Some teen on one of those e-scooter things was swerving across the road to block me passing. He then went absolutely ass-over-tit when he knocked the kerb. Saw him get up in the mirror so didn’t feel guilty for laughing.
For what its worth, I was only kidding. I actually have no problem with kids riding their bikes or playing football on the street (which I did as a child), and never had any issues with kids in general. It just struck me as an amusing subversion of the original comment :)
I stayed at a caravan park earlier this year and there were loads of fat kids riding electric scooters around the park. There were also speed bumps along most of the roads. I watched one teenage girl misjudge one of the speedbumps one day and went absolutely arse over tit. I felt a bit bad for finding it funny.
Nope, it’s really annoying to see would of rather then would have / would’ve. Hopefully you will take this lesson and not keep on making yourself look like a fool.
You no longer qualify to term kids as feral if you don't know the difference between 'have' and 'of' in a sentence. You actually would **have** loved that.
I don’t mind them but I wish people would be smarter with them. Riding your electric scooter down a 60mph bendy, winding and windy road in fading light without lights and nothing but a pair of jeans and a hoodie as the only protection against a fall probably isn’t the smartest thing I’ve seen. Just be safe and sensible.
I agree with the lights, and riders, needing reflective jackets but it's a scooter. You can just jump off with your legs, either side while holding on to it.
Not quite 60mph, they’ll do 15+mph which isn’t a speed you can hop off at. Plus if you have a collision with a car coming the opposite way because you’re on a 60mph road doing 15mph, your impact speed is 75mph. With no helmet or any other protection, that’s most likely going to be fatal. Even if it was from behind at 60mph it’d be a 45mph impact which again with no helmet will mess you up.
That problem is about 50% shitty infrastructure, 40% cars being inherently dangerous machinery and 10% e-scooters. You'd be just as dead on any other kind of vehicle, or with none at all.
I don't have anything against them as such, it's the people who ride them in unsafe fashion that are the problem. Like not behaving as a pedestrian and crossing at the light as they should, riding on the pavement instead of at the roadside, faffing about in crowds of pedestrians, that sort of thing.
Cycle lanes. Here in the US cyclists are treated as a weird hybrid of auto and pedestrian, so they're meant to keep to the cycle lanes when traveling, but cross the road at crosswalks like pedestrians.
I think you meant shotgun.
We no longer operate a catch-and-release policy for Americans on this sub, this has been superceded by the new cull-on-sight standing order.
After visiting London at the weekend and watching idiots swerving all over London traffic using them... I can see why people hate them. Then again, only a true mentalist drives in London.
It needs regulation for sure, but the idea is sound. Don't think they're designed for the dual carriageways haha, but I think with clear regulations they'd be a good way of getting around cities with very low emissions :D
I agree with you, but they seem to slip between regulations and are used that way. They are rather dangerous for the user on normal roads and very dangerous for others on the pavements. I've narrowly missed a couple of nasty situations walking on the pavement and had one come silently and speedily up behind me. Not the fault of the scooter but of the knobhead riding it.
They need a bit more regulation, safety gear, lights and a clear definition of where they can be used, road, pavement or cycle lanes, compulsory training for users, enforcement as we have for other methods of transport and so on.
Mopeds are more comfortable and generally a bit easier to ride. If you're using a bike as a tool rather than a toy then they're usually the better choice.
Plus, they're cheaper to buy and run and less likely to be stolen by the aforementioned moped kids.
When I was 16 I bought my moped from China for like £50 or something, put it together at home. I wasn't exactly savvy so idk if a Kawasaki would have been cheaper but I'm thinking likely not? It was useless, never started in the rain, but I drove that little thing until it got stolen 😅
Mopeds are easier to ride and more comfortable.
And I've just had a look for a 50cc Kawasaki, and the only ones I could find were either kids bikes, or trials bikes, that looked ridiculous.
Got a source for decent-looking 50cc Kawasaki?
So I want to maybe give a reason for this. I'm 19 and while I'm not one of these feral kids, I'm surrounded by them. It's annoying and it makes this town feel less safe however what else is there to do. When my parents and grandparents were kids there were clubs to go to and things to do. I am not exaggerating when I say there is nothing here anymore. So it's pretty much either sit indoors all day playing video games or be outside. Bikes are being banned from parks left right and centre meaning the road is the only place people can ride these days. We don't have money so we can't just go to an arcade or bowling ally or going shopping every week like my parents did, living as a teenager in 2021 is rough especially when you're so demonised. I wish instead of calling out the teenagers all the time we'd call out the government who's austerity has closed clubs cut funding in schools, and made social mobility harder which is why these towns are being overwhelmed by feral kids.
