Suicidal Cyclist

Idiophreak

brat wrote: »

How do you as a motorist pay for the costs of pollution, environmental damage, congestion, policing, collision and hospital costs not borne by insurers?
Do you see these as issues the motorist should have no responsibility for, as they don't seem to be a factor in your figures?

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What is clear is that the direct taxes paid by the motorist doesn't cover all of the direct and external costs of motoring.

It would be massively unfair if the full cost of the roads was covered only by motorists. Generally, I think people are fairly pleased that there's food in supermarkets, that people are going to work to keep the economy going, that they can get their post delivered, that they can reach remote parts of the country if need be...without the road network, none of these things would be possible...so it's entirely fair that the taxpayer should pay towards the road network, irrespective of whether they actually drive themselves or not.

IronWolf wrote: »

I get passed so closely by cars all the time, that Im almost tempted to fix a spike to the end of my handle bars so I can give their paintwork a good scratch when they do it.

When I was a youngster I used to have chains on my jeans. Strangely, motorists always seemed to give me quite a lot of space as they passed...

ceredigion

Cyclists, horse drawn carriages and pedestrians use the public highway as of right. Drivers of motor vehicles, do not. They have to be licensed in order to do so and that license can be removed.
On that basis , it is always the vehicle that is at fault .

brat

ceredigion wrote: »

Cyclists, horse drawn carriages and pedestrians use the public highway as of right. Drivers of motor vehicles, do not. They have to be licensed in order to do so and that license can be removed.
On that basis , it is always the vehicle that is at fault .

A cycle is a vehicle, so what are you saying?

Tilt

brat wrote: »

A cycle is a vehicle, so what are you saying?

I'm guessing he means that you don't need a licence to ride one?

Crabman

Today, a cyclist decided to ride (at speed) the wrong way down a one way road. It was 5:30pm, so already dark.

I braked hard and stopped in the road to avoid a head-on collision. For my troubles I received a middle finger from the cyclist as he rode past...

peter_the_piper

It must have been your fault.

andrewf75

Surely it was the fault of all cyclists? Thats how it works.

peter_the_piper

Not on here its not, its always the drivers fault. On here cyclists are very lucky, they carry a spare just above their heads.

Strider590

Crabman wrote: »

Today, a cyclist decided to ride (at speed) the wrong way down a one way road. It was 5:30pm, so already dark.

I braked hard and stopped in the road to avoid a head-on collision. For my troubles I received a middle finger from the cyclist as he rode past...

Some one way streets in certain parts of the country are cyclist contraflows and I think it's gradually spreading as local councils increasingly use them to keep cyclists away from busy ring roads and roundabouts.

If I was riding my bike down a designated cyclist contraflow and some driver decided to try to enforce his own rules by driving at me, said driver would at the very least lose a wing mirror and at worst be reported to the Police for dangerous driving along with the video evidence from my helmet cam.

Just saying.

peter_the_piper

Cyclist contraflows and a red light at the front is a surefire recipe for disaster and not just a wing mirror.