Why shouldn't cyclists be able to use the motorway?

[DaleTheWhale]

Only because of inconsiderate drivers not being aware of their surroundings.

Yes, because on a foggy night, you're going to immediately notice a tiny blinker on the back of someone's bike?

The motorway isn't a place for cycling, I wouldn't think about going down there, strong winds could easily blow you into the path of a car/truck.

 

[SkodaMart]

Most cyclists pay road fund licence because they are motorists too? Don't you pay it on a per-vehicle basis making that an entirely moot point?

Yes, I do.

I pay a whopping £220 a year for my Skoda as it emits 176g/km of CO2

I pay nothing at all for my cycle as like all vehicles that emit less than 100g/km, VED is free.

 

[Gammawolf]

Lol...

 

[platypus]

Possibly the worst thread of the year so far.

Can't tell if it's trolling or sheer stupidity.

 

[Gilly]

Yes, I do.

I pay a whopping £220 a year for my Skoda as it emits 176g/km of CO2

I pay nothing at all for my cycle as like all vehicles that emit less than 100g/km VED is free.

I pay nothing for my current car, I'll pay nothing for the car that I'll have from tomorrow (that I will have alongside my current car) and I pay nothing for my two cycles.

I still wouldn't take either of my cycles on the motorway, nor do I think I should be able to!

 

[Elixir]

This guy is surely trolling?

 

[:(Rhodri:)]

The hard shoulder is there for when someone needs to stop their vehicle in the event of a breakdown or emergency - you're meant to pull the vehicle as far left as you can to minimise the danger of causing an accident, so where would the cyclists go to get around a broken-down car, truck or even lorry? It'd be a nightmare, and is one of the daftest suggestions I've seen on GD.

 

[Rroff]

Is this a wind up?

 

[Theophany]

Possibly the worst thread of the year so far.

Can't tell if it's trolling or sheer stupidity.

If it is, cyclist troll threads belong in Motors. In which case this has backfired rather terribly.

 

[SkodaMart]

I still wouldn't take either of my cycles on the motorway, nor do I think I should be able to!

No, I agree it's utter madness!

But actually much safer (IMO) than the occasional OAP or foreign HGV driver who take a detour against the flow of traffic on a motorway.

You will always get lunatics regardless.

The fact that it was a cyclist is largely irrelevant.

If anything a £50 fine is too low for such reckless behaviour.

 

[Haggisman]

Only because of inconsiderate drivers not being aware of their surroundings.

Really? You can't see the potential danger of a 70mph vehicle suddenly coming face to face with someone travelling at 10mph? Or realise the massive traffic jams it would cause?

 

[Cosimo]

This has to be a joke.

 

[randomshenans]

hahahaha

 

[SkodaMart]

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Pensioner-drives-wrong-way-A38-dark/story-19934219-detail/story.html

 

[Fireskull]

Possibly the worst thread of the year so far.

Can't tell if it's trolling or sheer stupidity.

This

OP you go on the motorway and we can all drive at you at 90mph sorry 70mph and see how long before you are cowering with fear in the verge.

 

[Ryan-3]

..motorways already have in-built cycle lanes called the hard shoulder.

And the ditch isn't far from that either! Not far to carry them when they do it on a foggy night or in the dark and their little blinking light has stopped working.

 

[Xire]

Why can't cars drive in cycle lanes?

Because they are cars.

 

[SkodaMart]

I remember having a blow out, not a puncture.

Front wheel of a Transit van in the pouring rain.

I made it safely to the hard shoulder and started to change the wheel, problem was, the hard shoulder was narrow, I was almost touching cars in lane 1.

Its only when you are stood outside at the side of a motorway do you realise how fast cars and trucks are going.

Despite having my lights and hi-vis on, it's possibly my most terrifying motorway experience.

 

[Hagar]

Any vehicle that cannot maintain or attain the national speed limit for the motorway and the class of vehicle should not drive on it.

I have experience last night of safely overtaking a group of cyclists on a major A road, stopping for roadworks traffic lights on a bend and promptly being passed by the same cyclists going through on red. It was also growing dusk and not one showed any lights.

Next approaching home in Nantwich, I was driving along an inner ring road and coming the other way, a mororcyclist towing a cyclist (the cyclist was hanging onto the bike) again no lights.

My first thought was Die, but I soon moderated both incidents to gross stupidity on the part of the cyclists and trust they learn without injury to themselves or others.

Motorway, no way.

EDIT, I also cycle.

 

[Robbo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26336618

So I read this article and it got me thinking; was it fair that the cyclist got a £50 for cycling on the M25 at rush hour? I mean, most cyclists pay road fund licence as they're also car owners, and motorways already have in-built cycle lanes called the hard shoulder. The only problem I see is that cyclists might not like to use the hard shoulder as it's full of crap that might pop their tyres, so they may want to use the left-hand lane instead. I don't get these arguments about safety - it's the motorists responsibility to overtake safely, leaving the same amount of room as you'd leave a car. I'm glad it took that woman 90 minutes to do her normal 40 minute journey (bet that's about one junction on the M25 lol) - she should switch to a more environmentally friendly method of transport and go on a cyclist awareness course - she might lose a bit of weight too!

Have you lost your mind?!

A motorway hard shoulder is not a cycle lane... :|