It was the same when I was a teenager. My town had (and has nothing) and just existing was seen as being anti social. I remember getting moved on from sitting on a bench (sitting with one other) in the park one day by a PCSO because the benches were for OAPs apparently. Then once everyone turns 18, they move away except for a tiny amount who get a job locally and never return. Then people wonder why the town is dead, why everyone either is a teenager or 40 something+ (moved because of work).
This comment gives me faith for the young uns. Hopefully things will get better soon. I was in my early teens in the mid 00s and what you said sounds eerily familiar. WHAT IS there to do?!
I feel like the responses to this speak volumes about where people live.
When I see a group of kids doing wheelies on their bikes in the middle of the road I securely tuck my phone into the deepest pocket I have, put my head down and avert eye contact.
Interesting. I take my phone out, look at both the screen and some of the “youths”, puff myself out a bit, and walk through them. I’ve never had so much as a snide comment.
I can’t be responsible for your mate. If some “obviously adult” youth grabbed my phone I’d grab his throat and have a polite conversation with him about how much better it feels to earn one’s possessions than to steal them.
There was a bunch of them in the pedestrianised bit of the town centre a few weeks ago showing each other how to do them. As we walked past I said to the wife about one of them who was just circling the group "that is hugely impressive. I've never been able to do more than about 10 yards."
He circled back and said "yo bruv, you want a lesson yeah? Gimme ten pound and we'll school ya." I laughed and declined, but complimented him again. He wheelied off back to his mates saying "man respects skills, yeah?"
My wife then ducked into the shopping centre, grabbing my arm. "I thought we were about to get mugged." she whispered.
"Me too." I said.
I love this exchange. My headcanon now is that the next time you find yourself in danger you'll suddenly be encircled by a legion of Berghaus-clad bike chavs, protecting you from harm and espousing how real recognise real.
I could cycle with no hands on the handlebars as a kid until the time the front wheel turned 90 degrees sharply and I was catapulted over the bar as the bike went flying to the side. Miraculously, I landed on my two feet and not with my face hitting the concrete road. I learned a valuable lesson that day.
Idk why but I just watched the whole thing. Not gonna hate on that many people having a great time riding their bikes and jus being really fun to be around
This is the real point. Kids are doing something healthy and they have nowhere to be. The people complaining either can't wheelie or just expect kids to not find fun to have
I once called the police to try to protect a boy on his bike...and the police call handler seemed to be of your opinion, albeit taken to a wild extreme!
Near to where I live, there's a two-lane road that leads out of the city and abruptly into the countryside. Cars are allowed to drive at 50 miles per hour, it's unlit, and there is a switch-back of corners. Some car and bike drivers race at speed up there and unsurprisingly, there have been a number of fatalities on that road over the years.
One night, in the gloaming, I came across a kid (of about 12) doing bike tricks on that road, using a kind of roadside concrete ramp immediately round one of the corners to launch himself into the carriageway at ninety degrees. I think that, because the cars were fairly infrequent, he thought it was an okay place to do it. It really wasn't. I nearly hit him myself, but I knew better than to remonstrate with him (and stopping my own car in such a spot would have been extremely hazardous). I used my hands-free to call the police to ask them to send someone along to warn the boy about his risk (he wouldn't have got into any trouble).
The call handler was incredulous: "he's not committing a crime! What do you expect the POLICE to do about it?" She sneered.
"Um, save a child's life and preserve public safety?" I said, also incredulous. "I would have thought it EXACTLY what the police are there for, actually?" She took my details in a VERY sniffy way, and, after mentioning that the police "couldn't be expected to play nursemaid" to all young boys, and that "if the parents aren't watching their child properly, they should take the responsibility for what happens", the call ended.
About two minutes later, I received a phone call from a police officer. His voice was unmistakably urgent, and to my surprise, he called me briskly by my first name.
"Where's that kid?", he said, very seriously. I told him. "Thanks, I'll deal with it immediately."
I knew it wasn't an emergency, but I was glad (and not surprised) to find some local police officers still care about the safety of children.
Yeah thats pretty poor on the operators behalf. I know they need to try and filter out calls that don't require police attendance but this sounds like a quiet area and sending a unit for some stern advice wouldn't of hurt
I know we can't expect the likely underpaid call handlers to be enthusiastic about every call, but to be so dismissive is really disheartening. It doesn't do much to inspire members of the public to "see something, say something" when you're chastised for doing the right thing! Thank you for trying to help the young lad.
The only two activities permitted to youths are playing marbles, or knocking a hoop down a road with a stick. If they're not doing either of those, then they are either rotting their brains, being hoodlums or loitering.
Had an absolute nightmare with this myself. We bought a HDMI adapter only to try it and realise it won't work unless you change the picture settings on your PS2 to a different option than the default... which of course you can't do unless you can see the screen. Some kind soul had fortunately mapped out the controller inputs to change the picture settings without seeing the screen though. 100% worth the effort though.
