On 29 Apr 2006 17:33:07 -0700, "Jonathan Morris"
wrote:

Definitely. We see a lot of jokes on here about people wanting to kill
cyclists that jump lights, but I see pedestrians shouting at, punching
and even pushing cyclists (one or two have fallen off as a result) at a
single crossing - the one that featured on London Tonight not so long
ago, as it happens.

Some little scrote decided to try to push me off my bike as I waited
at a red light in Farnham yesterday. He obviously didn't expect me to
grab him, jump off, and express my general disapproval of that sort of
behaviour. He begged me not to damage his new t-shirt, but, sadly, it
seemed to get torn...

His mates across the road got a good laugh at him though :-)

(yoof of today, not very bright, etc etc - when I were a lad in Hull,
the people who used to try to knock cyclists off their bikes always
had the sense to do it in large groups, just in case the cyclist
fought back)
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK