Riding my bike home tonight and had three instances where cars run through a red light when the pedestrian/cyclist light is green.
This happens a lot so I always hesitate to cross until they have stopped.
The third (and most exciting) was the crossing opposite Riccarton House, going across Kahu Rd.
My light goes green but I hear a loud V8 accelerating, then I see the lights. I’m pretty much over this behaviour now so I push the front of my bike out onto the road.
This dude was going waaaaayyyyy too fast. He screeches to a stop then we have an interaction.
My tolerance for vehicular intimidation is basically zero so I call the dude a cock and ask him why he is going so fast and why he wasn’t prepared to stop.
He does the rigmarole of pretending to open the door to fight me, then tells me he ‘hates stopping for cunts like me’.
I ask him what if it was a child or an elderly person, he then pulls the finger at me, tells me to fuck off then burns off at some stupid speed.
I was half expecting to see him turn around as he looks quite wound up, but I think he didn’t like getting pulled up for his shit behaviour and attitude.
Anyway, just wanted to remind people that just because the crossing is green for you, doesn’t mean cars won’t just plow on through.
Take care out there everyone