^^^ I have one more, people who cannot get it into their heads, that me not wanting to have children (ever) does not make me the spawn of Satan. And the ones who say "You'll think differently when you have your own" , ermm no I wont, just because you screwed up by forgetting to wear a condom and are now stuck with this thing for the next 18 years, does not mean we all have to.
QFT... This all boils down to car drivers are inherently separated from the dangers of the road, sure they are just as vulnerable as everyone else, yet their enclosure seems to override common sense. Yes I drive, I ride a motorbike, and I cycle, and by far the most dangerous activity is cycling. I lost count the number of times a car has overtaken me at break-neck speeds barely giving enough room to pass let alone the inevitable cross-wind wake turbulence you have to tackle! I've been in the unfortunate circumstance where an articulated truck overtook me going uphill, (there was no pavement to walk) the trucks cab had cleared me as a car came down the hill in the opposite direction causing the truck to swerve back to the left, I had no choice but to roll between the rear wheels as my bike went under them, as for the car and truck driver... never noticed a thing, never stopped, never looked, never cared. Drivers will more often than not "Ride on your back wheel" and yet moan when other cars tailgate! I don't know what the road conditions are like everywhere, but I can guarantee the humble cycle is a whole lot more susceptible to potholes / road shrapnel / inspection covers /drains than other vehicles , in shot give bikes enough room to do the unexpected. Don't force them into the kerb or my personal favourite, throw a half empty milkshake at their heads while overtaking! anyhow... I digress, pet hates continued, Chavs... those that insist on playing music on a mobile phone's speaker, and the whole world and his dog assuming that I salivate at the thought of "Fixing" an archaic heap of crap infested pc world special on a Friday expecting it for free and in their own home and in an hour or less... complete with helpful phrases such as "what do you mean software? you mean windows, it was on there already so we threw then disks away..." or "What do you mean there's spywear, I wouldn't download something like that I only use it for limewire and the tinterweb!"
People that knock on my door at 9 in the morning asking if I want to hear about this cool book called the bible and how I need to have my sins forgiven.
You went under a truck? ****... It's lucky it was a big'n or you wouldn't have had any room. I've been forced onto grass verges before, the way drivers try to overtake, see a car coming the opposite direction and simply forget you exist is lethal. I'm lucky I live in quite a rural area where the roads are quite open for the most part. I was actually talking about this with an guy from work who has a motorbike and he was telling me that once a car overtook him far too close approaching a traffic light, so close in fact that the wing mirror smashed against his elbow, hit the door shattering the wing mirror and cracking the window. He was thrown left towards the pavement and then as he counteracted he went handlebar and body into the car again. It was lucky he was breaking rather than going at speed. The driver then pulled over and had the nerve to begin yelling at him.
Last time that happened to me I kept them there at the door for over half an hour attempting to convert them to atheism. Needless to say I have never had another visit
i want to quote every bike riders story here, i ride a motorbike and even with lights and indicators, some car drivers still just think "its only a bike". really pisses me off, people cut u up and pull out infront of you. it is only a minority of car drivers who do this, but lets say one day i hit one of the pillocks it would be my fault because im riding a motorbike. it sounds stupid but a car driver in the wrong can tell police "that bike was speeding" or even just as easy as saying "i didnt see him" seems to get them off the hook. i understand what every bike rider here has said and something has to be done so bike riders are not seen as slow and an annoyance on the roads
as the asshole cyclist that gives you all a bad name and gives motorists an excuse to treat cyclists poorly, i would like to take this time to apologize. but i won't be changing my ways anytime soon. racing cars is too much fun.
Inept/inconsiderate drivers. Easily avoidable propagation of traffic. Homework. Psychiatrists. Select organized faiths. MTV. Tabloids. Marketing strategies of specific companies (Intel, Creative, nVidia, Microsoft, et al) Money-driven people and companies. Prescription antidepressants. School career advisers. East Asian girls. Video codecs. Mr. Bush. Mainstream music of all types. My wrist pain-inducing keyboard and mouse. The price of a 1CD downtempo album. Young Honda Civic owners. Overhyped game franchises. Computer cases. The frequently thoughtless organization of university curricula. American football. NASCAR. Dora the Explorer. The O.C. and associated popular programming. All generations of Ford Mustang (sans Eleanor). Ford Motor Company and their products. Lack of widely available higher gasoline octanes. Shareware/Freeware (supposedly). 6-hour American infomercials (Canadian broadcast truthfulness standards do not allow such advertising on Canadian channels). Patronizing of the war effort. Conceited tech nerds with a superiority complex. Walking through the thoughtlessly, inconveniently-placed perfume section of large clothing chains. The 'black' gangster accent. Politically-correct faggots who will argue the above line in the interest of being politically correct. The dress code for office environments. Christian Church music. Poorly translated subtitles. AOL instant messenger sound. Politically-slanted hardware reviews to win the favour of the manufacturer. Tony the Tiger. Windows Security Center. Bulletproof glass at--you'd never guess this--ticket vendors in train stations.
Reality TV People who talk on a cellphone while driving and nearly hit me People who drive stupidly Gas prices compared to how much money I make US Politics Illinois politics(and you thought the national government was corrupt!) People who live around here who act "gangsta"(I live in a middle-upper middle class place) Rap Microsoft(except their mice, I like my MS mouse) Not having an actual job Homework
How To / Instruction guides that just list a huge chain of commands and don't explain crap about why or what they do.
Heh, yea, I dislike those too. They just skip an important step. Its like: WTF? "Build Time Machine"? Steps? Instructions? Anything?
People who assume that just because I have L plates on a car when I'm driving, they can just overtake me at the first oppurtunity, when I'm doing 70 on a dual carrigeway, and pull back in RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, with no signal or warning Chavs Kids that come into work, ask to buy some smokes, and then throw an eppy when I refuse the sale People who don't seem to know what a shower / bath is People without a sense of humour Zealots and fanboys People who expect free computer parts from my stash of spares Reality TV People who come round, and then think they can do anything they want on my computer when i'm not looking ANY door to door salesperson Call centres in some ridiculous part of the world, where you can't make out what the operator is saying The music some companies play, when they put you on hold People who judge other people based on music taste / clothes Road works (even when i'm walking to work) Chain e-mails People who claim Stella Artois to be the greatest beer on the planet Computers that run Windows ME People who cheat in online games So that's a reasonably long list. Think I got most of it covered
