Cyclists! Please remember....
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If you cycle along a road, at night, in dark clothing, with no lights, and no reflectors you are officially a Darwin candidate, especially if the road you are on is unlit...
I saw 2 cyclists on the way home from the gym this evening; both fitted the above description.
(This is not a rant, just an observation.)
I saw 2 cyclists on the way home from the gym this evening; both fitted the above description.
(This is not a rant, just an observation.)
This really annoys me, too. It's so foolish; not only are they more likely to get hit, but it's further ammo for the driving bores who'd sooner brake for a baby rabbit than a cyclist.
If there's nobody else about, I usually just switch my car's lights off as I pass. A briefer version of this seems to be the most effective way of telling other car drivers their lights are off, so hopefully it works for cyclists too (if they're not too drunk to notice).
If there's nobody else about, I usually just switch my car's lights off as I pass. A briefer version of this seems to be the most effective way of telling other car drivers their lights are off, so hopefully it works for cyclists too (if they're not too drunk to notice).
Car drivers ! Please remember,if you ride your crappy old bike, the one you take out once or twice a year, along a road, at night, in dark clothing, with no lights, and no reflectors you are officially a Darwin candidate, especially if the road you are on is unlit...that proper cyclists are laughing at you.
Car drivers ! I realise it's stating the bleeding obvious, and how f
king tedious that can be, but please, please, please remember, if you drive your car without lights at night on an unit road, you might get hit by another car, particularly if that other car also doesn't have its lights on.
Hope this helps.
king tedious that can be, but please, please, please remember, if you drive your car without lights at night on an unit road, you might get hit by another car, particularly if that other car also doesn't have its lights on.Hope this helps.
When I was a kid, I used to live in fear of a cop car pulling me over on my bike if I didnt have lights on at night - have the police given up trying to police these pests or is there simply nothing can be done about it.
Fixed penalty fines should apply to cyclists, cars, lorries, motorbikes etc etc etc all the same in my opinion - If you arent kitted out correctly for the road, dont use it!
Fixed penalty fines should apply to cyclists, cars, lorries, motorbikes etc etc etc all the same in my opinion - If you arent kitted out correctly for the road, dont use it!
BOR said:
Car drivers ! Please remember,if you ride your crappy old bike, the one you take out once or twice a year, along a road, at night, in dark clothing, with no lights, and no reflectors you are officially a Darwin candidate, especially if the road you are on is unlit...that proper cyclists are laughing at you.
Indeed. Because there is a real danger that someone who is as much of a as you is driving a car on the same bit of road.KrazyIvan said:
bazking69 said:
simply deploy your defensive cycling and you'll be OK.
Is that like some kinda 007 oil slick / spiked wheels / rockects type thing 
It's true, people cycling on unlit roads without lights are Darwin candidates, but is that really news to anyone? It's frightening how little you can see of kamikaze pedestrians who randomly decide to step out in to the road at night too. To be hoenst though - as a driver - I can't help thinking that a fallen tree wouldn't show up in your headlights any better, so maybe you better think a bit more about what you can actually see at night if unexpected shapes are looming out of the darkness on unfamiliar roads?
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