Hurdy I think you're bang out of line.
Nobody has mentioned cyclists - I personally think it should be made a legal driving test requirement to knock at least one useless cyclist off his bike every week
1. Cyclists dawdling side by side having a conversation when the road is too narrow to overtake them.
2. Cyclists who ride at night in stealth clothing with no lights or reflectors
3. Cyclists who ride uphill (there are many hills near me) and wander all over the road at 5 mph.
4. Cyclists who clearly cannot get inside you when you are stood, so either scrape the side of the car (not mine I hasten to add otherwise they would be laying in a pool of their own bodily fluids) or jump onto the pavement and harass pedestrians.
5. Cyclists who think pedestrian crossings are for them to stop traffic and cycle across
6. Cyclists who run red lights because they don't think it pertains to them (even our PM Cameron has done this!)
Just writing this winds me up!!
1. Answering my phone when cycling would be dangerous so I prefer to bring my social life with me when I cycle. But since it obviously annoys you I have retro-fitted bluetooth to my handlebars.
2. Bi-xenons were not an option when I bought my bicycle and I cannot be bothered to retrofit them.
3. The wandering is due to the adaptive- but not always competent - chassis control (in other words me losing my balance).
4. As a cyclist I do not try to get inside anyone.
5. I only cross at pedestrian crossing so that other road users can admire my beautiful diamond cut rims with my super quiet mountain biking tyres.
6. Not all red lights are the same shade of red. I therefore do not stop at them all equally.
And for the record, I have a
fully loaded bicycle with factory fitted "trigger" shift gearbox, a fully open sunroof, 19 inch alloys, mudflaps and stop-start technology.
PS: And I have no desire to be in any "inner circle" either. A spare inner tube is all I need.