The hatred towards cyclists/horse riders etc

Is it a wide path, we have a path which is narrow and not many walkers , l have a westie and walkers only one or two, why push someone into the canel they might not be able to swim . With cyclists on the Oxford to Banbury canal near oxford cyclist slow and stop , even ask where they are, get off and walk , this is nice a shared space

The cyclist was going far too fast and stopped far too close to the pedestrians. I would have been terrified in that situation. It’s not the pedestrians job to jump out of her way. She should not have been assaulted, but she isn’t an innocent victim in this incident.

from the article

"Footage from the cyclist's bike camera shows Klaudia braking in front of the couple as one of them appears to shout for her to 'slow down'. The 34-year-old can be heard protesting that they have a dog but the man angrily retorted 'yeah but you're on a f**king bike'."

So she was going fast enough and did not slow down quick enough for the pedestrian to believe he was at risk, and at no point did she stop.

As for risk.
Width of the path.
Speed of the bike.
Width of the handle bars and pedals.
The dog.
Her position on the path.
His position of the path.

There are more. but if you think that this situation was risk free then I hope that you don't ride a bike or drive a car.

and again I haven't justified what he did, he was wrong.

What risk?

The two sets of people were able to see each other, the cyclist was not going particularly quickly to start with and slowed down as she approached and went past the dog walker.

Absolutely no justification for what happened at all.

Tribalism - base human nature. Hatred of other. Hatred of different.

coupled with a little guilt at the exercise and low carbon footprint that they don’t care about at all but it still niggles in their brain

and in many cases a feeling of inadequacy with a pumped ego when they get in a car

of course the cyclist must recall that not all drivers are idiots and it’s only the dangerous aggressive idiots that you notice

And of course people wouldn't have the same opinion if she hadn't been on a bike because she wouldn't have posed the same risk to other path users.

OP no one is trying to justify pushing her in the canal. But surely you can see that there is more to riding safely than just not hitting someone?! I had a near miss with a bus that pulled out in front of me. But it didn't hit me so that's ok, right?

My point is that she would have done the same thing with someone that couldn't move as fast and was taking up the whole path.

She is not a saint and needs to rethink how she rides.

If you read what I posted you would see that I said that he was wrong.

The difference between you and me is that she clearly scared these people as well, so she was also wrong.

Makes you wonder what she would have done if it had been a wheelchair user!

He shouldn't have pushed her and if he is identified and caught, he will no doubt be prosecuted.

But once again you have a cyclist that believes that they did nothing wrong.
Did they deserve to be pushed in to the canal? once again No, but taking the hierarchy of road usage she should have been more aware of the greater risk that she posed to the pedestrians and acted accordingly.

Yeah never any excuse for pushing someone into a canal! That path however is very narrow and obviously unsuitable for cyclists.

He shouldn't have pushed her but she was far from faultless there. She was going at some speed and only braked at the last minute. She should have slowed right down when she saw people up ahead on such a narrow path. I wouldn't have done what he did but I would be pretty annoyed if a cyclist approached me like that! As a cyclist I would have stopped in good time and allowed them to pass.

Maybe l was a bit heavy , l do cycle and drive not anti cyclist , my camera in the back of the car see him head down missed the rear of my car and hit rear door and passenger door 2 new doors , he never looked , my insurance dealt with the cyclist , he had no insurance and my insurance followed through with him having to pay he refused so the insurance sent in bailiffs, l told the story a bit wrong , but l at um about 9 pounds a month have cycle insurance even if l die by being hit by a car . So if l upset you sorry NotTer William l am not anti cycle as at 80 l do cycle.

Where I live is very popular with cyclists and horse riders. I myself was a cyclist all my life until I injured my back last year.

Never had any issue with a horse rider. It is always the cyclists and it’s the ones that cycle in packs and regardless of the Highway Code I think it’s daft they cycle two abreast. Lots of windy and difficult lanes near me.

I suppose the biggest difference that I notice is groups of horse riders tend to be women and groups of cyclists tend to be men.

I do not mind being held up by cyclists as long as they are in single file.

And how do you feel about drivers, who speed, go through lights, hit and run, kill people every day?

You probably don't feel the same because you drive and therefore it's not 'drivers' it's 'bad drivers'.

In reality serious accidents caused by cyclists are incredibly rare and disliking them as a group is irrational and fuelled by the media.

I don’t like cyclist because most people don’t seem to know how to cycle. They race down those cycle lanes when people cross the road I have seen a woman be hit, they can hit you and ride off into the wind.

I don’t mind horse riders I like horses

I cycle and drive and as a driver I've never once been annoyed by a cyclist. Not a single time in 15 years of driving. I'm just patient and give plenty of room and everyone's happy. Whereas when cycling I've had hundreds of negative encounters with careless or aggressive drivers down the years.

I think a lot of drivers get their opinions from other people and don't think for themselves based on their actual experience. Or their bad driving causes the problem.

I read it. My point still stands. Most cycle accidents don't result in £1200 worth of damage.

You understand how insurance works, right? It only makes financial sense to the insurance companies and to the customers if there is a cost/benefit to having insurance in the first place for a sufficiently large population.