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For cyclists to be made responsible.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/ herts/7496757.stm
This happened just up the road from where I live.
I have come across cyclists like him myself. Milton keynes is criss crossed with redways which are designed for bikes and walkers.
Cyclists seem to think it is purely for them.
I have been knocked over by them before now and all they do is shout abuse at u for being in their way.
Just because they aren't ruining the climate as they constantly like to boast, they seem to think they can do what they like and damn everyone else.
Dispite the redways, there are loads of them who insist on using the roads and careering all over the place, then wonder why they get hit.
They also have a habit here of cycling on the roads without lights at night. Again they wonder why they get hit.
Maybe its time they were made to get insurance and pay some road tax.
I have had many years on a motor bike so I know that its not always down to the cyclists but its time that they were told your not the only ones who have a right to the roads.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/ herts/7496757.stm
This happened just up the road from where I live.
I have come across cyclists like him myself. Milton keynes is criss crossed with redways which are designed for bikes and walkers.
Cyclists seem to think it is purely for them.
I have been knocked over by them before now and all they do is shout abuse at u for being in their way.
Just because they aren't ruining the climate as they constantly like to boast, they seem to think they can do what they like and damn everyone else.
Dispite the redways, there are loads of them who insist on using the roads and careering all over the place, then wonder why they get hit.
They also have a habit here of cycling on the roads without lights at night. Again they wonder why they get hit.
Maybe its time they were made to get insurance and pay some road tax.
I have had many years on a motor bike so I know that its not always down to the cyclists but its time that they were told your not the only ones who have a right to the roads.
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Just stop them cycling on the pavement, make them have lights etc no law changes needed for that. Christ I saw a couple of hobby bobbies cycling on he pavement the other day! We just need to enforce the current laws. I'd like to say it's a minority but in fact It's bl00dy rare to see a cyclst on the road these days.
There are some appalling car drivers on the road, but the majority are OK. Same with cyclists, most are safe, courteous and responsible, but a small majority aren't.
I am not defending this cyclist, who was undeniably reckless, but the story seems to have changed. It was first widely reported he had knocked her down on the pavement. The truth seems to be that a gang of underage drinkers were on the road. He thought they would get out of the way, like any sensible pedestrians would on seeing a vehicle approaching them (at a reckless 17mph). The girl didn't move, whether from intoxication or stubbornness.
A fine for a loss of life does not seem adequate. But he could have been prosecuted for manslaughter and he wasn't.
I am not defending this cyclist, who was undeniably reckless, but the story seems to have changed. It was first widely reported he had knocked her down on the pavement. The truth seems to be that a gang of underage drinkers were on the road. He thought they would get out of the way, like any sensible pedestrians would on seeing a vehicle approaching them (at a reckless 17mph). The girl didn't move, whether from intoxication or stubbornness.
A fine for a loss of life does not seem adequate. But he could have been prosecuted for manslaughter and he wasn't.
They're a nightmare in central London, squeezing through narrow gaps, weaving in and out between cars, leaping from pavement to road, and back again, and consistently ignoring red lights. So dangerous. I wouldn't necessarily advocate them paying road tax - but insurance wouldn't be a bad idea. My only concern with that is that the cost may prevent children from using their bikes to get to school.
Try walking along the south bank in the morning, full tilt and dont care.
I have an altercation with a cyclist nearly every day with them jumping lights or cycling over a pedestirian crossing.
They want roads specially built, fine then pay for it with a tax on cyclsts. And lets not forget an 'MOT' I have seen many unable to stop. A licence wouldnt go amis either to cycle on main roads and certainly insurance is required.
The idiot on the bike concerned here should have been jailed. If you kill someone through your own recklessness you should pay for it dearly.
I have an altercation with a cyclist nearly every day with them jumping lights or cycling over a pedestirian crossing.
They want roads specially built, fine then pay for it with a tax on cyclsts. And lets not forget an 'MOT' I have seen many unable to stop. A licence wouldnt go amis either to cycle on main roads and certainly insurance is required.
The idiot on the bike concerned here should have been jailed. If you kill someone through your own recklessness you should pay for it dearly.
tigerlily11
I can assure you that car drivers hit and kill many drunk pedestrians, every year.
At close proximity, moving your hand off the handle bar to the bell is not very safe. If the pedestrian has behaved unpredictably by not getting out of the road, the a vocal shout is the best thing to do.
The children had been drinking cans of Stella in a nearby skatepark. It is not an excuse, but could have been a contributory factor as to why she was in the road, why she did not hear or see the cyclist, and why she failed to get on the pavement.
I have already said the cyclist was reckless.
I can assure you that car drivers hit and kill many drunk pedestrians, every year.
At close proximity, moving your hand off the handle bar to the bell is not very safe. If the pedestrian has behaved unpredictably by not getting out of the road, the a vocal shout is the best thing to do.
The children had been drinking cans of Stella in a nearby skatepark. It is not an excuse, but could have been a contributory factor as to why she was in the road, why she did not hear or see the cyclist, and why she failed to get on the pavement.
I have already said the cyclist was reckless.
many of these tight sweaty cyclists in london break the law more times in a day than normal citizens do in their lifetime,
they are arrogant and give you the finger and the verbals if your perfect lane discipline happens to cause them to have to use the correct part of the road for once,
do what i do, if you are at the front of a queue at lights and one of these idiots comes past and carries on, blast your horn (as a warning) to draw attention to the cyclist,
they are arrogant and give you the finger and the verbals if your perfect lane discipline happens to cause them to have to use the correct part of the road for once,
do what i do, if you are at the front of a queue at lights and one of these idiots comes past and carries on, blast your horn (as a warning) to draw attention to the cyclist,
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