Red lights and cyclists

tomstickland

freakybacon wrote: »

"Road tax"? You must mean vehicle excise duty. "Road Tax " was removed by Winston Churchill in 1937. Done well to get 7 pages so far- anyone suggested pushbikes should pay this yet?

Of course they have! My mistake! As you were.

Road tax is a colloquialism commonly understood to mean VED.

alastairq

my my...so much being admitted as to how much of the law we intend to comply with, or ignore.

The Highway Code is the Official manual governing the behaviour of road users.

Too many road users think they know better.

The worrying thing I note from this thread is the number of road users professing to have but a half-baked idea about driving or riding. [if cap fits, etc.]

The fact that many of those half-baked ideas result in no particular incident arising, only goes to reinforce those ideas in the minds of the individuals concerned.


Perhaps the OP would have received more concise and accurate response if they'd posted the same question on a Police forum?

mikey72

Strider590 wrote: »

The last impatient car driver who hit me with his wing mirror by overtaking me 50 yrd before a traffic jam.... He lost his wing mirror less than 30 seconds later.

This was my favourite out of this thread.
A cyclist that accepts it is just an out and out fight.
Escalation by both sides, sometimes the cyclist wins, sometimes the motorist.

BBB

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

What the Hell business is it of yours if they wear a helmet or not?

One of the serious problems with this country (right from top to bottom) is the nannying busybodies who think they have the right to dictate on other's personal lives!

Anyhow, back to the original question. The freeloading parasites known as cyclists ARE subject to road laws just the same as the rest of us and ARE obliged to stop at red lights just the same as the rest of us. There are no grey areas on this one.

chill out mate, was saying it frustrates me, no need to get all uppity.

Harry_Flashman

Why does it frustrate you? It has no effect on your life?

custardy

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

What the Hell business is it of yours if they wear a helmet or not?

One of the serious problems with this country (right from top to bottom) is the nannying busybodies who think they have the right to dictate on other's personal lives!

Anyhow, back to the original question. The freeloading parasites known as cyclists ARE subject to road laws just the same as the rest of us and ARE obliged to stop at red lights just the same as the rest of us. There are no grey areas on this one.

how would i be a freeloading parasite?

sequence

You need to pay the none existant road tax custardy, so you will no longer be a freeloading parasite. Only then can you ride on THEIR roads

Their roads remember, not for the community, not paid for by the community. Just like the pavements serve as extra parking space!

custardy

mikey72 wrote: »

This was my favourite out of this thread.
A cyclist that accepts it is just an out and out fight.
Escalation by both sides, sometimes the cyclist wins, sometimes the motorist.

Ive had a few 'off the bike' moments over the years

Im loving Harry Daftmans posts,It makes me laugh
I wonder how he would fare in Edinburgh,'making a cyclist move'
that would be fine right up to the next set of lights and/or tramworks
then what?

custardy

sequence wrote: »

You need to pay the none existant road tax custardy, so you will no longer be a freeloading parasite. Only then can you ride on THEIR roads

Their roads remember, not for the community, not paid for by the community. Just like the pavements serve as extra parking space!

well I do pay the ye olde road tax
only difference is while daftman is adding to the congestion
my car is sitting on the driveway

KeepYourChinUp_2

custardy wrote: »

well I do pay the ye olde road tax
only difference is while daftman is adding to the congestion
my car is sitting on the driveway

That makes two of us.

I couldnt find his response to the cars that do not currently pay VED (sorry road tax) but get in his way though, I mean surely they are harder to pass than a cyclist he can force his way past.