Bicycle number plates

[Wrong-Direction]

Equally anyone can walk or run on the roads too - the roads were around long before either the motor car or Vehicle Excise Duty was invented. The fact of the matter is that no one group has exclusive use of the roads, and to that end talk of licenses, insurance, or VED is somewhat irrelevant.

What is relevant is the Highway Code, road users should be aware of what is in it and be considerate of other road users no-matter what mode of transport they are using.

Oh blablabla that's not the point! Cyclists need to use their supplied and paid for cycle paths not the roads!

 

[Curious Orange]

Oh blablabla that's not the point! Cyclists need to use their supplied and paid for cycle paths not the roads!

They don't have to use cycle paths, what if they're not going the right way?

 

[Wrong-Direction]

They don't have to use cycle paths, what if they're not going the right way?

Yes they do! And if not go the Wrong-Direction..

 

[rogersix]

That is your opinion and because I can.

Are you seriously suggesting most motorists don't speed?
Absolutely farcical.
Just cos you can, doesn't mean do it...
Like riding no handed without lights pissed, it's just not clever

 

[rogersix]

Ha ha ha

If want to stay with the front runners put in the hours.

You are not a front runner sweatheart,
did you search n w Wales Cyclists, is that fair?

 

[Curious Orange]

Yes they do! And if not go the Wrong-Direction..

Cycle backwards..? sounds dangerous to me...

 

[Rookie]

Why are all cyclists being grouped as one? I cycle, walk and drive, everyone of those forms has knobs who abide by their own rules

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Just cos you can, doesn't mean do it...
Like riding no handed without lights pissed, it's just not clever

You mean like riding through a red light ? Oh how ironic.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Some **** driving a car almost ran me over today when crossing the road at a zebra crossing near Preston park.

Make them have number plates and pay road tax blah blah blah.

 

[spanish flair]

Some **** driving a car almost ran me over today when crossing the road at a zebra crossing near Preston park.

You obviously took note of his number plate, so go ahead and report him

http://www.sussex.police.uk/help-ce...d-cycling/how-do-i-report-anti-social-driving

 

[rogersix]

You mean like riding through a red light ? Oh how ironic.

My analogy is far superior

 

[rogersix]

That's ok then.

Simply highlighting the relative risks and therefore the lack of empathy of the perpetrators.
Free service I supply for divs

 

[pb21]

You obviously took note of his number plate, so go ahead and report him

http://www.sussex.police.uk/help-ce...d-cycling/how-do-i-report-anti-social-driving

I'm not sure if it was a was a man or a woman actually and I didn't get a chance to note the number plate as I was taken aback and the car was driving too fast to note.

 

[jackanada]

Oh blablabla that's not the point! Cyclists need to use their supplied and paid for cycle paths not the roads!

Government advice is that where cycle paths are mixed use or on pavements cyclists should not use them if they are going to exceed twelve miles an hour. So they are only really for old duffers and asthmatic children.
Fit adult cyclists should use the road, and always have done. OK some run red lights recklessly, many treat them as a give way and roll gently through using the superior visibility of a bike to do so safely. As stop signs and red lights were only invented because the new fangled car drivers rapidly proved to be anti social nutjobs this seems reasonable.

 

[rogersix]

I'm not sure where the cars versus bikes argument has come from. The thread started with the suggested notion of requiring cyclists to be able to be identified so if they need to be brought to book over their actions then they can be.

motorists upset that they haven't got the balls to jump an uncamered light (except ambers [pussies])

Yes when driven badly cars and other motorised vehicles are extremely dangerous. Bicycles, less so but still dangerous. Even if the cyclists actions do not directly cause a collision what about other road users having to compensate for their actions, being distracted by watching out for them when they should be there for example?

BINGO

Yes many motorists break the law, but they have had to take a driving test, they have to pay an excise duty, they have to pay insurance, they must hold a license and their vehicle must be registered and identifiable.

and yet they still kill more people than IS + al queada, every year, loads more

Anyone - and I mean anyone can ride a bike on the public highway. There is no law in place for them to have even seen the highway code let alone understand it.

even fat kids

Yes, very often a cyclist's poor actions can cause mainly damage to them and/or their bike. Does that mean they should be allowed to do it? Is it an extra strain on the emergency services?

you really need to look at the cost/benefit analysis poppet, you are simply not getting it

 

[Stat Brother]

The Bicycling Vigilante
London cyclist Dave Sherry has busted hundreds of law-breaking motorists.

http://www.bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/bicycling-vigilante?cid=socBL_20141011_33286717

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Probably a good idea for cyclists to have number plates and be accountable for their actions to be honest.

 

[WATFORD zero]

many treat them as a give way and roll gently through using the superior visibility of a bike to do so safely. As stop signs and red lights were only invented because the new fangled car drivers rapidly proved to be anti social nutjobs this seems reasonable.

And soft top cars, they have good visibility so should be able to ignore red lights

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

And soft top cars, they have good visibility so should be able to ignore red lights

Good point. Except when the top is closed, at which point visibility is abysmal.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Why are all cyclists being grouped as one? I cycle, walk and drive, everyone of those forms has knobs who abide by their own rules

You've obviously missed the point.

When you are driving you are an angel, when you cycle you are the devil, and when you are a pedestrian you are a pain in the arse who holds the other two groups up (interchange groups as necessary)