15-12-16, 04:09 PM
Compulsory CBT style training, insurance, lights on bike and bike helmet. As for kids on bikes ,letting them on public roads with no training or safety gear should not allowed. Proper training at an early age will make them safer and more aware of hazards so that they will feel encouraged to carry on cycling as an adult.
Too many cyclists seem to have tunnel vision and think it is the responsibility of every other road user to look out for them in any situation .
I also think that it is about time that some kind of visible registration number should be on every bike , difficult to do and administer maybe but some clever sod should be able to come up with something .
I also saw an article in the news this week that a cycling lobby group is trying to have the highway code changed so that when a vehicle is turning left it must give way to any cyclist that is undertaking it, in other words allow the cyclist to put themselves in a very hazardous situation and hope the driver sees them, not a good idea.
This probably reads as if I am anti cyclist but I am not, up to 5 years ago I cycled regulary but knackered knees put an end to it and I always cycled like I ride motorbikes, make myself visible , ride defensively and remember that in the event of an accident, no matter who is at fault, that it will be me who will probably get hurt most.
Too many cyclists seem to have tunnel vision and think it is the responsibility of every other road user to look out for them in any situation .
I also think that it is about time that some kind of visible registration number should be on every bike , difficult to do and administer maybe but some clever sod should be able to come up with something .
I also saw an article in the news this week that a cycling lobby group is trying to have the highway code changed so that when a vehicle is turning left it must give way to any cyclist that is undertaking it, in other words allow the cyclist to put themselves in a very hazardous situation and hope the driver sees them, not a good idea.
This probably reads as if I am anti cyclist but I am not, up to 5 years ago I cycled regulary but knackered knees put an end to it and I always cycled like I ride motorbikes, make myself visible , ride defensively and remember that in the event of an accident, no matter who is at fault, that it will be me who will probably get hurt most.