On Apr 3, 8:25*am, Roland Perry wrote:
at 00:52:02 on Wed, 28 Mar 2012, peter
remarked:

How often do you see motor vehicles at traffic lights abusing the
cyclists advanced stop lines?

Very often. On the other hand I've never seen a *cyclist* using any of
the numerous advanced stop boxes in the town where I live. Cyclists are
a rarity in any case, but those who encounter red traffic lights tend to
mount the pavement and use the pedestrian crossing facilities (oblivious
to whether the little man is red or green, naturally).

At least they aren't running the red lights in the road itself!
--
Roland Perry

I cycle to work and also drive a car. I see other cyclists doing
stupid things, arrogant things. (Have you ever tried to drive through
Richmond Park on a Sunday with hordes of them riding three or more
abreast?). There's good and bad in all road users. I rode motorbikes
until quite recently and use the skills I acquired there to defend my
space and register threats.
The one thing I can't do however is legislate for the random abuse I
suffer regularly. In the past month I've been cycling along an off
road cycle path when a builders van came alongside, the passenger
leant out of the window and let loose a tirade of abuse along the
lines of "You f*****g cyclist c**t". (I think. I did notice what
looked like a can of lager in his hand a 8.15 in the morning). Another
recent incident also involved an offroad cycle path where a driver
came alongside with his window wound down and yelled, "You f******g
*******, I'm reporting you to the police!" As I'd never seen the guy
before and had been on the cycle path for some considerable time
before he came up behind me, I wondered what I had done to upset the
tosser. I wasn't the only one however, he went on to repeat the threat
to two other cyclists in front of me, one of which was a child. He
then drove through a red light.

Neill