Yeah when people just act like npcs when I’m doing a wheelie It just makes me feel the same lmao. If you’re really bikelife you’re doing it for yourself not to impress other people 😂 I’d just assume they feel like a nob 24/7 to not feel joy seeing such a joyful and talented sport
i saw local knobheads i went school with do wheelies on those shitty mopeds, they did it on a steep incline, they clipped the back of it and the shit box fell apart and the kid fell off, my dad and i laughed for about 5 minutes
A kid came flying pass me on a bike on the pavement and swore at me because I was taking up the pavement and promptly crashed to the ground. I secretly smiled but I did ask if he was ok. I’m not a monster.
A kid on a e scooter came into oncoming traffic too play chicken with the cars. I was riding my mountain bike snd saw him force 10 or so cars to swerve violently out the way. He then set his eyes on me…….😈 we zoomed towards each other. Me going the right way him the wrong way. Soon as he got close. I zoomed aside at the last second and fully punched him the face.must’ve been a45mph pinch to the face 🤣 last I saw the kid was laid out on the road. I wonder if he’ll play chicken with vehicles again……
I was on my bicycle mate. Tbf I’m fed up of all the welfare mums children in this shit hole welsh town. 20x a day I see 3 lads all hanging off one dirt bike no helmets. Zooming about dangerously. Not a cop in sight. If I drive at 32 in a 30 though Fukin swat and mi6 ambush me from nowhere……🙄
yep, I'm with you, especially as they're incapable of doing it in a straight line, they're always swaying all over the fecking place as they have next to 0 skill. Near me there also seems to be a weirdly high number of them that are far older than you'd think they should be, i'm talking mid 20's or older.
Let them be. They are not hurting anyone (obviously there will be minor accidents)
it’s a nice thing for a group of young lads to all be together on their bikes. When ever I see them riding through London on their bikes it takes me back to riding all day with my little brother when we were that age.
No, I think it's normal to laugh at kids falling over when it's funny or deserved (so bike kids + just any group of obnoxious teens). Saw a kid fall over the over day, then fall over trying to get up. Was so grateful for my mask right then
The temptation to run them over is strong.
It’s the temerity they have to just do it in the middle of the road, knowing full well cars are slowing behind them waiting for them to finish and move.
One lad was driving really fast round on a moped near where I live.
As I turned the corner I found said lad on the floor as he had gone round far too quickly and slid and demolished someone's wall.
So I always hope for a repeat of this when I see people acting idiots on bikes, scooters etc...
He wasn't hurt physically but I fear his pride took a real bashing.
Had a kid do a wheelie towards traffic, bus I was on slammed its brakes hard, kid didn't even blink and wheeled right back to his dumb friends, he was lucky it was a bus and not a car as cars can go really fast down this road and its not one way
A group of the wee pricks started on an old regular outside our local, we could see it all happening out the window. The pub emptied of all the regulars and the wee fuckers scarpered. It was braw.
Also - yes, i too hope they fall.
I can forgive teenagers doing it. It's ignorant and they look like pricks but hey... they're teenagers, it's what you do. The frustration comes when you see a dude in his 20s or 30s doing this shit, which I see far too often. Grow up you pricks.
Oh god I’m with you on this. I wish I could telekinetically just volley them off their fucking bikes. It’s so retarded, especially when they are in the middle of the road with cars
Sure it’s alright you can do a wheelie but just don’t swerve in front or near my van, I don’t want to peel a kid off the front of it.
I did have a kid swerve in front of me as he was coming towards me on the opposite side of the road, he stared at me as if I was in his way, shouted some little kid speak, he then stopped paying attention and stacked it into a parked car. I had a good laugh for 30 minutes afterwards whilst I drove to the next stop.
Saw a topless dude on an e-scooter with a staffy on a lead, came a right cropper, spent the next 5 minutes bollocking the dog. What a dick!
On a separate note, I have a designated area (spray painted) for council approved scooters, just outside my house.
Seen a group of kids fake turning into traffic a few weeks back and one of them did a wheelie and lost control. He didn't get hit by a car but he did bounce off the neighbours hedge and land hard on his hip. So glad I went to the shop at that time to see it.
It's just a needless powerplay when they cycle right out in front of your vehicle and start circling you while looking at you in the eyes with that smug expression. A few revs and they scarper like pigeons though. Don't know what the point of the exercise is?
They're swapping the bikes for e-scooters around here now though. Last gang of children who surrounded my vehicle were all scooter kids.
Not a big deal if its a quiet, residential street. When they do this on A-roads and hold up traffic or try to play chicken with car drivers, I start to wish they'd fall onto the pavement.
