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

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Heh, when I was about 9?, me and a group of other kids took a shortcut along the M6 to the next bridge.
Cars beeped at us of course and a cop car went past, he didn't stop.

But this is back in the day when you could climb trees and jump off buildings without requiring a H&S certificate and a formal risk assessment proposal beforehand.
I'm surprised kids are even allowed out of the womb these days.

Too many drivers nodding off for a hard shoulder to be safe, in fact they recommend you don't even bother with a red triangle when broken down, just get off the road asap
 
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SkodaMart said:
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 a stood outside 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.
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Yeah you don't really realise just how fast a vehicle is covering ground like that until you've stood beside traffic approaching at more than 30meter/s :S
 
Xire said:
Why can't cars drive in cycle lanes?
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Cycle lanes are bloody stupid, they fill full of flints, leaves, gravel, glass.

Usually have stupid curbs just high enough to make you fall off, and start and stop in random places without warning.

Personally I would sooner cycle on WIDE well lit public roads.

I say WIDE above as many generous width roads have been made narrow by the use of white paint, and bollards as 'traffic calming measures'

These traffic calming measures often force motor vehicles so close to cyclists that they are almost touching!
 
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Why can't kids on scooters ride along the road?
Why can't light-aircraft drive on the motorway?

I think the OP has raised some thought-provoking issues.
 
Gilly said:
Their surroundings being a high speed road designed purely for high speed vehicles?
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What's the difference between a high speed road designed purely for high speed vehicles and a high speed road? On my commute to work I drive on a NSL dual carriageway where the speed limit is the same as on the motorway is it not? I regularly do 70mph on this road, cyclists are allowed to use it, horse & riders are allowed to use it, there's the road and then there's the grass verge, no cycle lane (or hard shoulder :p )
 
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Xire said:
Why can't cars drive in cycle lanes?

Because they are cars.
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Indeed.

Looks like the start of a new trend for threads posting blatantly ridiculous questions:

Why do I have to drive on the left?

Why can't I skateboard on the railway?

Can I dry my washing in the oven?

Is voting for UKIP a good idea?

etc.
 
scorza said:
What's the difference between a high speed road designed purely for high speed vehicles and a high speed road? On my commute to work I drive on a NSL dual carriageway where the speed limit is the same as on the motorway is it not? I regularly do 70mph on this road, cyclists are allowed to use it, horse & riders are allowed to use it, there's the road and then there's the grass verge, no cycle lane (or hard shoulder :p )
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You have seen people on horses use a 70mph dual carriage way? I very much doubt that.
 
What an impressively daft idea,

Cyclists are allowed to use the service roads down the side of the old severn bridge.

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Jono8 said:
You have seen people on horses use a 70mph dual carriage way? I very much doubt that.
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The A38 between Exeter and Plymouth. I've seen cyclists, farm vehicles (once including a convoy of combine harvesters) and horses on there.
 
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Jono8 said:
You have seen people on horses use a 70mph dual carriage way? I very much doubt that.
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I didn't say I'd seen horses on it, but they are allowed to (there's even a warning horses sign). I have seen cyclists using it though. It's not compulsory to travel at 70mph on it ;)

Horses on NSL dual carriageways do happen though:

 
scorza said:
What's the difference between a high speed road designed purely for high speed vehicles and a high speed road?
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One is designed solely for high speed vehicles and the other is not. I thought that was obvious :confused:
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
The A38 between Exeter and Plymouth. I've seen cyclists, farm vehicles (once including a convoy of combine harvesters) and horses on there.
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As have I. Never in rush hour though, I've only seen cyclists on there very early in the mornings.
 
scorza said:
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!
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Not sure if it's been mentioned but I feel the need to join in on the bashing.
People stopped paying "road fund licence" or "Road Tax" in the 30's.

It was replaced by 'Car Tax' and is rated by the amount of CO2 a car emits.

The money someone pays for Car Tax goes into the big pot of money where all other taxes go. There is no specific Tax that pays for the roads.
 
scorza said:
was it fair that the cyclist got a £50 for cycling on the M25 at rush hour?
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Yes.
and motorways already have in-built cycle lanes called the hard shoulder.
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Lol :rolleyes:
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,
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If that's the only problem you see with it you need you're head examined, a drivers awareness course and good beating :D
it's the motorists responsibility to overtake safely, leaving the same amount of room as you'd leave a car.
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Are you serious? :confused::(
 
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