Indeed. And "Way too much is expected of car/van/truck drivers"

is a very revealing response.

I've been commuting in and out of work on a bike for nearly 25 years. This kind of increasingly hostile attitude towards people just trying to get around (and posing much less threat to anyone else than cars do) seems to have really grown recently. And you increasingly feel on the receiving end of it when you're on a bike.

Is it something that's being fuelled by clickbait and propaganda on social media? Out of interest, are you on Facebook Captain Bligh? It seems to have really increased over the past year or two. It's odd.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 13th 2026 at 10:48:22

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Maybe im in the wrong. Someone confirm. (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 09:26:49
- As a Cycling Proficiency certified child of the 80s (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 13, 10:24:12
  - Someone who commuted by bike in London for 20 years (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 13, 10:51:14
    - you can park that nonesense right now (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 13, 11:01:47
      - Fucking hell (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 13, 11:17:38
        
        I did Cycling Proficiency in the 70s (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 13, 12:11:05
        
        Built Evel the Kenevil ramps in the 70s and rode through (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jul 13, 12:35:55
  - he wasn't going up the inside of a vehicle he was just cycling along the road (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 13, 10:35:05
    - He said (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 13, 11:09:35
    - Indeed. And "Way too much is expected of car/van/truck drivers" (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 10:48:22
      - It's not meant to be hostile (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 13, 11:06:52
  - I often get off my bike at roundabouts. Being right seems to make some (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:30:38
  - Yes, and this is why Jeremy Vine gets in so much trouble (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 13, 10:28:01
- I think whatever the rules are you did the right thing. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Jul 13, 10:08:04
- nope, you are the vulnerable road user. i asked AI so you didn't have to (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 13, 10:00:36
  - blimey, that's an awful lot of words (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jul 13, 10:08:30
  - Thanks. This has happened to me..... a lot. Just today they were quite a distance in (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:05:41
    - phil neale's son does a neat explainer... (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 13, 10:25:46
      - 1 min 8 is what happens to me often, and has today (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:34:37
- A car should never overtake you just before a junction (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck, Jul 13, 09:59:28
  - ta, this genuinely happens to me quite often and im getting to the point where (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:07:07

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