Reg Plates for Bicycles.

Free Hat

cajonlardo wrote: »

Assume all you like, but its a fact I can run my 10 mile commute faster than I can drive it. I love my 2 cars, I've rebuilt one of them and I won't waste it in start /stop nonsense.

Ah I'm only having a laugh. If it makes sense to cycle, then why not.

Its the lycra I'm against really.

Rayne Wooney

Cyclists are almost as bad as the Nazis at this stage

KingBrian2

Sure if we had boats being used for Liffey transport or the canals then people would not need to take cars so us cyclists would inherit the street. HAHAHAHAHA. Maniacal laugh.

cajonlardo

Free Hat wrote: »

Ah I'm only having a laugh. If it makes sense to cycle, then why not.

Its the lycra I'm against really.

I'm all for a laugh.

What hav ye against lycra? I resisted it to the last.I still think it looks crap. Used to wear wool jersey and bottoms. When it got wet it was pure and utter misery. About 1979 a mate of mine came back from the states with lycra gear and wanted me to go into business importing it. "No" I said. "Sure no Irish man will ever be seen dead in that **te" Regrets? I have a few....

rubadub

one day man wrote: »

Those kids aren't cyclists, they're people using a bike on occasion.

A confirmed cyclist is a different creature/public hazard altogether.

He asked you what a confirmed cyclist is, are you going to answer? I would love to hear it.

He said kids cycling to school, so you consider cycling to school every day "occasional"? Its just the same as commuting to work.

keithclancy

Terrible Idea ...

arybvtcw0eolkf

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

It's a great idea. I can report cyclists who cycle on the pavement or skip traffic lights.

Try do it with a car or motorcyclist and see how far that gets you.

If (IF) AGS take your call seriously its your call whether they prosecute because unless you're willing to take time off during your day (going to court is a pain in the hole), give evidence and be open to cross examination your complaint is going nowhere.

License on bicycles, yea go for it because we need more unenforceable laws and maybe another qwango to soak up a few quid.

Also, at what age is a cyclist subject to a reg plate and possibly a license?... Little Johnny aged 8 sitting his theory test after school is a brilliant idea.

07Lapierre

Well worth reading.....

https://beyondthekerb.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/them-and-theirs/

cajonlardo

07Lapierre wrote: »

Well worth reading.....

https://beyondthekerb.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/them-and-theirs/

Some reading there, sobering stuff

keith16

Patww79 wrote: »

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They can. But often are not. Road traffic legislation is hardly enforced at all. No-one gives a shit.

But at least we all agree cyclists are scum. Cos they don't pay the road tax and insurance joe, and half of dem are probably fordiners and that.

I'd love to see such laws come in, if only to see them widely ignored in much the same way existing traffic laws are.

keith16

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Cyclists are almost as bad as the Nazis at this stage

At least the Nazi's paid their autobahn tax.

OldMrBrennan83

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keith16

Patww79 wrote: »

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Road tax.

kneemos

keith16 wrote: »

Road tax.

Road Tax?

keith16

kneemos wrote: »

Road Tax?

Ah yeah. That thing what motorists what pay so they can sometimes cycle their bikes on the road

Pinch Flat

Ah the Aussies - always at the fore front of cycling safety design

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/zsdsox2uycpjwnhinqua.jpg

This one even had wiper blades for those rainy days

Joe prim

porsche959 wrote: »

There needs to be better enforcement of reckless and illegal cyclists' behaviour, but this kind of bureaucracy is simply unnecessary.

A simple piece of legislation would suffice, allowing any pedestrian to give a clatter of a baseball bat to any cyclist (said cyclist being past puberty) cycling on the footpath,and two clatters in the event that said cyclist is wearing full Tour de France regalia ( or any part thereof)

arybvtcw0eolkf

keith16 wrote: »

Ah yeah. That thing what motorists what pay so they can sometimes cycle their bikes on the road

Seriously, 'road tax'?.. Its taking awhile for the penny to drop isn't it!!.

[/hint your pay 'motor tax', its based on the emissions of your vehicles 'motor'.. In other words, no one here pays ''road tax'']

Tony Beetroot

Would reg plates put a stop to the cyclists who think they can break the lights at lackhall Place-Benburb Street junction now?

Pinch Flat

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

Would reg plates put a stop to the cyclists who think they can break the lights at lackhall Place-Benburb Street junction now?

How many cyclists have broken red lights at that junction, hit luas trams and caused untold mayhem to people's journeys? Never mind putting their and others lives at risk?

