Cyclists and C19 .

[nepia]

2 hours ago, Big J said:

I even saw one on the bloody A30 the other week!

 

Today's Darwin Award goes to the young lady on a roadbike in long black leggings (it was a sultry 24C), earplugs in - presumably for the music - and no hat riding up the hard shoulder of the M23 northbound.  I wondered if she was being kind to the planet by cycling to her plane as she took the Gatwick offslip with local Old Bill protecting her from 20yds behind ?

Edited May 9, 2020 by nepia

[David Cropper]

10 minutes ago, Big J said:

Why exactly? Horses are a bloody hazard around here. They serve literally no purpose other than to make travel in a car more dangerous. 

 

I've no objection about them being kept in fields, far from it. It was a bit of a culture shock moving from Scotland to the South West as I can't recall ever having seen horses on the roads up there.

You have a horse to ride it, not to keep it in a field and admire it. I am now on the piss and have been for sometime so there will be no more transmissions from this station. I shall bid you a good evening. 

[nepia]

Totally agree re the earplugs.  Madam was on the hard shoulder; brand new surface, white lines, redesigned exit in the last couple of years.  Bless him an AA flatbed recovery lorry had been doing the protecting bit before Police arrived, doing maybe 15mph in lane 1 with hazards on.  Not a huge risk to himself as traffic was of course very light and that stretch has had a 50mph limit for two years but I'm sure he would have done the same under 'normal' circumstances.

[Johnsond]

29 minutes ago, Big J said:

Why exactly? Horses are a bloody hazard around here. They serve literally no purpose other than to make travel in a car more dangerous. 

 

I've no objection about them being kept in fields, far from it. It was a bit of a culture shock moving from Scotland to the South West as I can't recall ever having seen horses on the roads up there.

Well J I think a lot depends if you come from an area with a lot of horses and a lot of drivers whom are horse aware. I’m from north east of England and was raised using horses in a working role, my sister also was brought up with them and competed in show jumping etc and latterly horse driving trials up to international level. A lot of drivers nowadays are probs unaware at what an unpredictable thing a horse can be, learning to drive around my home area horses were a common sight. End of the day you can’t dictate what uses the roads based upon wether you think it has a purpose or not J ?‍♂️?‍♂️. I’d hazard a guess and say statistics would prove that horses on the public roads are responsible for very few accidents as opposed to the antics of say, young drivers. 
mind you I do believe that kids under a certain age should not be riding or driving horses on public roads unaccompanied by an adult. 

[spuddog0507]

Been extracting timer this week and what i have seen is beyond belief, hundreds and i mean hundreds of cyclists going past our hard standing stacking area next to a B road, its been a all day thing every day but afternoons have been very busy, most was in couples but there was some groups may be up to 12-15 and one group about 40ish all riding side by side, its not good practice given the present situation, then at the top of the woodland we are working on is a public footpath and thats been packed out all week with walkers and today i have been to change a wheel on a trailer and with in a 6 mile drive probably came across 40-50 cyclists ( or road lice as i call em) hogging the road and every lay by or where you could park a car there was one in it, my thoughts are just let them get on with it and let them do what they are doing but it will be the likes of me who will be laughing, dont go near any one and not worked with any one since all this shit started, and horses dont get me going about them, most are ok but some are total arseholes,

[s o c]

Road Lice !

like it !?

[petercb]

Cyclists everywhere today all over the road lane discipline non existent. As for horses had a bucketful lately first it was the local caravan dwellers stallions out on the road at five in the morning. Northants finest attended and told me they'd put them back can't count unfortunately as there were 3 out not 2. Third one smashed our fence down and got into back hay meadow. Absolutely wild and dangerous said caravan dwellers turned up and was a hoot as they tried to catch the thing which they did but not without it giving one of them a hell of a kick, just about managed to keep a straight face.
Three days later the finest are back enquiring about stolen horses in field at back run by horse welfare outfit. Legal owner turns up to collect them next thing is ambulances, fire engines and police cars tearing down track at side of our paddock. Said stolen horses objected to going back and laid out two of owners.
Just don't get me started on the local hunt they're in a league of their own.

Edited May 9, 2020 by petercb

[Toad]

1 hour ago, spuddog0507 said:

Been extracting timer this week and what i have seen is beyond belief, hundreds and i mean hundreds of cyclists going past our hard standing stacking area next to a B road, its been a all day thing every day but afternoons have been very busy, most was in couples but there was some groups may be up to 12-15 and one group about 40ish all riding side by side, its not good practice given the present situation, then at the top of the woodland we are working on is a public footpath and thats been packed out all week with walkers and today i have been to change a wheel on a trailer and with in a 6 mile drive probably came across 40-50 cyclists ( or road lice as i call em) hogging the road and every lay by or where you could park a car there was one in it, my thoughts are just let them get on with it and let them do what they are doing but it will be the likes of me who will be laughing, dont go near any one and not worked with any one since all this shit started, and horses dont get me going about them, most are ok but some are total arseholes,

Near us people are parking in passing bays on single track roads to go for walks. Absolutely no consideration for large vehicles or other people trying to use these roads.

[spuddog0507]

37 minutes ago, Toad said:

Near us people are parking in passing bays on single track roads to go for walks. Absolutely no consideration for large vehicles or other people trying to use these roads.

Doing the same run tomorrow twice first will be about 10.30 ish then will be going back about 3 ish to load for monday morn, Hate to think what tomorrow will be like but the weather will play a big part as its set for temps to really drop tomorrow ?

[youngsbury]

I had a small gathering today at work four adults with half dozen kids in tow complete with scooters bikes etc  Thought it was ok to wander into the park of a private estate and set up a picnic complete with disposable BBQS.  Sheep with young lambs everywhere and they genuinely got the hump when I turned up on the quad asking what they think they were doing. Politely asked them the fuck off and take there litter with them ??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️. Let alone all the other twats who think it’s there god given right to walk wherever they want at the moment. Really starting to piss me off ( rant over ) feel better now.