Health Getting hassled while exercising

[Bunk Moreland]

Agree with the above but I also hate cyclists who want to be protected by the rules/laws of the road but are then happy to ride straight through a red light at major intersections when the green man is flashing and people are crossing the intersection.

Doesn’t bother me, not harming me. Just don’t ****in get in people’s way and hold them up for no reason other than you’re a tosser.

 

[The_Answer3]

Where do all you people run that you attract such knob?

 

[blueboy25]

I do this but I get off my bike, push through it through the pedestrian crossing and then back on and away the other side of the road. No harm, no foul.

That's fine, its the ones that don't get off and just ride straight through and it's the pedestrians are the ones that are jumping out of the way.

 

[Xtreme]

I had a lot more of it 10 years ago than i do now, it would be a toot of the horn and a bunch of swear words thrown together as an insult. Bunch of silly's they were. Today i mostly get stupid toots of the horn from people i know that see me out and about OR people i used to know from school.

My current running route includes a few houses that are being worked on by builders, they know when i am appearing as it's usually the "Rocky" (aka serious uphill) part of the circuit - i usually have 2-3 tracks from the Rocky soundtrack playing at the time. They will cheer me on and usually say Rocky related remarks or break out with the eye of tiger tune (granted they probably LOL @ my expense when i am out of sight).

 

[The Passenger]

I don't even exercise in public. I get this as a normal pedestrian.

Nice Pizza Jackass!!!!

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

Funny, the other night when I was running I just happened to stop near some weird looking bloke who yelled out "oh keep running you... (can't remember what he said afterwards, as I just hurried off). Apart from that that only other incidents I've had were being swooped by those stupid yellow beaked birds about 3 times...

 

[liam_13]

Cyclists shit me off sometimes, but knowing a lot of cyclists and just being a normal person, I don't get why people throw stuff/attempt to knock them off their bikes.

I presume it's due to being cowards, who knowing they are in the car, should win most battles.

Put it this way:
You are walking along the street, and some w***er walking changes direction, cuts across you and bumps into you. Do you:
A) tell him to "watch where he's going" and "be more careful" or B) punch him in the back of the head potentially causing serious injury

You are driving along the street, some w***er pulls out in front of you when they were at a give way sign, you brake heavily but avoid a collision. Do you:
A) beep your horn, implying "watch where you're going" or "learn to drive" or B) keep following him and then run him off the road into a ditch, potentially causing serious injury

You are driving along the street, a couple of cyclists zoom around narrowly avoiding hitting someone. Do you:
A) avoid the cyclists as much as possible, and give them some advice on how to use roads or B) throw a rock at them/knock them off/open your car door on them, potentially causing serious injury

Unless you have anger management issues or are a w***er yourself, then no one does B in scenario 1 or 2. Yet people do B in the third all the time. The only difference being that the angry people are cowards and only do something when they have an advantage (1.5 tonne, 100 km/h vs 70kg, 50 km/h....)

N.B: I've never being involved in any of these scenarios, I tend to avoid confrontation and beeping my horn or telling a stranger off idoesn't exactly fill me with confidence

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

Plenty of ignorant cyclists but there are far more ignorant motorists out there. Can't even be courteous to other drivers, let alone cyclists who do the right thing.

I'm not an avid cyclist, but I cycle to work and back a couple of times a week. Shit scared enough of using the bus/cycle lane because of the dickheads who drive in it, but a bus roared past me once and missed me by an inch and that was the final straw.

Now I cycle illegally on the footpath and have to put up with daydreaming pedestrians who wear their headphones and walk in the middle of the footpath.

Pedestrians can also hurry up a bit faster when using zebra crossings, please. The amount of dawdling I see is mind-boggling.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I don't know if anyone else experiences this, I assume a lot of people do. Being bothered by people while walking/running/cycling, whether they toot their horns, rev their penis extension engines, yell abuse or throw things. What is it about hassling people that are exercising that excites these idiots? Is it the thrill of cowardice that comes from hiding like a soft **** in your car going 50-60km an hour?

Tonight I was walking and some arseh*le threw a rock at me, it missed but still what the ****???

Has anyone else had any issues with walking/running/cycling and being hassled?

Are you an attractive female by any chance?

 

[PunyHumans!!!]

