Remove VAT from bicycles

[Muzzman]

At the bottom of my road I witnessed a cyclist stop at the red lights.. then a police car pulled up alongside... then the cyclist just moved off with the lights still showing red.

Needless to say the police flashed their lights, sounded the siren and pulled the guy over. I couldn't help but have a chuckle at the cyclists stupidity.

 

[Woodchip]

OK. Sign the petition for all the mountain bikers that play well away from the roads, trying to maintain a level of fitness. You miserable bunch

 

[Curious Orange]

I'm always shouting at cyclists I see who aren't wearing helmets these days.

You could cause an accident doing that!

And as for wearing a helmet, make it a legal requirement and I will. In the meantime I'm quite happy to take my chances and have a warm head in winter.

 

[Brovion]

I think removing VAT from bikes is a great idea - providing in return they are made to pay an annual road tax.

 

[Cian]

You could cause an accident doing that!

And as for wearing a helmet, make it a legal requirement and I will. In the meantime I'm quite happy to take my chances and have a warm head in winter.

Exactly. Only going to kill/maim/injure me, not anyone else.

 

[Clothes Peg]

In defence of young cyclists, it's important to remember that hardly any schools (and I think none in W.Sussex) offer the cycling proficiency test any longer.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Good driving

f*** that. I would license every bike that wants to go on the road. It's wouldn't cost them much like it would a car, just make it easier to fine the c*nts that jump red lights.

Message to anyone who jumps the red lights at the bottom of Coombe Road......... the next cu*t who jumps the lights at the bottom of Coombe Road opposite the retail park, either going along, or turning into Lewes Road, I will not stop for you. In fact if I have to swerve just a little to clip you, without making it to obvious I will.

Im all for bikes on the road, but FFS the way motorists are fined, it's about time they started coming down heavy on cyclists who break the law.

I cycle the Lewes road most days, wear a helmet, have lights and stop at all the red lights.

Recomend all good cyclists here show support for the following, http://www.stopatred.org/

I am constantly harrased by a variety of motorist keen to overtake too close, cut me up, speaking on their phones, driving too fast. In fact only last week a van tried to clip me off in the fashion you have described. I pay my road tax and would happily pay a bike tax if it went to improving better bike lanes.

Its great to know that my life is dependent on you and others having a bad bike day on Lewes Road.

Motorists should take pleasure in the fact that I am on two wheels and not blocking up the road in my car sticking to the speed limit.

Can not wait to be cycling to Falmer, was very impressed by how many hundreds of people cycled to Saint Marys, look forward to the bike sheds on match day.

 

[Nibble]

Remove TWATS from bicycles.

 

[wehatepalace]

What really pisses me off about bikes is, the goverment have spent millions on creating cycle lanes, and the twats still ride on the road along side it !!! whats that all about

 

[eastlondonseagull]

And as for wearing a helmet, make it a legal requirement and I will. In the meantime I'm quite happy to take my chances and have a warm head in winter.

Don't think you'd say that when your friend is killed precisely because he's not worn a helmet. My mate didn't legislate for a stupid pedestrian and it's cost him his life, and deprived his 11-year-old daughter of a dad

 

[Stat Brother]

I'm possible the most polite cyclist ever.
But I've still been verbally abused (only once) because the car driver just didn't like me on the road.

Cyclists who jump reds deserve all they get, but please don't tar everybody with the same brush.

For the record, I wear a helmet, esp as my record speed on my road bike, is 41.6mph, & am well chuffed with that.

 

[Clothes Peg]

What really pisses me off about bikes is, the goverment have spent millions on creating cycle lanes, and the twats still ride on the road along side it !!! whats that all about

That's because the flipping pedestrians are on the cycle path

 

[Nibble]

That's because the flipping pedestrians are on the cycle path

Cyclists cannot complain about pedestrians on cycle paths-they weave all over the f***ing shop, pavements,roads etc-f***'em-steer.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Remove WALKERS from legs.

 

[Nibble]

remove balls from bags

 

[wehatepalace]

That's because the flipping pedestrians are on the cycle path

Not always true, take today for instance i 'm driving my truck down a fairly main road, with a split path/cycle track alongside it, with not a single pedestrian in sight but still some lycra clad idiot has to ride his bike in the road causing a lengthy tail back as I could not safely pass him !

This is all to common these days and pisses me off royally, because if the bloody cyclists didn't want the them we could have widend the roads !

 

[Il Duce]

I hate cyclists and I hate their "look at me" eco-snobbery. The vast majority go through red lights and up on pavements. They terrorise pedestrians, particlularly old people and small children. Just today I passed one causing chaos on Handcross Hill. How f***ing stupid is it to cycle there. I live in the countryside and they always block our lane and seem to think they own the bloody place. Their evil little beady eyes scream out from their tight pasty faces whenever I dare to drive down the road I bloody live in. The ones that dress up like Tour de France gaylords deserve a proper mashing from a good old 4x4. And mountain bikers f*** up hill paths and the countryside. At my previous work we had a dull and cretinous eco warrior who was trying to get people to cycle in to work. Our office was in Gatwick. Funnily enough not many people fancied cycling to that sh*thole from Brighton.

 

[Woodchip]

I hate cyclists and I hate their "look at me" eco-snobbery. The vast majority go through red lights and up on pavements. They terrorise pedestrians, particlularly old people and small children. Just today I passed one causing chaos on Handcross Hill. How f***ing stupid is it to cycle there. I live in the countryside and they always block our lane and seem to think they own the bloody place. Their evil little beady eyes scream out from their tight pasty faces whenever I dare to drive down the road I bloody live in. The ones that dress up like Tour de France gaylords deserve a proper mashing from a good old 4x4. And mountain bikers f*** up hill paths and the countryside. At my previous work we had a dull and cretinous eco warrior who was trying to get people to cycle in to work. Our office was in Gatwick. Funnily enough not many people fancied cycling to that sh*thole from Brighton.

Possibly if you got out in the conutryisde a bit more and breathed the fresh air it may relieve some of your anger.

 

[Nibble]

Remove FAT from bisexuals

 

[RexCathedra]

I think given the reality of fitness, terrain, etc. it would make more sense, environmentally, to reduce the cost-of-ownership of small (< 150 cc) motorcycles, scooters, etc. Three of them together don't produce as much CO2 as a car, and they don't require any more roadways paved, parking spaces created, dedicated lanes, etc. etc. than what already exists.