Passing Cyclists!!
Discussion
Hi!
I don’t know if this has been mentioned, but there seems to be a huge number of moronic drivers who think they have right of way over oncoming traffic when passing cyclists.
I was on the receiving end of this stupidity three times in 20 minutes this morning, including one driver who thought it OK to crawl round a corner on the wrong side of the road on a fast B road.
Talking to others, a fair number think that oncoming traffic should give way!!!
Have I misunderstood The Highway Code all these years?
Today was the worst I have ever witnessed with cyclists clogging up the roads, causing massive frustration for drivers. ....time they paid some road tax perhaps?
Jazzer
I don’t know if this has been mentioned, but there seems to be a huge number of moronic drivers who think they have right of way over oncoming traffic when passing cyclists.
I was on the receiving end of this stupidity three times in 20 minutes this morning, including one driver who thought it OK to crawl round a corner on the wrong side of the road on a fast B road.
Talking to others, a fair number think that oncoming traffic should give way!!!
Have I misunderstood The Highway Code all these years?
Today was the worst I have ever witnessed with cyclists clogging up the roads, causing massive frustration for drivers. ....time they paid some road tax perhaps?
Jazzer
Jesus!!
I never said the problem was with cyclists, but I do think their proliferation on already congested roads is an issue.
Why shouldn’t cyclists pay road tax?
I cycle, but do so in evenings when roads are quieter and I therefore feel safer.
Something clearly needs to give here, or should we sit back and watch death tolls in accidents involving cyclists continue to rise?
Fewer cars, fewer cycles and a bit of education would help, as would some degree of taxation....
I never said the problem was with cyclists, but I do think their proliferation on already congested roads is an issue.
Why shouldn’t cyclists pay road tax?
I cycle, but do so in evenings when roads are quieter and I therefore feel safer.
Something clearly needs to give here, or should we sit back and watch death tolls in accidents involving cyclists continue to rise?
Fewer cars, fewer cycles and a bit of education would help, as would some degree of taxation....
How did this get to ten pages?
I gave up, having been accused of being an uneducated, devious cyclist troller!!!
Uneducated, because I call VED by its everyday name, road tax, apparently being so thick that I don’t understand it’s a vehicle tax based on emissions.
Anecdotal evidence from a local traffic cop points to a sharp increase in road accidents where cyclists are involved, distinct from cyclist casualty figures on the road.
This is happening because of the sheer volume of traffic, including bicycles, on the roads.
So I think we need to do something to reduce the numbers of vehicles on the roads.
I like the idea of a genuine road tax, payable at various levels, depending on the size of the vehicle and its annual mileage.
Included in this would be a fixed rate cyclist road tax.
It will come in due course.
Just my opinion of course.
I gave up, having been accused of being an uneducated, devious cyclist troller!!!
Uneducated, because I call VED by its everyday name, road tax, apparently being so thick that I don’t understand it’s a vehicle tax based on emissions.
Anecdotal evidence from a local traffic cop points to a sharp increase in road accidents where cyclists are involved, distinct from cyclist casualty figures on the road.
This is happening because of the sheer volume of traffic, including bicycles, on the roads.
So I think we need to do something to reduce the numbers of vehicles on the roads.
I like the idea of a genuine road tax, payable at various levels, depending on the size of the vehicle and its annual mileage.
Included in this would be a fixed rate cyclist road tax.
It will come in due course.
Just my opinion of course.
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