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WTF is wrong with them at the moment? 2 day, 2 near misses throught them just completely ignoring the law as if it just doesnt apply to them because their vehicle doesnt have an engine. I dont have a problem with people cycling to work or whatever but the ones what have a complete disregard to the road laws and going though red lights etc is becoming problematic. Do they think they are invincible? The thing that makes me laugh is they dont seem to think they are doing anything wrong. Idiots...
 
Agreed. I was at a crossroads (with traffic lights) last week and a cyclist rode straight at me (from a road currently on red). He then looked at me odd as a didn't slow down.
 
I cycle to / from work through heavy traffic, and always bear in mind that the roads are for cars. I'm a motorist first and cyclist second. The amount of 'militant cyclists' I see is unreal. Riding in the middle of lanes, barrelling through lights.. and they wonder why car drivers get annoyed with them. This morning I went through a junction on a green light (in a cycle lane), the road forked to the right and the cycle lane continued, the traffic on that road was under traffic light control and that was on red. I had to swerve to avoid a cyclist in the cycle lane who'd just gone right through the red light.

Standard "don't tar them all with the same brush, and don't forget that other road users are *****s too".

Dogbreath said:
VED is irrelevant, but give me a single good reason why they should not have insurance?
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The expensive of administering such a system, where to draw the line. Do you force kids to have insurance to?
 
Dogbreath said:
VED is irrelevant, but give me a single good reason why they should not have insurance?
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You do understand that compulsary insurance as a whole is based on risk, cyclist pose an insignificant risk, hence no insurance. Really very simple to understand.
 
A lot of cyclists do have insurance anyway.
I do, and most people who i cycle with do also. (I'm talking about regular cyclists, not the people who go out once a month on a sunny day)
 
GeX said:
I cycle to / from work through heavy traffic, and always bear in mind that the roads are for cars. I'm a motorist first and cyclist second. The amount of 'militant cyclists' I see is unreal. Riding in the middle of lanes, barrelling through lights.. and they wonder why car drivers get annoyed with them. This morning I went through a junction on a green light (in a cycle lane), the road forked to the right and the cycle lane continued, the traffic on that road was under traffic light control and that was on red. I had to swerve to avoid a cyclist in the cycle lane who'd just gone right through the red light.

Standard "don't tar them all with the same brush, and don't forget that other road users are *****s too".



The expensive of administering such a system, where to draw the line. Do you force kids to have insurance to?
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Nah i know you are right. There are people i see daily that ride correctly and safely but more and more i see these idiots dangerously thinking that they own the road and that the lights, lanes, signage or laws do not apply to them. While i am sure there are scumbags in cars and motorbikes that are the same, lately the "militant" cyclists are becoming a dangerous hazard. I am glad i have my dashcam running all the time nowdays.
 
The laws covering bikes are just daft sometimes, my bike is completely illegal acording to the law, no reflectors on mine. I never run lights or anything like that, i treat the road as if im in my car. You get muppets not matter what there mode of transport is.
 
As a cyclist it drives me nuts when I see other cyclists running red lights as it's just makes no sense to me and it could cause a very nasty accident. However I do see just as many (if not more) cars run "very dark ambers" so it's not exclusive to cyclists. There are also things that I should be able to do by law (like filtering) that I would never be able to to because motorists do incredibly stupid things. It's not what mode of transport they use it's just the fact that there are a lot of idiots out there.
 
robj20 said:
You do understand that compulsary insurance as a whole is based on risk, cyclist pose an insignificant risk, hence no insurance. Really very simple to understand.
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Insignificant? People have been killed by cyclists, and they regularly crash into cars whilst doing stupid things. Why should car drivers pay for the damage?

Look at the stats quoted in this article
 
You should come to London and see the wonders that the Boris Bikes have bought to the roads. Yesterday when I was walking home from work, some bint jumped on a boris bike and har her hands free kit on and was having some deep conversation with one hand on the handlebars and cycling like a drunk in the middle of the road with no care in the world for herself and other road users, whats worse is this was during rush hour. It's a common site.

RE: Insurance, well something needs to be done what happens when cyclist hits your car? They can cause a lot of damage, who pays for this? A suicidal idiot on a bike nearly hit me once, would have been furious if he caused any damage and I had to cough up for it.
 
GeX said:
The expensive of administering such a system, where to draw the line. Do you force kids to have insurance to?
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I tend to make my daughter walk on the pavement...if you prefer yours to use the road then perhaps insurance would be a good thing?
 
Mr_Orange said:
As a cyclist it drives me nuts when I see other cyclists running red lights as it's just makes no sense to me and it could cause a very nasty accident. However I do see just as many (if not more) cars run "very dark ambers" so it's not exclusive to cyclists. There are also things that I should be able to do by law (like filtering) that I would never be able to to because motorists do incredibly stupid things. It's not what mode of transport they use it's just the fact that there are a lot of idiots out there.
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While cars should be more prepared for a change in the lights to red, sometimes its just as dangerous to slam on the brakes and stop rather than continue on through on an amber.
Cyclists do not have the same excuse, they could stop quicker.
However, that is not the point of the argument, it's cyclists going through red lights which have not just immediately changed :p
 
lemonade said:
They can cause a lot of damage, who pays for this?
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The cyclist?.

Surely people aren't naive enough to believe that there are not other legal processes in place to afford motorists the ability to recover costs and damages to their vehicles?. :confused:
 
Dogbreath said:
I tend to make my daughter walk on the pavement...if you prefer yours to use the road then perhaps insurance would be a good thing?
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We're on about cycling here though, which you're not allowed to do on the pavement.
 
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