Cyclists apopletic about law being applied to them

adolf hamster · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:11

peterwalkley said:
Have we had the "they don't pay road tax" followed by the "its called vehicle excise duty" phase of the argument yet

not yet, in fact i'm quite aways from getting bingo on this thread.

Raiden85 · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:25

If cyclists want to ride in the middle of the road then they should be treated exactly like car drivers, speeding, running red lights etc then fine the lot of them. If they want to use the main road then they should have something the equivalent to a license plate and main road riding license, and even have the 12 point totting system as well and ban them from the roads if they hit that. If they want to use the main road then they have to be treated 100% equally to other road users, no exceptions.

I'm fed up of cyclists thinking they can own the road with no consequences.

Jean-F · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:28

Malevolence said:
At night mine looks like a moving disco, two flashing whites on the front and a very bright pulsing red/blue on the back. And then there's my 1200 lumens front light too, which can also flash/strobe if needed. So yeah, I can be seen at night.

Right you’re okay, now get circa 50% to 60% of your fraternity to ensure that they can be seen in the dark too.

Minusorange said:
No because 99.9% of cyclists will stop at the red light and check if there's any vehicles coming on the "green" side before deciding if it's safe to proceed or not

Where? In North Korea, or on the moon perhaps?

robj20 · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:40

Another "us" Vs cyclist thread. Awesome.

Why is anyone on a bicycle referred to as if they're a different species or sub-class.

MatsyLR · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:42

Minusorange said:
No because 99.9% of cyclists will stop at the red light and check if there's any vehicles coming on the "green" side before deciding if it's safe to proceed or not

Can I do that in my car?

Quartz · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:42

Minusorange said:
No because 99.9% of cyclists will stop at the red light

Not hereabouts.

Trifid · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:56

Shall we pretend that car drivers fully obey traffic lights and don't try and be the last car through the lights when it has clearly gone red? And they never speed? Or is that so common it's not news.

Something road tax.

dlockers · 10 Feb 2022 at 19:58

Trifid said:
Shall we pretend that car drivers fully obey traffic lights and don't try and be the last car through the lights when it has clearly gone red? And they never speed? Or is that so common it's not news.

Something road tax.

Vehicle excise duty :rolleyes:

hyperseven · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:03

Minusorange said:
No because 99.9% of cyclists will stop at the red light and check if there's any vehicles coming on the "green" side before deciding if it's safe to proceed or not

Made-up statistic is made-up :rolleyes:

Diddums · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:05

hyperseven said:
Made up statistic is made up

In his defence, 95.67% of all statistics on the internet are made up.

hyperseven · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:07

Diddums said:
In his defence, 95.67% of all statistics on the internet are made up.

citation needed

Bear · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:13

Hades said:
Would it be OK for car drivers to do the same?

They already do

Richie · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:14

Trifid said:
Shall we pretend that car drivers fully obey traffic lights and don't try and be the last car through the lights when it has clearly gone red? And they never speed? Or is that so common it's not news.

Of course they don't but, when drivers are caught and fined, they accept they were wrong and move on.

The issue the OP is making is not that drivers don't run red lights but that, when cyclists do it and get fined, the cycling community have a hissy fit rather than just accept they made a mistake/broke the law and get all whatabout-ism over it

Hotwired · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:14

It's so easy for papers like The Express to exist.

Set the lowest possible bar for story quality and let the frothers froth over it.

Todays source is social media and a good helping of adjectives.

200sols · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:17

Richie said:
Of course they don't but, when drivers are caught and fined, they accept they were wrong and move on.

So nobody contests or complains? Of course they do. This is nonsense reporting from a nonsense rag, looks like you are one of their readers. Low IQ or just ignorant?

Richie · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:20

Really? Personal attacks? :cry:

Bear · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:22

As a person that likes riding a bicycle for fitness, I’m more than happy for cyclists that break the law to be fined. Hopefully it will modify their behaviour so cyclists won’t be seen in such a disagreeable way so we don’t get BS rants about cyclists anymore.

Tom_ed1987 · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:31

Glad to see this. Self righteous hypocritical cyclists (typified by cyclingmikey) are very irritating.

Trifid · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:37

Richie said:
Of course they don't but, when drivers are caught and fined, they accept they were wrong and move on.

The issue the OP is making is not that drivers don't run red lights but that, when cyclists do it and get fined, the cycling community have a hissy fit rather than just accept they made a mistake/broke the law and get all whatabout-ism over it

Can we include prosecuting bus drivers who don't leave the required 1.5m gap when overtaking cyclists?

Bear · 10 Feb 2022 at 20:37

Richie said:
Of course they don't but, when drivers are caught and fined, they accept they were wrong and move on.

Yeah move on so much that they come on forums to whine about being caught speeding and coming out with BS like it’s a tax on the motorist, moan about how to get out of paying fines for parking where they shouldn’t etc. etc. doesn’t sound any different to me