are cyclists allowed to cycle the wrong way down a one way street?

Insurance for on the road maybe, but insurance for the type of riding I do would be pointless...I've lost count the amount of times I've fallen off going down a piece of single track too fast!

Wouldn't really be a fan of the insurance thing though as that would mean I'm traceable! Too many cagers have no respect for cyclists yet cyclists have as much right to be on the roads as anyone else...(don't start the road tax argument)! Many a times have I seen wingmirrors kicked/punched off by friends of mine when idiot women in their "tanks" get too close!

If you start down the line of insuring cyclists, then what about pedestrians....where I live quite a few roads have no paths for pedestrians so they usually walk in the road...typically wearing black clothing and not facing the traffic of course! Should these be insured as well? Just as much of a hazzard in my eyes.

Re: are cyclists allowed to cycle the wrong way down a one way street?
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Originally Posted by peterco
have insurance and compulsory cycling training


How many times do you see car drivers, bus drivers, lorry drivers, motorcycle drivers doing something stupid and they all have licenses, It doesnt solve anything.

The Police shoudl be out there hitting these tw*ts who dont follow the road laws where it hurts, either confiscate their bikes or fine the feck out of them.



Where i am in Cambridge they have been handing out fixed penalties to those without lights.

But with the penalty notice they have been giving then a nice new set of lights.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Wouldn't really be a fan of the insurance thing though as that would mean I'm traceable!

I dont have a problem with that, If I'm in the right and get taken out I wasn to know I can do something about it.

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Too many cagers have no respect for cyclists yet cyclists have as much right to be on the roads as anyone else.

To right, but its no surprise people have no respect for ordinary law abiding cyclists when you have d*ckeads like the one that rode into the original poster.

Originally Posted by TazDaz

.(don't start the road tax argument)!

Its not road tax its vehicle emissions duty. I dont make emissions.. so there I dont pay it

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Its not road tax its vehicle emissions duty. I dont make emissions.. so there I dont pay it

Well, when mine is up I walk in the post office and say I'm here to buy road tax and they seem to know what I mean!

cyclists have as much right to be on the roads as anyone else..


Cyclists have "MORE" rights than any other vehicle..

Fact.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Its not road tax its vehicle emissions duty. I dont make emissions.. so there I dont pay it

Must.... avoid .... comment...


#parp# .... lmao


Fail.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

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#parp# .... lmao


Fail.

Good one Y-C

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Must.... avoid .... comment...


#parp# .... lmao


Fail.

go and de-rail your own thread YC!

And mighty boosh, welcome to the forums good to see so many new users popping up all the time. I think southerners have a different perception of violence to northerners think that guy might have taken a kicking if he'd pulled that stunt up north (especially the ***** comment). Anywho, he shouldn't have messed with me.... I know the hardest man in bradford.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

lol nah cyclists aren't the sort. Worst you'll get is a mean lashing with a hand pump, a thoroughly shook fist, a squirt with a water bottle or if they are feeling particularly hacked off somesort of insult as they cycle off swiftly.

My ex cycles everywhere and was army champion boxer with a very short temper. If someone stamped on his wheel he'd beat f*ck out of them. I still don't know what I ever saw in him, but......you can never judge a book by its cover!

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

My ex cycles everywhere and was army champion boxer with a very short temper. If someone stamped on his wheel he'd beat f*ck out of them. I still don't know what I ever saw in him, but......you can never judge a book by its cover!

Just out of curiousity... what did he do in the army?