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BlueJazz
Original Poster
111 posts
42 months
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Well it sadly looks like the Mail on Sunday has it in for cyclists today, immigrants and terrorists are getting the weekend off: The hit-and-run Lycra louts: How thuggish minority of cyclists are terrorising our roads with one elderly pensioner being hit twice in a month 'A law that will force cyclists to take a proper test and abide by the Highway Code is long overdue' 'My mother might have died last week' Let's hope they don't start another one of their campaigns! Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200280/Cy...
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Chris71
20,102 posts
112 months
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By the time the Daily Wail starts championing it you know any cause is pointless.
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Vipers
15,633 posts
98 months
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Dont slip all the blame onto the cyclists, I am for ever telling my missis Green DOES NOT mean its OK to cross, look in case someone has jumped the lights. Often I see peds with their bloody ear phones stuck in their lugs, hoods up, as soon as the crossing goes to Green, they stepmout with even the slightest glance up the road. Mind you the sod should have stopped and helped her up. Remember people cyclists cant stop on a penny. There will always be the minority of idiots on our roads. My son who is 30 still uses the green cross road, because thats what we taught him that when he was growing up. 
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CampDavid
7,852 posts
68 months
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Not saying that I'm in favour of a test but, in the good old days, before the flood, when the king was a boy, I had to do a cycling proficiency test when I was 11 at school.
It was good as it meant that kids got into riding bikes, safely, on the road at an early age. The amount of people riding on the paths is insane these days
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Perd Hapley
1,452 posts
43 months
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They still do the cycling proficiency tests. Couple of months back it seemed like every road I turned into had 20+ kids on bikes in bright orange jackets practicing turning right or whatever.
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Matthen
355 posts
21 months
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The problem here isn't that they are cyclists, its that they are thugs. A licence is pointless, unless all cycles have to be plated as well, otherwise you still wont be able to identify them.
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Chicane-UK
2,619 posts
55 months
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Oh goodie.. another "aren't cyclists inconsiderate / thugs / tax dodgers" thread.
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Earl'Dingleberry
170 posts
10 months
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Finally Daily Mail with a good cause.
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Perd Hapley
1,452 posts
43 months
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Earl'Dingleberry said: Finally Daily Mail with a good cause. Massively increasing bureaucracy for no good at all?
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CampDavid
7,852 posts
68 months
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Perd Hapley said: They still do the cycling proficiency tests. Couple of months back it seemed like every road I turned into had 20+ kids on bikes in bright orange jackets practicing turning right or whatever. I think it depends on the area. In Bedfordshire, it's not happening in any schools (discussed this earlier in the week with my OH, she's a teacher in a bunch of schools)
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EDLT
14,593 posts
76 months
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Vipers said: Often I see peds with their bloody ear phones stuck in their lugs, hoods up, as soon as the crossing goes to Green, they stepmout with even the slightest glance up the road. They wait until the light turns green?! How well behaved. I didn't read the daily mail article because it is a daily mail article, but the headline DOES say it is a minority of cyclists.
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paranoid airbag
1,341 posts
29 months
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DM article is DM-ish. I wouldn't mind a drive to get cycle training (bikeability by its rather silly official name) taught in more/all schools though.
The scary thing is the reporter, who admits to being completely unable to control a bicycle, is legally allowed to drive, where things are happening much quicker, you have less ability to manoeuvre in tight spaces, and the results of making a mistake are far worse.
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BlueJazz
Original Poster
111 posts
42 months
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I think I'll wait for the Daily Mash to produce some proper reporting on this subject, rather than one reporters personal view masquerading as a news story.
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BliarOut
53,696 posts
109 months
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They all jump red lights you know...
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Paul Dishman
2,088 posts
107 months
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BliarOut said: They all jump red lights you know... .........and none of them pay Road Tax.
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General Price
921 posts
53 months
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Paul Dishman said: BliarOut said: They all jump red lights you know... .........and none of them pay Road Tax. One of them touched me,under the bridge.
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Bezza1969
654 posts
18 months
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Paul Dishman said: BliarOut said: They all jump red lights you know... .........and none of them pay Road Tax. Not true, I pay road tax for my two cars...Its a misnomer that cyclists dont pay road tax and as you cant ride a bike and drive a car at the same time, Cyclists are doing motorists a favour, coz they are one less car on the roads, but are still paying their dues whilst being nearly killed at every roundabout and junction!!
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Gwagon111
3,469 posts
31 months
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General Price said: One of them touched me,under the bridge. Is that a euphemism?
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sjg
4,325 posts
135 months
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racerbob
231 posts
50 months
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Paul Dishman said: .........and none of them pay Road Tax. No such thing as 'road tax' it's VED
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