account for a motorcyclist on a public road, what hope is there for the cagers?
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