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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Thank you folks, that's what I thought. I have nothing against cyclists but the sheer number of casual riders out and about now means the footpaths are packed with them as not many cycle on the road. Everyone needs their exercise so keep cycling but give a brother room please  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? "
I try to give pedestrian a wide berth when out on the bike, sadly not all extend this courtesy to others.
I have had a go at several twats. Riding close to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Runners can be a pain in the ass because they don’t want to stop to let people pass safely.
Running along pavements and swerving out into the road because it might effect their time  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It doesn't matter if you are runner, cyclist, shopper, walker or whatever!
We all potentially have the same risk of catching COVID-19 as each other!
My point being you are whinging about the Cyclist potentially passing COVID-19 to you, but equally the cyclist could have caught it from you!
It is about all of us respecting one another. |
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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago
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"Runners can be a pain in the ass because they don’t want to stop to let people pass safely.
Running along pavements and swerving out into the road because it might effect their time "
Afraid I agree. There seems to be a divine right of joggers that means everyone else has to go around them. As for the vapour trail they’re leaving along often narrow pavements... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It doesn't matter if you are runner, cyclist, shopper, walker or whatever!
We all potentially have the same risk of catching COVID-19 as each other!
My point being you are whinging about the Cyclist potentially passing COVID-19 to you, but equally the cyclist could have caught it from you!
It is about all of us respecting one another."
You're missing the point. Which is that this cycle list, like many other cyclists and runners, are passing people too close. I'm as far over on the footpath as u can get, these people have had room to pass me with appropriate distance but chose not to for no other reason that I can think of other than not wanting to deviate from the line they are on.
I might well have Covid and be A typical so I move over as far as I can, would it not be appropriate for everyone else to do the same?
I love the word whining too  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It doesn't matter if you are runner, cyclist, shopper, walker or whatever!
We all potentially have the same risk of catching COVID-19 as each other!
My point being you are whinging about the Cyclist potentially passing COVID-19 to you, but equally the cyclist could have caught it from you!
It is about all of us respecting one another.
You're missing the point. Which is that this cycle list, like many other cyclists and runners, are passing people too close. I'm as far over on the footpath as u can get, these people have had room to pass me with appropriate distance but chose not to for no other reason that I can think of other than not wanting to deviate from the line they are on.
I might well have Covid and be A typical so I move over as far as I can, would it not be appropriate for everyone else to do the same?
I love the word whining too "
Sorry, it was whinging you wrote, that word can suck a dick |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Get real, you're worried of the chances of catching this outdoors? You've more chance of being knocked over, so maybe don't cross any roads "
So what's all the social distancing about? Is that just bull? Shout I be listening to you guys and not the the powers that be? You get real |
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By *AYENCouple
over a year ago
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I really don't think a cyclist passing you for a couple of seconds should cause you any concern. If they stopped and coughed in your face, then maybe, otherwise don't worry about it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I really don't think a cyclist passing you for a couple of seconds should cause you any concern. If they stopped and coughed in your face, then maybe, otherwise don't worry about it. "
I'm not panicking about it, sure I pulled the guy, but like I said above I think he should show the same social distancing as everyone else if not more.
I was done with my second comment but I seem to be having to defend my decision to want to follow social distancing rules and avoid any chance, no matter how small, of catching Covid. Yes, I should probably stay in I'm sure you're thinking but I need exercise. |
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"I really don't think a cyclist passing you for a couple of seconds should cause you any concern. If they stopped and coughed in your face, then maybe, otherwise don't worry about it.
I'm not panicking about it, sure I pulled the guy, but like I said above I think he should show the same social distancing as everyone else if not more.
I was done with my second comment but I seem to be having to defend my decision to want to follow social distancing rules and avoid any chance, no matter how small, of catching Covid. Yes, I should probably stay in I'm sure you're thinking but I need exercise. "
Did he deliberately cough or breath in your face when he passed?
