Wiggo Militant

[Exupnut]

Cycling is also free, it's healthy, it does not pollute and is to be encouraged.  No tax, no insurance, no license no helmets and the freedom to roam - protect it.

It's not free cos u gotta flippin buy one first then pay the repairs for all the idiotic off's u have and when it's nicked. It aint healthy bein squashed by a foccin lorry ridin as if ur eyes are shut or bein punched for doin a shit move. No tax (ya got me there) no insurance.. There foccin will be I'm sure. No licence .. Un enforceable Grrrrrrrr. Freedom to roam when goin thru foccin reds and on the pavements... Yeah right!  Protect it?  GET OF MY FUKIN ROAD is most motorist's opinion in london of pushbikes in out capital at the mo because u have a much greater percentage  of cunts givin u all a bad name by the way they ride.

[goldfazer]

Most people where I live consider motorcyclists as rude and inconsiderate.

Most non-drivers consider all drivers rude and inconsiderate.

Most drivers consider pedestrians, bikers and cyclists to be rude and inconsiderate.

Most cyclists consider car drivers and bikers, as well as pedestrians taking bicycle lanes to be rude and inconsiderate.

That about sums it up Slaninar.

A lot of it is envy, just as the car driver gets hot behind the collar with envy as he or she sees motorcyclists passing queues of traffic, nipping in and out of bus lanes etc, then in turn the motorcyclists, or the silly ones, get hot behind the collar with envy when stuck in tight traffic as they see cyclists squeeze through tiny gaps, bumping up on the pavement or jumping the odd red light to make progress.  Jealousy, pure and simple.

As for insurance and tax etc, don't be so silly.  And of course going into winter it probably won't be long before the same numpties start calling start calling for hill walkers and climbers to have insurance.  Oh what's the other dumb one, stop people from heading to the hills in winter.  I mean stop folks from going for a walk?

Cycling is also free, it's healthy, it does not pollute and is to be encouraged.  No tax, no insurance, no license no helmets and the freedom to roam - protect it.

Shit. I agree with VNA.

I'm off for a lie down....

[Slaninar]

Also the theory may be ok when only practiced by the few, what will happen when all other road users adopt the same practice. 

Belgrade traffic. 

Cyclists pay the ultimate price for mistakes. Just like motorcyclists. I've been hit 4 times by cars, but never when running red lights - just when going through green light, expecting the slowing down cars are in fact stopping (for their red) - WRONG!     


This is FUN, Charlie:    :rollin

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[Farjo]

"Mayor unveils cycling future"

From: http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/201...ng-future/

Other images of segregated routes:
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"What's the point they don't tend to stay in the lanes they have now." - that's because they're rubbish! They have no legal standing, give the cyclist an impression of priority where there is none, and if followed will often place cyclists in the path of danger. This is from a coroner investigating a recent cyclist's death.

In central London there has been a crackdown on red light jumping, and even so how many drivers drive above the speed limit? And which is more dangerous to innocent third parties?

[Slaninar]

That's the way you do it:

Junction design the Dutch - cycle friendly - way