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On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:32:57 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 01:48:19 -0000, "OG" said in : How bitter do you have to be if deliberately obstructing a cyclist makes you feel better? This might just have been just the standard cager Extract from OED definition of psycholist A cyclist who is one of a small group who frequent the news group uk.rec.cycling they have invented their own "language" to justify their views: Example 3 3) "Cager" is used provocatively instead of the word "motorist", in the hope that it irritates motorists; it doesn't - it makes them laugh at the psycholist's inadequacies. judith -- I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I pointed out the web page He then quickly changed the web page - but "forgot" to change the date of last amendment so it looked like the change had been there for years. |
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On 09 Feb 2009 14:21:04 GMT, Ian Smith wrote:
snip "I was driving into town on Friday and was part of a stream of traffic overtaking a cyclist as we (and he) approached a set of traffic lights. I noticed that the driver of one of the cars behind me pulled right over to the kerb after passing the cyclist to prevent him from filtering on the inside while the line of cars were stopped for the lights." regards, Ian SMith Hello Smith - found the endorsement of filtering in the Highway Code yet? |
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wrote in message ... Example 3 3) "Cager" is used provocatively instead of the word "motorist", in the hope that it irritates motorists; it doesn't - it makes them laugh at the psycholist's inadequacies. Cager is a term widely used by motorcyclists as well as in URC and has been around for years. It's not meant to be provocative so please don't be offended by it. It is quite common that in any minority group, there is a nickname for the wider public who are not part of that minority. Cager just refers to the people in their caged vehicle. It's not even meant to be even slightly derogatory, however, if you want to take it that way... |
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:36:17 -0000, "AndyC"
said in : Cager is a term widely used by motorcyclists as well as in URC and has been around for years. And it has a specific utility that "motorist" does not: anybody driving a car is a motorist, but cagers don't use two-wheeled modes at all. Motorcyclists and cyclists are, I think, rather less likely to forget to look for other two-wheelers (and indeed pedestrians) when they get behind the wheel. The word cager implies both the safety cage and the prison. I think it's very apt for those who are unable or unwilling to consider other modes. Though I suspect the average cager has never read Planet Ovlov or Ogri, so misses the gallows humour element. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound GPG sig #3FA3BCDE http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public-key.txt |
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ruffles wrote:
On 09 Feb 2009 14:21:04 GMT, Ian Smith wrote: snip "I was driving into town on Friday and was part of a stream of traffic overtaking a cyclist as we (and he) approached a set of traffic lights. I noticed that the driver of one of the cars behind me pulled right over to the kerb after passing the cyclist to prevent him from filtering on the inside while the line of cars were stopped for the lights." regards, Ian SMith Hello Smith - found the endorsement of filtering in the Highway Code yet? 72 & 73 appear to endorse it. |
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:15:27 -0000, "OG"
wrote: How bitter do you have to be if deliberately obstructing a cyclist makes you feel better? Was the driver turning left? Driver wasn't indicating, but it was at least 60 metres before the lights anyway, so it's irrelevant If so, that would seem to be a very sensible maneouvre. Why? By pulling over to the left he creates more room for traffic overtaking properly on his right. Derek |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
Though I suspect the average cager has never read Planet Ovlov or Ogri, so misses the gallows humour element. I miss "Bloodrunners"! :-( |
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:34:32 -0000, Halmyre
said in : Oops, we seem to have some sort of an inferiority complex going on here! Nah, just noting the conclusions of TRL report 549 of 2002. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound GPG sig #3FA3BCDE http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public-key.txt |
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Derek Geldard wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:15:27 -0000, "OG" wrote: How bitter do you have to be if deliberately obstructing a cyclist makes you feel better? Was the driver turning left? Driver wasn't indicating, but it was at least 60 metres before the lights anyway, so it's irrelevant If so, that would seem to be a very sensible maneouvre. Why? By pulling over to the left he creates more room for traffic overtaking properly on his right. Derek I've already reminded him/them of that. |
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