mattpointblank’s avatarmattpointblank’s Twitter Archive—№ 15,744

  1. Started my sunny commute to work being shouted at by a man here goo.gl/cd4rz9 for cycling on the pavement in order to reach the canal towpath entrance just ahead of him.
    1. …in reply to @mattpointblank
      When I pointed out (politely) that this would mean crossing the road directly in front of a blind one-way traffic he swore at me and refused to take his earphones out to listen.
      1. …in reply to @mattpointblank
        I always stop to speak to people who yell things at me when I'm cycling, just to try to get them to think of me as a fellow human being. It rarely works, but sometimes they look a bit embarrassed when they remember.
        1. …in reply to @mattpointblank
          (he was right that the highway code prohibits pavement cycling but was not prepared to even listen to my explanation about safety)