Policy needed for dealing with aggressive cyclists

[mr.anderson]

Originally Posted by maviczap

so how many cyclists don't own cars these days?

In London?

All a bunch of lycra'd up lemmings down here IMHO.

I think everyone who have a gripe about cyclists should try riding through town/city for a couple of weeks.

The rules of the Highway Code apply to everybody---Truck,bus, car,motorbikes,cyclists and pedestrians---------just nobody seems to take any notice of them-------if we all did there would be a lot less incidents.

As far as this incident is concerned,one dozy,one no bell but it is unfair to say that cyclist should have insurance and exclude pedestrians. Pedestrians cause a fair amount of accidents by their negligence

Originally Posted by maviczap

HaHa the old 'Don't pay road tax' line. I've got 2 cars & 2 motor bikes so pay more than my share. All my biking mates have cars, so they pay too, so how many cyclists don't own cars these days?

So paying road tax on one vehicle justifies using others without? Excellent, I'll go get my car's tax refunded and if I get done claim that I already pay road tax on my Fazer.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Reckless Rat

I think everyone who have a gripe about cyclists should try riding through town/city for a couple of weeks.

Strange, I have a similar view that all car drivers should have a go at riding a motorcycle and then driving a truck for a few weeks.

Having had my car badly damaged by a red light running cyclist years ago. (New wing, bonnet and windscreen required). I am definitely of the opinion cyclists must have 3rd party insurance and a registration plate to enable them to be traced.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Pedestrians cause a fair amount of accidents by their negligence

Oh I accept that I didn't see the bloke - probably a SMIDSY - but doesn't anticipation apply to cyclists too?

Its the cyclists who think they are allowed on the pavements that bug me too i always refuse to get out of the way and they then have to go on to the road even if the traffic is coming the wrong way because thats what they expect me to do.
As for road tax not really bothered about that but 100% they should have insurance for the damage they do scratching your cars when filtering or when they crash into you because they think they have the right of way when its clear to normal road users they dont

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Yeah ok point taken

Originally Posted by Ed

Oh I accept that I didn't see the bloke - probably a SMIDSY - but doesn't anticipation apply to cyclists too?

I reckon it should

Originally Posted by suzijax

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As for road tax not really bothered about that but 100% they should have insurance for the damage they do scratching your cars when filtering or when they crash into you because they think they have the right of way when its clear to normal road users they dont

Well AFAIK technically you can (try to!) sue anybody who causes damage of any sort so they would certainly benefit from insurance rather than being pursued through the courts for money out of their own pockets - better still if like DT says they try and obey the highway code!

I think we need some way of tracing and reported certain cyclists.

Some can't see red lights, always have right of way and have seen them do some interesting things...

Much like some motorcyclists then

Holland -land of the cyclist--all bicycles have a small reg plate either on the rear mudguard or at the rear of the saddle--------------Simple answer