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Cyclists still not getting the message

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  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    Tilt wrote: »
    Because unlike motorists, the police don't seem to be clamping down on cyclists so it seems they need to 'police' themselves.

    dont seem?
    So no stats?
    so whats the definition of 'clamping' down?
    So what is the purpose of your post in the motoring section?
  • Cycrow
    Cycrow Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    Tilt wrote: »
    Because unlike motorists, the police don't seem to be clamping down on cyclists so it seems they need to 'police' themselves.

    They dont seem to be clamping down on motorists either.

    besides, motorists pose the greater danger, so it would make sense to use the limited resources and focus on them
  • Carcluster
    Carcluster Posts: 162 Forumite
    A lot of cyclists without lights near me - i live near a station and it seems that because that part of the journey from the train to home is just a small segment, that it doesn't really count? Maybe carting lights about is also inconvenient - but worst-case-scenario should be what guard against.
  • mcfisco
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    I'm not sure the police are clamping down on anyone TBH

    Last weekend I rode from Dover to just south of Durham and never saw a single police car.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    edited 6 September 2013 at 12:40PM
    Carcluster wrote: »
    A lot of cyclists without lights near me - i live near a station and it seems that because that part of the journey from the train to home is just a small segment, that it doesn't really count? Maybe carting lights about is also inconvenient - but worst-case-scenario should be what guard against.

    You might find the motivation (or demotivation) is theft, when you leave a bike, everything removable is a target for theft.
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  • Aretnap
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    I really don't see the point of threads like this. If you wanted to do something useful and help him get the message you could always have told him that you nearly hit him, and he might even have been grateful - maybe he hadn't realised that his light had stopped working. Or you could go on the internet instead and rant at strangers, most of whom already seem to know that it's not a good idea to ride in the dark without lights.
  • silverwhistle
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    Tilt wrote: »
    Are you being serious?

    Ah! I think I see the problem now...
  • Cycrow
    Cycrow Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    Strider590 wrote: »
    You might the motivation (or demotivation) is theft, when you leave a bike, everything removable is a target for theft.

    thats one reason i've ridden my bike without lights before.

    one day i forgot to take all the lights of my bike and when i went to ride home, i had no lights to use, i didn't really have any other choice
  • Tilt
    Tilt Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    custardy wrote: »
    dont seem?
    So no stats?
    so whats the definition of 'clamping' down?
    So what is the purpose of your post in the motoring section?

    Why... is it not allowed, do I need your permission?
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  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    Tilt wrote: »
    Why... is it not allowed, do I need your permission?

    Thats not an answer
    you posted about cyclist in the motoring section
    so what was the purpose?
    just to have a whine?
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