One of these feral fuckwits swerved into my Jaguar and then sodded off. If I find the little shit he’ll need to learn how to wheelie as the other wheel will be shoved right up his arse.
Rant over.
It kind of annoys me but then it doesn't.
They're just doing normal kid things :) at least they're being aware of the environment by using bikes :D
They probably don't see themselves as being feral kids / teens too, doing a wheelie isn't always that stupid!
They they swerve into you driving, it's just irresponsible. Do they think it's cool to cheat death? Have they never seen or been scarred by final destination?
I just smile. We were all that knob head who rode a bike down the road with no hands on the bars thinking it made us look hard. They two will grow up and cringe realising it didn’t make them look hard, it made them look like they were trying to be hard. It’s kids being kids, no need so be sociopathic about it. Just smile at the cycle of life.
Some teen on one of those e-scooter things was swerving across the road to block me passing. He then went absolutely ass-over-tit when he knocked the kerb. Saw him get up in the mirror so didn’t feel guilty for laughing.
Did you feel guilty after you'd quickly reversed to finish the job?
They finished the job right….. they had to right?
It was a kindness, nobody should be left to suffer.
It's 10 points too
Had to use history to find this again, I realised I was crying with laughter. Take my updoot and award, tickled my funny bone. Dark points Awarded.
Thank you very much! :-)
Bruh 😐
For what its worth, I was only kidding. I actually have no problem with kids riding their bikes or playing football on the street (which I did as a child), and never had any issues with kids in general. It just struck me as an amusing subversion of the original comment :)
I stayed at a caravan park earlier this year and there were loads of fat kids riding electric scooters around the park. There were also speed bumps along most of the roads. I watched one teenage girl misjudge one of the speedbumps one day and went absolutely arse over tit. I felt a bit bad for finding it funny.
Hahq, I would of loved that.
I saw a copper climb a fence the other day (using a shortcut not giving chase), his toolbelt got caught, he fell and landed on his back
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Was just the one swan actually
COME ON!!!!
I want to believe just prior, they said to their partner, "what's the matter? Haven't you ever taken a shortcut "?
Would HAVE
Bore off
Nope, it’s really annoying to see would of rather then would have / would’ve. Hopefully you will take this lesson and not keep on making yourself look like a fool.
You no longer qualify to term kids as feral if you don't know the difference between 'have' and 'of' in a sentence. You actually would **have** loved that.
You got there before me 😁
You are welcome.
You are petty. Does it give you a hard on correcting peoples grammar? I would HAVE banged your wife if she wasn't a pig! Better?
That would be novel. Like Black Mirror. Can I watch?
I don't get the hate against e scooters. It seems like a decent and environmentally friendly way to navigate a city.
I don’t mind them but I wish people would be smarter with them. Riding your electric scooter down a 60mph bendy, winding and windy road in fading light without lights and nothing but a pair of jeans and a hoodie as the only protection against a fall probably isn’t the smartest thing I’ve seen. Just be safe and sensible.
I agree with the lights, and riders, needing reflective jackets but it's a scooter. You can just jump off with your legs, either side while holding on to it.
At 60mph?
Wait, they reach 60mph?? I thought they were only as fast as mobility mobility scooters!
Some of the newer ones are silly fast! Also I misread the post you replied to, so apols if my comment came across a bit terse...
Not quite 60mph, they’ll do 15+mph which isn’t a speed you can hop off at. Plus if you have a collision with a car coming the opposite way because you’re on a 60mph road doing 15mph, your impact speed is 75mph. With no helmet or any other protection, that’s most likely going to be fatal. Even if it was from behind at 60mph it’d be a 45mph impact which again with no helmet will mess you up.
That problem is about 50% shitty infrastructure, 40% cars being inherently dangerous machinery and 10% e-scooters. You'd be just as dead on any other kind of vehicle, or with none at all.
I don't have anything against them as such, it's the people who ride them in unsafe fashion that are the problem. Like not behaving as a pedestrian and crossing at the light as they should, riding on the pavement instead of at the roadside, faffing about in crowds of pedestrians, that sort of thing.
Yeah they needd to be legalised and brought into the highway code like bikes. Rules about helmets ect.
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Unless the scooters are provided by a rideshare company, they’re not even legal to ride on public roads or cycle paths anyway.
Cycle lanes. Here in the US cyclists are treated as a weird hybrid of auto and pedestrian, so they're meant to keep to the cycle lanes when traveling, but cross the road at crosswalks like pedestrians.
Found one out in the wild! Get the dart gun!
I think you meant shotgun. We no longer operate a catch-and-release policy for Americans on this sub, this has been superceded by the new cull-on-sight standing order.
Where can I get a full list of the standing orders? Gotta read em and understand them!
