SnailyBoy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Look, just call him a big fat liar like you want to so you can blame him and save the bandwidth. Well considering we only have the OP's version of events I like to dig a little deeper. I don't want to fall into confirmation bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Well considering we only have the OP's version of events I like to dig a little deeper. I don't want to fall into confirmation bias. Rhubarb. If this thread was all about a motorist in wrong and a cyclist in the right you'd be far less bothered about posters and red lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Rhubarb. If this thread was all about a motorist in wrong and a cyclist in the right you'd be far less bothered about posters and red lights. Confirmation bias in action, congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Seen too many agressive drivers lately to be impressed. Road rage scraps. Near misses. The lot all from hyper aggressve driving. Remember this is a one tonne killing machine. We should be extra vigilant for cyclists and give them leeway. open and shut case . the lunatic cyclists jumped a red light , no one to blame but themselves , no sympathy for them. its about time people stopped defending two wheeled lunatics who think its ok to jump red lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeldave Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 No - you've posted a simple solution that I neither require, or need, A solution directed clearly towards owners of flatbed trailers who are interested in making them more visible- if you're not in that category then it wasn't directed at you, so not sure why you're getting so wound up. It's the same as your shameful suggestions as to why it's ometimes acceptable to jump the red lights. It's never the cyclists fault is it - it always has to be that nasty motorist that is ultimately to blame for being to big too stupid or too invisible.... Yes, I do believe that it some circumstances it is safer to go through reds- clearly not the circumstances described in your OP though. Now you've brought it up, perhaps I should post a link to the actual thread where I discussed, and defended, that belief- http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10824919&posted=1#post10824919 (in the interests of not taking your thread off topic, though I will point put in advance that,,if that does happen, it was you, not I, that raised the issue here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 open and shut case . the lunatic cyclists jumped a red light , no one to blame but themselves , no sympathy for them. its about time people stopped defending two wheeled lunatics who think its ok to jump red lights. Confirmation bias - here's another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeldave Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I just knew when I posted this that you'd pop up. Sad to say you havn't disappointed me.... I posted here soley for the reason of putting out a decent safety idea that flatbed trailer owners could, if concerned about their trailers low visibility, easily make it more visible. Worth mentioning to anyone towing flatbed trailers, that the £shops stock bicycle rear red lights (cost £1), a few of which could be easily attached to the sides of a trailer and render it much more visible (not only to red light running cyclists, but a host of other situations where a life could be saved by the trailer being visible). not to argue about going through reds- said debate and reasons are readable, and arguable with, on this thread- http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10824919&posted=1#post10824919 and that stands, cos, putting aside all the b*llox and b*llsh*t, safety and illumination do go well together, and, if it saves someones life, even if that person was being an idiot, most would agree it's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Confirmation bias in action, congratulations. And yours is to accuse a poster of lying. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 And yours is to accuse a poster of lying. Congrats. Prove or retract, your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Prove or retract, your choice. Ok, implied he was wrong. "Are you sure there were posters?" - prove otherwise. There is a part of your brain that cannot accept a cyclist is in the wrong. If you started a thread saying you were mugged I wouldnt give you a cross examination about the circumstances. You're a sensible long standing poster and I'd take it face value unless I had a particular axe to grind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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