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Clickbait warning: Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the roads

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  1. crowriver
    Member

    Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the roads

    "There’s a two-wheeled menace terrorising our already crowded roads – say it with me – ‘the cyclist’.

    He, and, yes, it is almost always a he, some balding MAMIL (Middle-aged Man In Lycra) sweating away, holding up traffic, causing accidents and generally being a total liability on the modern highway.

    It’s hard to know where to begin when listing all that’s wrong with bikes, cycling and the fact they’re even allowed on a quiet lane let along a busy London road, because there’s so many things, paired with the fact surely anyone with half a brain can see they’re absurd.

    But let’s try."

    This drivel continues here:

    http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/

    All I can say is "must try harder, Yvette Caster!"

    Apparently she's a "Senior reporter" at the Metro. Helpfully, she invites us to give her a piece of our mind (140 chars or less).

    "Tweet me @YvetteCaster "

    Posted 9 years ago #
  2. crowriver
    Member

    Peter WalkerVerified account ‏@peterwalker99 Nov 5
    We have a winner! The most inane, idiotic anti-cycling article of all time! Applause for @YvetteCaster

    Posted 9 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

  4. crowriver
    Member

    Unrepentant hack:

    Yvette Caster ‏@YvetteCaster Nov 5
    Awoke to a billion tweets from cycling mafia ranting at me for saying they should get off the roads. Stand by it all

    Posted 9 years ago #
  5. crowriver
    Member

  6. gibbo
    Member

    It must be hard being a journo who writes these sorts of opinion pieces.

    Firstly, you have to read a handful of other people's articles. Then you have to decide which parts you're going to copy. Then you have to change enough of the words that it can't be proven that your article is a mindless knock-off...

    Phew!

    Posted 9 years ago #

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