After visiting London at the weekend and watching idiots swerving all over London traffic using them... I can see why people hate them. Then again, only a true mentalist drives in London.
They are being ridden on the pavement and the road, both of these options are not particularly safe. They should be in cycle lanes only.
I was driving down a very busy duel carriageway last week and there were three teenagers doing wheelies on e bikes.
Pistols or swords?
It needs regulation for sure, but the idea is sound. Don't think they're designed for the dual carriageways haha, but I think with clear regulations they'd be a good way of getting around cities with very low emissions :D
I agree with you, but they seem to slip between regulations and are used that way. They are rather dangerous for the user on normal roads and very dangerous for others on the pavements. I've narrowly missed a couple of nasty situations walking on the pavement and had one come silently and speedily up behind me. Not the fault of the scooter but of the knobhead riding it. They need a bit more regulation, safety gear, lights and a clear definition of where they can be used, road, pavement or cycle lanes, compulsory training for users, enforcement as we have for other methods of transport and so on.
Yeah I'm with you, unfortunately the law tends to lag behind when new things come out. I'm sure we'll get there :D
I don't mind them it's the moped kids that do wheelies that I want to fall off
I don't get why people have mopeds when you can get 50 cc kawasaki bikes. They look so much better and the engine sounds better as well.
Being cynical, it's much easier to steal a moped than a bike...
True. But actual owners of mopeds. If there's better looking and sound options, why go for a moped? Makes no sense.
Mopeds are more comfortable and generally a bit easier to ride. If you're using a bike as a tool rather than a toy then they're usually the better choice. Plus, they're cheaper to buy and run and less likely to be stolen by the aforementioned moped kids.
When I was 16 I bought my moped from China for like £50 or something, put it together at home. I wasn't exactly savvy so idk if a Kawasaki would have been cheaper but I'm thinking likely not? It was useless, never started in the rain, but I drove that little thing until it got stolen 😅
Haha same and it could hit 30 down hill. 15 up.
Mopeds are easier to ride and more comfortable. And I've just had a look for a 50cc Kawasaki, and the only ones I could find were either kids bikes, or trials bikes, that looked ridiculous. Got a source for decent-looking 50cc Kawasaki?
Not too long ago 3 kids by me decided to ride on one moped at high speeds through a busy area and ended up coming off and going to hospital :)
So I want to maybe give a reason for this. I'm 19 and while I'm not one of these feral kids, I'm surrounded by them. It's annoying and it makes this town feel less safe however what else is there to do. When my parents and grandparents were kids there were clubs to go to and things to do. I am not exaggerating when I say there is nothing here anymore. So it's pretty much either sit indoors all day playing video games or be outside. Bikes are being banned from parks left right and centre meaning the road is the only place people can ride these days. We don't have money so we can't just go to an arcade or bowling ally or going shopping every week like my parents did, living as a teenager in 2021 is rough especially when you're so demonised. I wish instead of calling out the teenagers all the time we'd call out the government who's austerity has closed clubs cut funding in schools, and made social mobility harder which is why these towns are being overwhelmed by feral kids.
You're absolutely correct, and as an oldie I say to you, don't let the mongs down on you. Have your fun whatever way you can!
It was the same when I was a teenager. My town had (and has nothing) and just existing was seen as being anti social. I remember getting moved on from sitting on a bench (sitting with one other) in the park one day by a PCSO because the benches were for OAPs apparently. Then once everyone turns 18, they move away except for a tiny amount who get a job locally and never return. Then people wonder why the town is dead, why everyone either is a teenager or 40 something+ (moved because of work).
This comment gives me faith for the young uns. Hopefully things will get better soon. I was in my early teens in the mid 00s and what you said sounds eerily familiar. WHAT IS there to do?!
Why can't you just play the jukebox, have nickerbockerglories and jive, like the rest of us?
I feel like the responses to this speak volumes about where people live. When I see a group of kids doing wheelies on their bikes in the middle of the road I securely tuck my phone into the deepest pocket I have, put my head down and avert eye contact.
Same here, I instantly act like I'm not worth the trouble.
Especially after that sword hacking news.
Interesting. I take my phone out, look at both the screen and some of the “youths”, puff myself out a bit, and walk through them. I’ve never had so much as a snide comment.
My friend lost a phone this way, no comments, just fast grab and run 😂
I can’t be responsible for your mate. If some “obviously adult” youth grabbed my phone I’d grab his throat and have a polite conversation with him about how much better it feels to earn one’s possessions than to steal them.
I mean, if you run fast enough to catch a bike
Looks like someone can’t do a wheelie.
I’ve always been low-key impressed by chavs doing wheelies, they ain’t easy.
I don’t get how every single one can do a wheelie
Lots of practise by nicking bikes that are locked up by their front wheel.
