Re: Please sign the bus lane petition.

"burtthebike" <burtthebike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Fr Jack" <sp@xxxxx> wrote in message
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"burtthebike" <burtthebike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Never seen any of that, other than actually being directed to park my
Beemer in a cycle parking area - and if the warden says to do it, who
am I to argue?

So when you were prosecuted for illegal parking, you'd have sued the warden?

No, but I'd drag him into it: I have a habit of taking piccies if I
think circumstances are open to interpretation - including the warden
giving advice. So far, this has worked for the 2 parking tickets I
have ever been issued in 27 years of motor vehicle use. Both,
incidentally, in the past 2 years.


I get the feeling you are confusing scooterist scum with motorcyclists
- not a good idea.

No, almost all of these extremely dangerous people are on motorcycles,
including the one who deliberately rode at two cyclists but had an
unregistered bike, so the police couldn't trace him.

Is that an incident you actually witnessed, or just something
reported? Either way, there are rogue elements on both sides... In the
incident I described earlier, I bodily moved the cyclist because he
was persistently assaulting me - prodding me in the chest so hard that
I felt it through a heavy, armoured jacket and it hurt. I decided not
to retaliate in a similar manner, or waste time having him arrested
for assault and simply embarrassed him, instead.

I have encountered him several times since and we have laughed about
the incident. I doubt if either of us would have laughed if I'd had
him arrested, or decided to hit back.


There's one particular quad
bike rider in north Bristol who I have difficulty in believing that he is
still alive, or that he hasn't killed someone.

Those who choose to ride quads on the road desperately need to be
removed from the gene pool.

Couldn't agree more, but this guy seems to lead a charmed life, doing
incredibly dangerous things but living to tell the tale. Just a matter of
time I suppose until his luck runs out.

Beats me how they were allowed on the road in the first place...
Despite having 4 wheels, they are unstable in corners - when you can
actually get them to corner, that is. People are getting injured using
these things all the time, though there have been only 2 widely
publicised incidents - Ozzy and Rik Mayall.
--

Fr. Jack

The ex(un)civil servant
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