Cyclists In London (Kamikaze)

[melv16]

It's anarchy in the UK! 

I've just had a couple of nights in the capital and I'm astonished with the driving of the cyclists. Going through red lights is the norm, as is swerving round pedestrians on zebra crossings,  going down one way streets the wrong way is a common occurrence. 

How many are killed or injured on London's roads each year?

[ToraToraTora]

My grandad saw one of them kamikazes during the war, he said: "the way he's carrying on he'll kill himself"😁

[Canary42]

The vast majority are killed by careless motorists (especially orry drivers) so they have to use every trick in the book to survive.

[ToraToraTora]

not stopping at red lights helps them survive? Right oh!

[melv16]

I don't think going through red lights and failing to stop at zebra crossings is using every trick in the book, canary.

[douglas9401]

I smell yellow Lycra.

[seekeerz]

Pongs, doesn't it 🥵

[david small]

They ignore road safety because they can.

[theshedman]

It's not just in London where this happens.  Maybe Canary if many of them didn't ignore the Highway Code they wouldn't have so many problems, like injurys and being killed.  Riding past lorries on the inside when they are turning left and so can't see them is one example.  Cyclists need to follow the rules just like the rest of us have to.

[Old_Geezer]

Your experience of cyclists seems common enough. But you can add motorised scooter uses to the list too. Motorised cycle users are less common but to find they should be on the list too would not surprise me

[melv16]

You take your life in your hands being a pedestrian in London.