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/luas-video-shows-collisions-and-near-misses-with-cars-vans-truck-632439.html

Grandpa Hassan

Never going to happen. Ever.

stoneill

You could also register your reg plates, and have reg plates on your reg plates.
Reg plateception.

kneemos

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Never going to happen. Ever.

Will.

Señor Fancy Pants

kneemos wrote: »

Will.

Wont

Chips Lovell

kneemos wrote: »

Included in the purchase price,a central registration office and change of ownership etc.
Plenty of cameras about to spot the "bad cyclists".Also if someone else is riding your bike then the owner remains responsible until they provide their name .
A possible goldmine in minor fines if half of what I hear about cyclists is true.

Expensive and complicated.

The most cost-effective and efficient way to deal with traffic offences, whether they're committed by motorists or cyclists, is to empower Gardaí to administer on-the-spot punishment in the form of a vigorous kick in the crotch.

Grandpa Hassan

kneemos wrote: »

Will.

Won't. For all these reasons

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=0be4970aa08c1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

And Dublin bikes would have to be scrapped, of course. And it is expanding

All the necessary laws are already there. The guards just don't enforce them

Roger_007

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

Expensive and complicated.

The most cost-effective and efficient way to deal with traffic offences, whether they're committed by motorists or cyclists, is to empower Gardaí to administer on-the-spot punishment in the form of a vigorous kick in the crotch.

That would be unfair.........if a woman got a kick in the crotch where a man gets a kick in the crotch, she wouldn't be getting a kick at all...........discrimination.:eek:

Señor Fancy Pants

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Can we not just introduce biotagging?

Make it mandatory for everyone in the country to have a GPS chip with personal information on it.

It sends real time info to a central server in Garda HQ. Anyone that reports an act that contravenes a law, with a date, time and location.

The numpty at GHQ can search the system and see whose biotag was at the reported location at the reported time.

Everyone has to pay an annual upfront €350 in "biotag update tax". And also rent the device for €30 per calender month.

The revenue will be amazeballs. Think about the efficiency of it all!

OP for Prezident!

Be careful in what what you wish for, chipping dogs is already mandatory.

It's only a matter of time before they start on people, then we'll have scanners at strategic public walkways.

The police wouldn't even need to leave the station to track the criminals (and anyone else if needed).

But it could be used to seek out the "undocumented" and deport them!

whisky_galore

Deleted User wrote: »

Be careful in what what you wish for, chipping dogs is already mandatory.

So is chipping for horses, but who bothers their ar*e actually doing it?

The masses of abandoned horses and dogs certainly don't have chips.

machiavellianme

Deleted User wrote: »

Be careful in what what you wish for, chipping dogs is already mandatory.

It's only a matter of time before they start on people, then we'll have scanners at strategic public walkways.

The police wouldn't even need to leave the station to track the criminals (and anyone else if needed).

But it could be used to seek out the "undocumented" and deport them!

Deport all the dogs. That'll learn em to go out without their reg plate.

Danjamin1

The stupidity, redundancy & repetitiveness of this thread is awe-inspiring.

kneemos

Danjamin1 wrote: »

The stupidity, redundancy & repetitiveness of this thread is awe-inspiring.

Never underestimate.

whisky_galore

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Cyclists are almost as bad as the Nazis at this stage

At least the Nazis didn't wear lycra.

Boom_Bap

Pinch Flat wrote: »

How many cyclists have broken red lights at that junction, hit luas trams and caused untold mayhem to people's journeys? Never mind putting their and others lives at risk?

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/luas-video-shows-collisions-and-near-misses-with-cars-vans-truck-632439.html

There is a special camera there now that picks up people (motorists and cyclists) breaking the lights, speeding and blocking the yella boxes.
It's been in operation only a couple of days.

The reg plate factory will make a fortune on this policy given the amount of stolen bikes there are in Ireland.

whisky_galore

Boom_Bap wrote: »

The reg plate factory will make a fortune on this policy given the amount of stolen bikes there are in Ireland.

Bicycles already have serial numbers on the frame, not that that helps much with theft.
Bicycle theft is way way down the list of priorities for the Gardai.

Michael D Not Higgins

whisky_galore wrote: »

At least the Nazis didn't wear lycra.

You wouldn't get Hitler listening to jungle music at 3 in the morning.

Joe prim

Danjamin1 wrote: »

The stupidity, redundancy & repetitiveness of this thread is awe-inspiring.

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