I am fine if cyclists at least go slow through built up areas where there is lots of pedestrians but the incident today I could not see them coming because there was a giant plant/sculpture obstructing my view and they were going pretty fast so I didn't see them until they were practically in my face and because of this they had no time to stop which resulted in one crashing into me.
Recently I have had several dealings with cyclists many of them have shown aggression towards me, I mean the one the other week that had an argument with me because I was trying to get past some people and claimed he had to brake because I suddenly changed direction, I had no idea that he was hurtling up behind me as I'm looking straight ahead and bikes don't make a great deal of noise so I can't hear or see him coming either especially when I have earphones in, the tone he gave me suggested that I should be able to see and hear him coming but the fact is I can't and for some reason he just couldn't accept that.
Was also in the car recently and a cyclist suddenly decided to make a turn without giving any indication whatsoever, so the person driving had to slam on the brakes so we didn't hit them with the car behind us almost crashing into the back of us, and then the cyclist flicked the v's at us, it was his fault we had to brake hard to not hit him and he had no right to make that turn.
I do understand cyclists not wanting to cycle on the road as I've seen several nearly been knocked off by poor motorists trying to get past them and not leaving a lot of space between the cyclist and the motorist. This is why I would never cycle myself as I probably would be killed, especially as I'm not the best in sudden decisions, I'm bad enough being a passenger in a car when for example a lorry pulls out into the outside lane when the car your in is in that lane and there is nowhere for you to go and there is a car right behind you I just curl up into a ball and scream in fear so god knows what happen if I was cycling down a road and a lorry pulls back in just in front of you, which I have seen happen many times.
Probably went a bit OTT with calling cyclists arseholes but I was angry (I know that's just me making excuses) but recently have had some awful experiences from cyclists and some have gone to hurling abuse at me just because I've been walking down a path and not seen them coming.
With what happened today I will say that they should not have been riding bikes that fast through a busy area like that as some of us can't react fast enough to having a cyclist hurtling towards us, and I got evil looks from him and his mates and all I'm trying to do is innocently walk to Park Lane to catch a bus and I'm having a Nike Air rocket coming straight at me which I couldn't see because it was busy with lots of people walking in several directions plus other things obstructing my view such as lampposts, benches and giant plant pots.
Sorry if I angered anyone with what I've said about cyclists but I feel I am allowed to voice my opinions and you are allowed to voice your opinions on this too. Also sorry to Bazza who was accidently named for the comments I made.
I will show respect to cyclists providing they show respect to me, unlike today.