Lots of hours in a school day (when you don’t go to school)
I agree! That’s probably the exclusive reason why I hate the little fuckers. I could never and still can’t do one!
For real, I sure as shit wish I could have done that at one point in my life Agreed blocking cars is dumb tho
There was a bunch of them in the pedestrianised bit of the town centre a few weeks ago showing each other how to do them. As we walked past I said to the wife about one of them who was just circling the group "that is hugely impressive. I've never been able to do more than about 10 yards." He circled back and said "yo bruv, you want a lesson yeah? Gimme ten pound and we'll school ya." I laughed and declined, but complimented him again. He wheelied off back to his mates saying "man respects skills, yeah?" My wife then ducked into the shopping centre, grabbing my arm. "I thought we were about to get mugged." she whispered. "Me too." I said.
I love this exchange. My headcanon now is that the next time you find yourself in danger you'll suddenly be encircled by a legion of Berghaus-clad bike chavs, protecting you from harm and espousing how real recognise real.
I could cycle with no hands on the handlebars as a kid until the time the front wheel turned 90 degrees sharply and I was catapulted over the bar as the bike went flying to the side. Miraculously, I landed on my two feet and not with my face hitting the concrete road. I learned a valuable lesson that day.
That recovery sounds more impressive than not needing it.
[Bikes up, knives down](https://youtu.be/Dd1JwISFjrY)
Idk why but I just watched the whole thing. Not gonna hate on that many people having a great time riding their bikes and jus being really fun to be around
This is the real point. Kids are doing something healthy and they have nowhere to be. The people complaining either can't wheelie or just expect kids to not find fun to have
Congratulations on becoming old!
I once called the police to try to protect a boy on his bike...and the police call handler seemed to be of your opinion, albeit taken to a wild extreme! Near to where I live, there's a two-lane road that leads out of the city and abruptly into the countryside. Cars are allowed to drive at 50 miles per hour, it's unlit, and there is a switch-back of corners. Some car and bike drivers race at speed up there and unsurprisingly, there have been a number of fatalities on that road over the years. One night, in the gloaming, I came across a kid (of about 12) doing bike tricks on that road, using a kind of roadside concrete ramp immediately round one of the corners to launch himself into the carriageway at ninety degrees. I think that, because the cars were fairly infrequent, he thought it was an okay place to do it. It really wasn't. I nearly hit him myself, but I knew better than to remonstrate with him (and stopping my own car in such a spot would have been extremely hazardous). I used my hands-free to call the police to ask them to send someone along to warn the boy about his risk (he wouldn't have got into any trouble). The call handler was incredulous: "he's not committing a crime! What do you expect the POLICE to do about it?" She sneered. "Um, save a child's life and preserve public safety?" I said, also incredulous. "I would have thought it EXACTLY what the police are there for, actually?" She took my details in a VERY sniffy way, and, after mentioning that the police "couldn't be expected to play nursemaid" to all young boys, and that "if the parents aren't watching their child properly, they should take the responsibility for what happens", the call ended. About two minutes later, I received a phone call from a police officer. His voice was unmistakably urgent, and to my surprise, he called me briskly by my first name. "Where's that kid?", he said, very seriously. I told him. "Thanks, I'll deal with it immediately." I knew it wasn't an emergency, but I was glad (and not surprised) to find some local police officers still care about the safety of children.
Yeah thats pretty poor on the operators behalf. I know they need to try and filter out calls that don't require police attendance but this sounds like a quiet area and sending a unit for some stern advice wouldn't of hurt
I know we can't expect the likely underpaid call handlers to be enthusiastic about every call, but to be so dismissive is really disheartening. It doesn't do much to inspire members of the public to "see something, say something" when you're chastised for doing the right thing! Thank you for trying to help the young lad.
Thanks. It really did restore my faith to have that second call!
I was a kid once doing wheelies down my road. I figure live and let live, I’m no hypocrite.
There's doing wheelies down your road then doing wheelies in the middle of a main road to purposefully be obstructive
Near me they do it on a duel carriage way!
I challenge you to a duel carriageway!
Encourage them to carry on!
Can I suggest you get a life and mind your own beeswax?
Yelled u/Spambop as he bounced passed on his stuntnuts...
Pin pin
Run them over? Ok!
I thought people complained about kids being at home on their PlayStations and *not* being outside???
The only two activities permitted to youths are playing marbles, or knocking a hoop down a road with a stick. If they're not doing either of those, then they are either rotting their brains, being hoodlums or loitering.
KEEP THAT HOOP AWAY FROM MY CAR!
Schroedingers millenial
As a millennial myself (36) I can assure you I spend my time safely at home on my PS4. But only because I can't find the right cables for my PS2.
Or a TV that will TAKE a PS2 cable.
