NO...Cyclists don't ride on pavements or jump red lights at all.

thelawnet

Tilt wrote: »

So its OK that cyclists ride at night without lights then?

No it isn't, but it's similar to driving without a seatbelt on, I don't think the police pay much attention to that do they?

Cyclists with no lights are what they call 'Darwin award candidates', i.e. self-induced foolishness. Dangerous drivers otoh are likely to kill you or your family.

Flyboy152

uk-tyler wrote: »

If your son had hit by a car even the ambulance probably would of not been necessary, just a van from the morgue.

Cyclists can and do kill pedestrians. However while it does happen its infrequent compared to the number of cyclists or pedestrians that are killed by cars.

When was the last time you saw a car pulled over by the police, let alone a cyclist? The only time I see police now is at the scenes of accidents not on the roads stopping motorists or cyclists.

One is more liekly to encounter a bicycle being ridden the wrong way down a one way street, than a car.

Tilt

thelawnet wrote: »

'Nearly' eh? The fact is that people on bicycles have a very good view of what's going on, far, far better than car drivers (there are quite a few instances of car drivers reversing their 3-tonnes of metal over small children), and 'nearly' is 'nearly' for a reason. And if he had hit your son, chances are an ambulance would not be required, bicycles don't weigh much.

Incidentally I was riding my bike yesterday down a one-way street and some moron in a van decided to drive up it the wrong way towards me rather than going round and entering from the correct side. Perhaps I should have 'educated' him, or phoned the police?

Very unlikely. Adult riding a bike travelling approx 15 mph verses 7 year old child? One thing is for sure, at least 1 ambulance would of been needed.

Strider590

Flyboy152 wrote: »

One is more liekly to encounter a bicycle being ridden the wrong way down a one way street, than a car.

Depends on the location, near where I used to work people used to drive 10 meters up a one way street in order to avoid being forced around the busy city centre ring road.... At least 5 cars a day, but when the M5 motorway was slow or blocked up (causing huge traffic issues in the city centre), we'd see one every few minutes.

Caused an accident less than 3 months ago, when a taxi driver tried it as a Merc driver from the local dealership was pulling out of a side road (in a customers car).... Nice head on smash and the Taxi driver did the usual "i've got an off duty police officer in the back" trick :mad:

Marco_Panettone

Just because some road-users disobey the law that doesn't give you the right to endanger any other road users by disobeying the law.

As I said earlier, SOME cyclists don't ride legally all the time. SOME car drivers don't ride legally all the time. (If you want, you can substitute 'some' for 'most' or 'all' - it doesn't matter).

All you can do is control your own behaviour. As a cyclist I have no power over how others ride. As a driver I have no power over how others drive. Give EVERYONE enough space, time and courtesy, no matter how they choose to travel. That way everyone gets home to their family at the end to the day.

Ultimately as a cyclist I'm just a bloke on a bike. As a driver I'm just a bloke in a car. No difference.

Simples, non?

Billy-no-Money

Marco_Panettone wrote: »

Just because some road-users disobey the law that doesn't give you the right to endanger any other road users by disobeying the law.

As I said earlier, SOME cyclists don't ride legally all the time. SOME car drivers don't ride legally all the time. (If you want, you can substitute 'some' for 'most' or 'all' - it doesn't matter).

All you can do is control your own behaviour. As a cyclist I have no power over how others ride. As a driver I have no power over how others drive. Give EVERYONE enough space, time and courtesy, no matter how they choose to travel. That way everyone gets home to their family at the end to the day.

Ultimately as a cyclist I'm just a bloke on a bike. As a driver I'm just a bloke in a car. No difference.

Simples, non?

+1 (with knobs on) :T