Do a fair bit of riding these days and have only ever had one car pass too close and the driver thinking they were clever yahooing and all that. Had two teens go 'Yarrrrrrrrrr!' at me as I road past a bus stop on a cycle path but I had seen them sitting there and was half expecting something. Crazy kids these days trying to be cool, all these awesome stories of hassling cyclists they can tell their grand kids one day.

I stick mostly to cycle paths, only use relatively quiet streets (rarity around my area) to ride on and avoid main roads like the plague...too many complete knob jockeys on the road. Granted there are idiot bike riders that get around, riding through green pedestrian lights, hogging lanes and been slow pokes but it can be scary sometimes riding a bike.

 

[RU_]

Have been walking home before and had car's full of people around the age of 18-22 yell shit, funny how they keep moving at 60/70k's.

 

[Wright Away]

I was riding my bike a few months ago and some kid jumped out of the sunroof, aimed an apple at me and hit me square in the nose/mouth.

Bit of bleeding and hurt for a while.

Was thinking of riding them down, taking my bike lock and taking it too mummy's car but there were 5 rather large lads that I thought would've got the better of me.

Sounds like assault, did you report it to the police so those kids could get their car defected?

 

[Cruyff14]

Got beeped for riding in the bike lane. I know where the bitch lives too, if I didn't love eggs so much, her car would have been egged.

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

Step one. Urinate in a super soaker
Step 2. Leave it sit to go stale
Step 3. Get your brother and cruise stkilda road on a hot Thursday Arvo
Step 4. Find a cyclist riding right out in the kids of the road blocking traffic and arrogantly giving the bird o anyone challenging him.
Step 5. Aim correctly and satch said cyclist with stale urine
Step 6. Laugh and post footage to YouTube

= profit

 

[Dagless]

Barefoot running last week, someone called me 'Mr Shoeless' from his car before speeding off.

Cried for a solid 20 minutes. Walked into the Nike store the next day and laid down 200 for a pair of runners.

I now feel adequate whilst running. SHOWED HIM!

 

[Eagle Empire]

Car drivers mustn't understand basic physics. They'd ought to use motorcycles.

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

Car drivers mustn't understand basic physics. They'd ought to use motorcycles.

Me fail English? That's umpossible...

 

[iDon]

Sounds like assault, did you report it to the police so those kids could get their car defected?

I did call the police up. But couldn't be bothered going down to make a statement. Yeah it hurt. but shit I have done dumb things in the past. The cops said if they saw them driving around they'd pull them over but I didn't lose sleep over the incident.

Was a solid throw from a moving car as I was also riding. Sign him up to baseball.

 

[Sebastian Balboa]

Where I used to live, many mostly late teens/early 20s and mostly male heroes yell out something from their speeding cars while I'm cycling. Haven't had it happen in my new town yet.

But while out running I've had a few wolf-whistles, which are always welcome. Must be my solid quads squeezing out of my hot little black running shorts, the lithe calves doing their thing and my awesome, symmetrical biceps simmering with sweat in the solid summe Sun (all complemented by my dark, brooding good looks and winning personality)!

Actually had a wolf-whistle the other day while running past some flats, felt like stopping, turning around and introducing myself. But knowing my luck, it was probably a guy

 

[Stratton_Gun]

dont mind when cyclists stay out the way of cars but when there not enough room to go past and they are doing 40 in a 70 zone then i get pissed of at them

 

[Poseidon]

Nice Pizza Jackass!!!!

I was crossing a pedestrian crossing with Subway once and somebody yelled out to me "Subway c**t!"
It was a confusing heckle, to say the least.

 

[dmc333]

Never had an issue when I used to ride my bike.

My old man, who was a more serious cyclist than me, had endless issues.

Had one guy who would pull up beside him every night as he rode home from work and hurl abuse. Eventually he got sick of it and filled up a container of paint and stuck it in his drink holder. Guy pulled up beside him, old man flicked the the top off the container and dipped a paintbrush and started painting the guy's passenger side.

He never saw the guy again.

 

[Dan]

When I walk the hound or go for a jog I occasionally get the horn from passing drivers and they get the privilege of seeing my middle finger.

 

[Gasometer]

I once got bitten by one of these bike riding.


Three stitches.

 

[shurg123]

I love passing these cars at lights - In Melbourne quite often it means I pass them for good because they are stuck behind a whole heap of other cars and trams -

I've never understood why anyone drives to the CBD during peak hours. There are buses, trains and trams from pretty much every suburb that get into the city faster than a car.