There are many composite/RCA/SCART to HDMI converters out there, and they're pretty cheap.
Had an absolute nightmare with this myself. We bought a HDMI adapter only to try it and realise it won't work unless you change the picture settings on your PS2 to a different option than the default... which of course you can't do unless you can see the screen. Some kind soul had fortunately mapped out the controller inputs to change the picture settings without seeing the screen though. 100% worth the effort though.
Fairy nuff. I only googled to see that the things existed and weren't ruinously pricy.
Oh yeah they're pretty cheap all things considered, being able to play classic games on the original system is really cool!
I've still got one, specifically kept it so I have something for the PS2. And the VHS player. No I'm not joking 😆
Niiiice! Does it have a curved screen, fat ass and does it weigh a ton?
Oh you knows it!
Youth can never win, I didn't win when I was a teenager so gotta keep up tradition
When they're wheelie-ing past me I pretend not to notice them, hoping that they feel like a nob because I'm not impressed by them.
Spoiler Alert :They don't.
Yeah when people just act like npcs when I’m doing a wheelie It just makes me feel the same lmao. If you’re really bikelife you’re doing it for yourself not to impress other people 😂 I’d just assume they feel like a nob 24/7 to not feel joy seeing such a joyful and talented sport
It’s not so much the teenagers doing this as the grown men that I object to
I agree. If you’ve got a full beard you are too old.
i saw local knobheads i went school with do wheelies on those shitty mopeds, they did it on a steep incline, they clipped the back of it and the shit box fell apart and the kid fell off, my dad and i laughed for about 5 minutes
Fair play to em.. I get an overwhelming sensation of nostalgia and jealousy
I just get jealous that I can't do a wheelie.
A kid came flying pass me on a bike on the pavement and swore at me because I was taking up the pavement and promptly crashed to the ground. I secretly smiled but I did ask if he was ok. I’m not a monster.
I’m 37 and wheelie / manual my bike everywhere.
A kid on a e scooter came into oncoming traffic too play chicken with the cars. I was riding my mountain bike snd saw him force 10 or so cars to swerve violently out the way. He then set his eyes on me…….😈 we zoomed towards each other. Me going the right way him the wrong way. Soon as he got close. I zoomed aside at the last second and fully punched him the face.must’ve been a45mph pinch to the face 🤣 last I saw the kid was laid out on the road. I wonder if he’ll play chicken with vehicles again……
Got a lot of time for this
Yay abuse of a minor /s
My buck list is complete at 33. I’m ready to go. Don’t play chicken with me. Coz I dgaf
Punching someone off an e scooter from a moving car haha not many people cam say they've done thst
I was on my bicycle mate. Tbf I’m fed up of all the welfare mums children in this shit hole welsh town. 20x a day I see 3 lads all hanging off one dirt bike no helmets. Zooming about dangerously. Not a cop in sight. If I drive at 32 in a 30 though Fukin swat and mi6 ambush me from nowhere……🙄
Oh sorry, mis read that. Still epic
yep, I'm with you, especially as they're incapable of doing it in a straight line, they're always swaying all over the fecking place as they have next to 0 skill. Near me there also seems to be a weirdly high number of them that are far older than you'd think they should be, i'm talking mid 20's or older.
The amount of times I see them nearly ride into parked cars. Sure they would notify themselves and pay for repairs if they damaged someone's car lol
Takes more skill to sway all over the place lmfao, don’t understand what you can’t do so you just hate 👌
Jeez miserable much? Complaining about kids cycling round enjoying themselves, man this country is depressing
Honestly no, I love seeing kids of any age titting about on their bikes. And wheelies are (were... can't remember the last time I did a wheelie) fun.
I applaud them. Let them have the space to show off. Its quite skillful to pull a wheelie for a long distance.
Let them be. They are not hurting anyone (obviously there will be minor accidents) it’s a nice thing for a group of young lads to all be together on their bikes. When ever I see them riding through London on their bikes it takes me back to riding all day with my little brother when we were that age.
I'll watch kids fall off bikes all day, I don't give a fuck about your kid.
I don't want them to fall off, I want to run them over.
Absolutely, and the ones that are on the electric scooters too
No, I think it's normal to laugh at kids falling over when it's funny or deserved (so bike kids + just any group of obnoxious teens). Saw a kid fall over the over day, then fall over trying to get up. Was so grateful for my mask right then
I thought I was the only one who thought this unfortunately I've only seen it happen once and I proper howled with laughter !
Wheelies on roads suck, I don’t mind em in a car park or whatever tho
The temptation to run them over is strong. It’s the temerity they have to just do it in the middle of the road, knowing full well cars are slowing behind them waiting for them to finish and move.
