Militant runners on country lanes

[remedy]

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

[NRG1976]

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

[Richard-D]

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

[smn159]

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

I think that it's pretty clear to everyone who has the sense of self-entitlement TBH

[NRG1976]

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

[jasonrobertson86]

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

I think its quite clear who is silly here. Running with your back to traffic is also silly, hence the rules.

[NRG1976]

jasonrobertson86 said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

I think its quite clear who is silly here. Running with your back to traffic is also silly, hence the rules.

Do you cycle into oncoming traffic?

[Richard-D]

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

So you don't fancy answering the question then?

[NRG1976]

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

So you don't fancy answering the question then?

If you need a basic question answering and unable to join the dots to the point I made in response then it’s not worth really discussing with you. You obviously just want attention or fancy trolling. Jog along, pun intended.

[jasonrobertson86]

NRG1976 said:

Do you cycle into oncoming traffic?

No, I don't cycle. Were you born stupid?

[Richard-D]

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

So you don't fancy answering the question then?

If you need a basic question answering and unable to join the dots to the point I made in response then it’s not worth really discussing with you. You obviously just want attention or fancy trolling. Jog along, pun intended.

In which case you know they're the same width. So, as the closing speed difference with a pedestrian is negligible, isn't it better for them to have a view of the danger?

Do you believe that you're so infallible that others shouldn't even be afforded the opportunity to help themselves if you were to make a mistake?

[NRG1976]

jasonrobertson86 said:

NRG1976 said:

Do you cycle into oncoming traffic?

No, I don't cycle. Were you born stupid?

All you ever do is post worthless comments laced with aggression. Not sure if it’s a language barrier or something but calm down a little bit and perhaps being a nicer person will translate to some other aspects of your life.

[NRG1976]

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

So you don't fancy answering the question then?

If you need a basic question answering and unable to join the dots to the point I made in response then it’s not worth really discussing with you. You obviously just want attention or fancy trolling. Jog along, pun intended.

In which case you know they're the same width. So, as the closing speed difference with a pedestrian is negligible, isn't it better for them to have a view of the danger?

Do you believe that you're so infallible that others shouldn't even be afforded the opportunity to help themselves if you were to make a mistake?

Would you cycle into oncoming traffic?

[jasonrobertson86]

NRG1976 said:

All you ever do is post worthless comments laced with aggression. Not sure if it’s a language barrier or something but calm down a little bit and perhaps being a nicer person will translate to some other aspects of your life.

Pot kettle black.

I am calm, thank you for your concern.

[_Neal_]

NRG1976 said:

Would you cycle into oncoming traffic?

No. Because that would be dangerous due to unnecessarily increasing the closing speeds and giving both parties (cars and cyclists) very little time to react to each other (cyclists move at speeds pedestrians don't - as said above pedestrians are effectively stationary for closing speed purposes.

You seem to be debating whether the Highway Code is correct or not, based on equating cyclists and pedestrians. The Highway Code has cyclists going with the flow of traffic because of how quickly they move. Pedestrians move very slowly so it's safer for them to be able to react to a vehicle they can see (which is far harder if that vehicle approaches from behind).

[Richard-D]

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

Richard-D said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

remedy said:

NRG1976 said:

People who jog into oncoming traffic are following the highway code, they looking after their safety. They could easily jog on on the other side of the road, but that would mean they would not be following the highway code and putting themselves and others at risk of a crash and injury or death

How have you got a driving license?

I hope this was sarcasm.

Yes I have a driving license. No sarcasm. Meant every word. Cry if you want.

Ok. It's scary that I share a road with people like you, but hope my edits in bold help with your understanding of using the roads.

Best stay indoors if you’re that easily scared. Don’t care what the Highway Code says, running into oncoming traffic is silly.

Do you believe that people are a different width when viewed from the front compared to viewing them from behind?

When sprinting downhill towards you around a blind corner, you have less control of a situation than if overtaking. If it was safer approach then people should also cycle into oncoming traffic too.

So you don't fancy answering the question then?

If you need a basic question answering and unable to join the dots to the point I made in response then it’s not worth really discussing with you. You obviously just want attention or fancy trolling. Jog along, pun intended.

In which case you know they're the same width. So, as the closing speed difference with a pedestrian is negligible, isn't it better for them to have a view of the danger?

Do you believe that you're so infallible that others shouldn't even be afforded the opportunity to help themselves if you were to make a mistake?

Would you cycle into oncoming traffic?

You know you're wrong, which is why you won't answer the question.

I however don't have a problem with it. I wouldn't cycle towards traffic for many reasons including:-

The closing speed is significantly higher

You need more room on a bike (avoiding potholes, more affected by crosswind etc).

You're required to cycle with the traffic, says so in a book you may have read once before your driving test.

[Solocle]

NRG1976 said:

Do you cycle into oncoming traffic?

What an utterly imbecilic question.

The fastest I've ever clocked on a bicycle is 57 mph. 20 mph is fairly standard cruising, downhill 30 or 40 is routine.

Unless you're Roger fg Bannister (4 minute mile = 15 mph), you're going to be doing maybe 10-12 mph at most on a run.

And a bike can't just "run" off the road without risking crashing. Unlike a pedestrian.

[jasonrobertson86]

Solocle said:

NRG1976 said:

Do you cycle into oncoming traffic?

What an utterly imbecilic question.

The fastest I've ever clocked on a bicycle is 57 mph. 20 mph is fairly standard cruising, downhill 30 or 40 is routine.

Unless you're Roger fg Bannister (4 minute mile = 15 mph), you're going to be doing maybe 10-12 mph at most on a run.

And a bike can't just "run" off the road without risking crashing. Unlike a pedestrian.

Yet he has the audacity to call people morons for following the highway code. Unbelievable.

[Acuity30]

BunkMoreland said:

I mean I don't know about you, but the other night it took me 90 mins to drive my 20mile commute home.


I wasn't stuck in a queue of cyclists or runners or pedestrians or even horses. You know what was causing the hold ups? Cars. Thousands and thousands of cars! I was one of them!

Every cyclist or runner or whatever you dissuade from travelling by that method by being a bell end to them. Goes and gets in their car and adds to the problem of congestion which screws all of us even more.

Plus lets be honest passing a fairly narrow other road user isn't difficult to do safely. I would guess the average bike on a regular 2 way road may mean I slow for 20-30seconds at most before there's a gap in the oncoming traffic and I can pass them giving them a wide berth. I spend more time at traffic lights!

I don't know why people feel its a flex to say they simply cant cope with another road user Care to explain?

Anecdotes aside, it's a fact they slow down traffic, so it's a face full of screenwash for you so you learn your lesson.

[egor110]

Acuity30 said:

BunkMoreland said:

I mean I don't know about you, but the other night it took me 90 mins to drive my 20mile commute home.


I wasn't stuck in a queue of cyclists or runners or pedestrians or even horses. You know what was causing the hold ups? Cars. Thousands and thousands of cars! I was one of them!

Every cyclist or runner or whatever you dissuade from travelling by that method by being a bell end to them. Goes and gets in their car and adds to the problem of congestion which screws all of us even more.

Plus lets be honest passing a fairly narrow other road user isn't difficult to do safely. I would guess the average bike on a regular 2 way road may mean I slow for 20-30seconds at most before there's a gap in the oncoming traffic and I can pass them giving them a wide berth. I spend more time at traffic lights!

I don't know why people feel its a flex to say they simply cant cope with another road user Care to explain?

Anecdotes aside, it's a fact they slow down traffic, so it's a face full of screenwash for you so you learn your lesson.

And you slow motorbikes down so you should be off the roads .

Is this how this works?