If your that worried about it stay indoors and isolate.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get real, you're worried of the chances of catching this outdoors? You've more chance of being knocked over, so maybe don't cross any roads
So what's all the social distancing about? Is that just bull? Shout I be listening to you guys and not the the powers that be? You get real "
It's outdoors ffs chill out, it's 2 metres where possible, but outdoors it's safe enough to pass people. Maybe cross the road if a car with roof down drives down the road, and definitely wear a condom in the bath, you never know |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get real, you're worried of the chances of catching this outdoors? You've more chance of being knocked over, so maybe don't cross any roads "
I thought this when i read the comment about vapour trail from joggers... if people are that concerned really i think would be better off just doing laps of their living room or garden |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? "
I would imagine (although my spacial awareness is shocking so who knows) that he was further from you than you think , if only for the reason that if he was close enough to be dam near touching you, that would be a high risk of being knocked right off that bike and having skint knees and being embarrassed in front everyone else on the path ... much more likely that would happen than catch covid from a 2 second cycle past |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get real, you're worried of the chances of catching this outdoors? You've more chance of being knocked over, so maybe don't cross any roads
So what's all the social distancing about? Is that just bull? Shout I be listening to you guys and not the the powers that be? You get real
It's outdoors ffs chill out, it's 2 metres where possible, but outdoors it's safe enough to pass people. Maybe cross the road if a car with roof down drives down the road, and definitely wear a condom in the bath, you never know
Dickhead"
I'm a woman, I have a head but no dick, so sorry to disappoint. But don't worry, I'm over 2 metres away from you so you'll be safe |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get real, you're worried of the chances of catching this outdoors? You've more chance of being knocked over, so maybe don't cross any roads
So what's all the social distancing about? Is that just bull? Shout I be listening to you guys and not the the powers that be? You get real
It's outdoors ffs chill out, it's 2 metres where possible, but outdoors it's safe enough to pass people. Maybe cross the road if a car with roof down drives down the road, and definitely wear a condom in the bath, you never know
Dickhead
I'm a woman, I have a head but no dick, so sorry to disappoint. But don't worry, I'm over 2 metres away from you so you'll be safe "
Haha you made me cough coffee down my shirt. |
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Aren't cyclists supposed to use the road???
Anyway, as a cyclist I use the road and when I go for a run I don't generally see people but of I do I normally go into the road to avoid them.
It's not really that difficult |
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There's nothing magic about two metres, or three metres, or ten metres. It's not "199 centimetres, you're gonna catch it, 201 everything is fine". But it is about probability, which rises as there are more people closer together for longer periods.
One person at one metre distance for one second, is far better than a group of a hundred all three metres apart for two hours. What the exact probabilities are - buggered if i know. We have to temper the rules with common sense and judgement.
Closer together = bad, further apart = good.
More people = bad, fewer people = good.
Longer time = bad, shorter time = good.
Lack of personal hygiene = bad, awareness of personal hygiene = good... |
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Cyclists should be on the road
If he/she isn’t and pass me under the distance, then expect to be knocked off
If a jogger passes me under the distance then expect my foot to swing out and them face planted n the pavement |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cyclists should be on the road
If he/she isn’t and pass me under the distance, then expect to be knocked off
If a jogger passes me under the distance then expect my foot to swing out and them face planted n the pavement "
You do realise that there are huge parts of the country where designated cycle routes share paths with pedestrians |
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"I think a lot of people lack spatial awareness to know what two metres is. "
If you're close enough that you could touch if you both stretch your arms out, then you're too close. If you're close enough that you could touch them by just stretching your arm out, then get the fuck further away! |
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"Cyclists should be on the road
If he/she isn’t and pass me under the distance, then expect to be knocked off
If a jogger passes me under the distance then expect my foot to swing out and them face planted n the pavement
You do realise that there are huge parts of the country where designated cycle routes share paths with pedestrians"
Still going to happen |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cyclists should be on the road
If he/she isn’t and pass me under the distance, then expect to be knocked off
If a jogger passes me under the distance then expect my foot to swing out and them face planted n the pavement
You do realise that there are huge parts of the country where designated cycle routes share paths with pedestrians
Still going to happen "
Expect to be in court for GBH |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you are worried about people passing you to close then going out early or late. Not mitigating the other parties but expecting all other people to observe 2 metres simply won't happen because some people are selfish dicks. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cyclists should be on the road
If he/she isn’t and pass me under the distance, then expect to be knocked off
If a jogger passes me under the distance then expect my foot to swing out and them face planted n the pavement "
Yes of course you are going around doing that. Who are you trying to impress? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes it is a case of runners and cyclists expelling further
Distance should be further"
Actually the reverse is true and it is becoming increasingly acknowledged outdoors is safer than confined areas |
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By *osweet69Couple
over a year ago
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"Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? "
Some people need to grow a pair or stop indoors out of harms way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it. "
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? "
Tobe fair cyclists should've been giving 2 mtrs before all this anyway.lol |
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"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it.