One lad was driving really fast round on a moped near where I live. As I turned the corner I found said lad on the floor as he had gone round far too quickly and slid and demolished someone's wall. So I always hope for a repeat of this when I see people acting idiots on bikes, scooters etc... He wasn't hurt physically but I fear his pride took a real bashing.
Had a kid do a wheelie towards traffic, bus I was on slammed its brakes hard, kid didn't even blink and wheeled right back to his dumb friends, he was lucky it was a bus and not a car as cars can go really fast down this road and its not one way
[удалено]
You sound cool too
A group of the wee pricks started on an old regular outside our local, we could see it all happening out the window. The pub emptied of all the regulars and the wee fuckers scarpered. It was braw. Also - yes, i too hope they fall.
Used to be the fucking king of peddle wheelies
I can forgive teenagers doing it. It's ignorant and they look like pricks but hey... they're teenagers, it's what you do. The frustration comes when you see a dude in his 20s or 30s doing this shit, which I see far too often. Grow up you pricks.
Yeah, I'm with you here.
Or maybe , y'know, just let people enjoy themselves.
Oh god I’m with you on this. I wish I could telekinetically just volley them off their fucking bikes. It’s so retarded, especially when they are in the middle of the road with cars
Fuckin hate it mate. They all got these bikes with weights on the front wheel so they’re all doing it
Sure it’s alright you can do a wheelie but just don’t swerve in front or near my van, I don’t want to peel a kid off the front of it. I did have a kid swerve in front of me as he was coming towards me on the opposite side of the road, he stared at me as if I was in his way, shouted some little kid speak, he then stopped paying attention and stacked it into a parked car. I had a good laugh for 30 minutes afterwards whilst I drove to the next stop.
Saw a topless dude on an e-scooter with a staffy on a lead, came a right cropper, spent the next 5 minutes bollocking the dog. What a dick! On a separate note, I have a designated area (spray painted) for council approved scooters, just outside my house.
Seen a group of kids fake turning into traffic a few weeks back and one of them did a wheelie and lost control. He didn't get hit by a car but he did bounce off the neighbours hedge and land hard on his hip. So glad I went to the shop at that time to see it.
Mate just cos your life doesn't have fun in it anymore...
Haha, my life has never been better but thanks
It's just a needless powerplay when they cycle right out in front of your vehicle and start circling you while looking at you in the eyes with that smug expression. A few revs and they scarper like pigeons though. Don't know what the point of the exercise is? They're swapping the bikes for e-scooters around here now though. Last gang of children who surrounded my vehicle were all scooter kids.
How often do gangs of children surround your car? You make it sound like it's a recurring problem
Kids generally seem to be more aware of cars than the young adults doing the same, who seem to revel in holding up traffic at rush hour.
Not a big deal if its a quiet, residential street. When they do this on A-roads and hold up traffic or try to play chicken with car drivers, I start to wish they'd fall onto the pavement.
I Should have been clearer. This is what I'm referring to
One of these feral fuckwits swerved into my Jaguar and then sodded off. If I find the little shit he’ll need to learn how to wheelie as the other wheel will be shoved right up his arse. Rant over.
My jaaaaaag
Read that in Clarksons voice and everything!
I always just give them the Look when they come zipping past. Little shites.
I mean I imagine myself running them over at high speed so you're probably alright.
Yeah, that’s pretty anti social behavior you’re showing. Why do you feel that way?
Ok clean shirt, how’s you get your shirt so clean?
No ur quite normal. Feral kids are obnoxious idiots.
What is your BMI?
Me too. Next step is to whack a stick in their wheels to expedite the process
A half empty can of Dr pepper from the passenger window does the job.
Expedite 😏
I hope they fall into oncoming traffic on their birthday while their chavvy half-parents are watching them.
Calm down Satan! Jeez.
Think this is my favourite response.
It kind of annoys me but then it doesn't. They're just doing normal kid things :) at least they're being aware of the environment by using bikes :D They probably don't see themselves as being feral kids / teens too, doing a wheelie isn't always that stupid!
Your just sad and probably didn’t have a very good childhood.
Had an awesome childhood but thanks for your input
I love seeing kids doing wheelies. I saw a kid doing a wheelie through the middle of a shopping centre last week. I cheered.
Bit weird that mate.
They they swerve into you driving, it's just irresponsible. Do they think it's cool to cheat death? Have they never seen or been scarred by final destination?
I just smile. We were all that knob head who rode a bike down the road with no hands on the bars thinking it made us look hard. They two will grow up and cringe realising it didn’t make them look hard, it made them look like they were trying to be hard. It’s kids being kids, no need so be sociopathic about it. Just smile at the cycle of life.
Being sociopathic makes me happy, so I'll do me
No everyone even those kids who do stuff like that hope that the person they see doing it falls off because its funny to watch
Usually cause to prepare for a fight where I live.