General Chat

Hi Ed :)

I have nothing agaisnt cyclist but think they should have proper insurance before being allowed on roads or cycle lanes, more so after one tried to underpass me and scratched and dented the side of my car.

I would extend that insurance to the mobility scooters to myself, they go at one heck of a speed and quite dangerous amongst pedestrians.

i can see both sides. but Some (andi know it's not all) cyclists are dangerous to drivers and pedestrians.i think it should be a line paintwed down middle of path like in some places. the number of times i have seen a cyclist skip a red light only to almost crash into a pedestrian crossing is ridiculous.

Reasons for allowing cyclists on to pavements.

Drivers using mobile phones.
Speeding drivers.
Dangerous rounabouts and junctions.
Drivers reading maps while driving.
Large potholes in roads.

Ed, many sensor traffic lights (that I've seen) take the cyclist off around them...if they choose to follow the cycle path!

As I say, you should have to take a compulsory test to ride a cycle. When I was a kid we all knew how to ride safely, how to indicate, what lights go on the bike. Then when the blinking lights came out that they go on the body not the bike. Many cyclists are inadvertently illegally wearing those lights that blink as they're putting them on the bike. They're not a substitute for proper bike lights.

Why dont children cycle to school, answer, to dangerous.
Why do people jump into a car for short journeys instead of getting on a bike, answer to dangerous.

Its about time the law was changed, to protect the vunerable cyclists.

Cyclists rule ok.

Good cyclists....................yes, but they should have insurance, all other road users have to...........I think.

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Reason for NOT allowing cyclists on pavements:

So that people like myself with a disability making them unsteady on their feet can move in safety. I have enough trouble coping with some pedestrians, I'd probably stop going out if I had to contend with cyclists on the pavements as well.

Another reason for not allowing cyclist on pavements, what about the poor toddler who uses those pavements, they are children as well.

If cyclists were to use the pavements would that not make them...........

psychopaths.......

Sorry.

Ian.

Elderly, the partially sited , the blind all pedestrians.


Ian lol :):)

Ewwwww meercat, you just reminded me of a very overweight man in lycra shorts who rode past me the other day

*gags at the memory*

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Meercat :):)

PMSL Meercat :-))