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something"
In France the rule is 1m so it is just a figure plucked out of thin air. The further away you are and the shorter the time, the lower the just of getting infected. It goes from fuck all chance to absolutely fuck all chance of catching it.
If a cyclist spends about 0.1 seconds within 2m of you and you are worried, then you must have very little else in your life to worry about. |
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I've been out regularly, 4 or 5 times a week riding around 25 miles per day, not more than 10 mile radius from home.
I've been riding away from the kerbside & moving out across the lane when there are pedestrians on the footway.
Most drivers seem to understand this, but there are always some idiots who can't grasp the meaning of my indicating out to the right.
I'm trying to keep away from people, but if you won't let me move away because you're too impatient then you're not just putting me at risk from your poor driving, but putting those on the footway at risk from me.
Think on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If this is the new world let me get off it fast!
Im not a Fan of cyclists, far from it. But give it a rest. If you think you’re going to get COVID from that! You had better off staying at home. Also you’re better off getting off fab as well.... |
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By *UNCHBOXMan
over a year ago
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"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it.
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something
In France the rule is 1m so it is just a figure plucked out of thin air. The further away you are and the shorter the time, the lower the just of getting infected. It goes from fuck all chance to absolutely fuck all chance of catching it.
If a cyclist spends about 0.1 seconds within 2m of you and you are worried, then you must have very little else in your life to worry about."
Except there are people (which a member of my family suffers from) severe contamination OCD. So in fact they would be worrying about it a lot. |
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"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it.
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something
In France the rule is 1m so it is just a figure plucked out of thin air. The further away you are and the shorter the time, the lower the just of getting infected. It goes from fuck all chance to absolutely fuck all chance of catching it.
If a cyclist spends about 0.1 seconds within 2m of you and you are worried, then you must have very little else in your life to worry about.
Except there are people (which a member of my family suffers from) severe contamination OCD. So in fact they would be worrying about it a lot. "
With respect, if someone has severe contamination OCD then that's their problem not the cyclist's. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You are safe within 1 metre, but if you told everyone 1 metre, they would be 600mm apart, tell them 2 and they will probably be about 1.5m apart! There is a logic behind it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it.
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something
In France the rule is 1m so it is just a figure plucked out of thin air. The further away you are and the shorter the time, the lower the just of getting infected. It goes from fuck all chance to absolutely fuck all chance of catching it.
If a cyclist spends about 0.1 seconds within 2m of you and you are worried, then you must have very little else in your life to worry about.
Except there are people (which a member of my family suffers from) severe contamination OCD. So in fact they would be worrying about it a lot. "
Treatment is available and something no cyclist, runner or ever walker can be aware of, nor be expected to alter their behavior because of it |
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"Should cyclists and runners give more than 2 metres distance where possible when passing someone?
I ask because I had a guy cycle past me this morning dam near touching me and when I said that wasnt 2 metres his argument was that he was on a bike. Would it not be the case that when peddling a bike or running you are more forcibly expelling air than you would when walking and thus any water droplets or sweat from them would go further? "
I always do, more so now as pedestrians currently are giving each other a wide birth by suddenly leaping into the cycle lane... without looking first. |
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By *UNCHBOXMan
over a year ago
folkestone |
"The 2 metre rule us arbitrary and has no logic or science behind it.
There's science behind it alright
It's for people who are too stupid to figure out what's safe and what's not so the goverment had to give them something
In France the rule is 1m so it is just a figure plucked out of thin air. The further away you are and the shorter the time, the lower the just of getting infected. It goes from fuck all chance to absolutely fuck all chance of catching it.
If a cyclist spends about 0.1 seconds within 2m of you and you are worried, then you must have very little else in your life to worry about.
Except there are people (which a member of my family suffers from) severe contamination OCD. So in fact they would be worrying about it a lot.
With respect, if someone has severe contamination OCD then that's their problem not the cyclist's."
You said they must have very little else in their life to worry about. I was pointing out that to an OCD they would be worrying about it. It’s not something they choose consciously, it’s a compulsion. |
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