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Was it wrong of me to have a little laugh when a chap jumped the lights in front of me yesterday, only for his chain to snap half-way across the junction?


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 11:41 am
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Yes. You should have had a very large guffaaaawwww while pointing 😆


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 11:43 am
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karma!


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 11:44 am
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Did he get taken out by a bus whilst flailing helplessly in the middle of the road?


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:14 pm
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Did he get taken out by a bus whilst flailing helplessly in the middle of the road?

No - but he did have to get out of the way fairly sharpish as, even without the chain breaking, it wasn't the best planned of red light jumps.


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:17 pm
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I can't get anywhere in Edinburgh without jumping the lights- just going from Bruntsfield to Haymarket the lights would add around 10 minutes to a journey that takes less than 5!


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:20 pm
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if there's no photos it didn't happen!


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:21 pm
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This was in Balerno. The next set of lights was probably a couple of miles away.


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:21 pm
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It is a bit different in the edge of town. Jumping that sort of thing's a bit daft.


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:23 pm
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A friend of mine recently got caught going through 2 sets of red lights in Edinburgh - £30 fine. I did warn her...


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:25 pm
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it's never ever wrong to smirk..

EDIT: unless you're from Newcastle


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:27 pm
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I hope it was the same guy who got a little miffed when I questioned him for jumping the lights on the way to Balerno a while back.
He then tried to get me to ride in the gutter, thinking I was too far out on the road.
I ain't riding in the gutter for nobody, has nobody read Cyclecraft?


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 12:35 pm
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just going from Bruntsfield to Haymarket the lights would add around 10 minutes to a journey that takes less than 5!

Set off 10mins earlier?


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 1:02 pm
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nevr smirk teechers spot that !@#$ allweys stair at the blakbord


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 4:21 pm
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I can't get anywhere in Edinburgh without jumping the lights- just going from Bruntsfield to Haymarket the lights would add around 10 minutes to a journey that takes less than 5!

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Posted : 23/08/2010 4:25 pm
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In Newcastle, smirking in pubs is banned. You have to gan ootside for a tab.


 
Posted : 23/08/2010 4:38 pm