Cyclists and the law,is anyone else sick of them breaking it

WindomEarle

frozenfrozen wrote: »

ya but cyclists dont even pay ROAD tax!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of them do, for the car they've left sitting in their driveway. Would you prefer that they made the traffic jam just a little bit worse?

bladespin

WindomEarle wrote:

Do they know how to read a speedometer? What percentage of motorbikers break the speed limit do you reckon?

Pretty low I'd say.

frozenfrozen

WindomEarle wrote: »

Most of them do, for the car they've left sitting in their driveway. Would you prefer that they made the traffic jam just a little bit worse?

it's only fair, stupid BICYCLES cutting in the QUEUE

Pinch Flat

These threads are pretty non-sensical and if anything serves to demonstrate that there's huge problems with adherence to the rules by all groups of road users.

TBH people are better just getting over this fact and not letting it eat them up too much.

frozenfrozen

Pinch Flat wrote: »

These threads are pretty non-sensical and if anything serves to demonstrate that there's huge problems with adherence to the rules by all groups of road users.

TBH people are better just getting over this fact and not letting it eat them up too much.

agreed, but cyclists seriously need to have a cull of the fuking mentalists like the lads above. Not able to read a single bad word said against pedal bikes without sounding like a cult

05eaftqbrs9jlh

BorneTobyWilde wrote:

Postmen and women on bicycles are incredible , they will do anything. Straight through red lights up on to the pavement, cut between people and out the other side. See it all the time.

Douglas Road in Cork last week, just coming down the hill to the village giving my partner a lift to work and the postman drove diagonally across the road into incoming traffic without a second glance.

WindomEarle

bladespin wrote: »

Pretty low I'd say.

The RSA seem to think different;

"Earlier this month, the Road Safety Authority released a report that showed speed was a contributory factor in 49% of the 93 fatal collisions involving a motorcyclist between 2008 and 2012."

frozenfrozen wrote: »

it's only fair, stupid BICYCLES cutting in the SIZE OF THE QUEUE

Fixed your post there.

WindomEarle

frozenfrozen wrote: »

agreed, but cyclists seriously need to have a cull of the fuking mentalists like the lads above. Not able to read a single bad word said against pedal bikes without sounding like a cult

Why do you get so upset when people stand up assertively and point out some facts?

frozenfrozen

WindomEarle wrote: »

Why do you get so upset when people stand up assertively and point out some facts?

speak for yourself we are all upset on the blessed day

John_Rambo

Some cyclists are abysmal, I stop at the lights on my bicycle and they potter by, then I have to overtake them again every time, doesn't really bother me.

It's very rare that I don't meet a motobike/moped in the cycle lane. Doesn't really bother me either.

WindomEarle

frozenfrozen wrote: »

speak for yourself we are all upset on the blessed day

That's a bit cryptic - I just asked a simple question. Why the evasiveness?

imnorobot

Loved this piss take from top gear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI7aKLuHK7k

Beer Assistant

jvan wrote: »

Really, becuase going by the prolific talking, texting, Facebooking and general smart phone use by drivers these days I would imagine car
users aren't exactly model citizens themselves.

Add cyclist's to that smartphone txting facebooking comment and the Deliveroo guy's with no lights using the phone as a gps.

seanin4711

Motorcyclists not adhering to speed limits on motorways is something which irks me somewhat, didn't know there were so many guy martins with crazy eyes around the place.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Jawgap wrote: »

Excellent.....now that motorbikers have mastered red lights maybe they can master staying out of cycle lanes (except when they're actually on a bicycle)?

Nope, unless its a continuous white line we can, and I do, use 'em

Although it annoys me when I'm cycling in one and some ass on a moped jumps into it and blocks my passage

Chuchote

Izaiah Helpless Switchblade wrote: »

Nope, unless its a continuous white line we can, and I do, use 'em

Do you feel that you are endangering people by doing that?

stewygriffin

WindomEarle wrote: »

Do they know how to read a speedometer?

Ah sure yeah,i count the number of knots on the rope that goes by.
Then I look up at the trees and figure out the wind direction and how fast the clouds are passing over head,then I do some quantam physics.
Any hey presto,I know what speed I am doing.

bladespin

WindomEarle wrote:

"Earlier this month, the Road Safety Authority released a report that showed speed was a contributory factor in 49% of the 93 fatal collisions involving a motorcyclist between 2008 and 2012."

Don't know where ut says they were breaking the speed limit there, maybe you're inferring to suit your purpose.

JRant

Ah who gives a shïte. There are morons everywhere these days.

It funny as I often have a quick chat with motorcyclists waiting for the green light. Usually find them to be a sound bunch if I'm honest. I also have more time for them than the gaa short wearing kamikazes that I regularly have to cycle past after they fly through red lights, sometimes without even looking.

Anyway if ever there were 2 road user groups who should be banding together against the real danger on the roads (ie cars) it's cyclists and bikers.

Jawgap

Izaiah Helpless Switchblade wrote: »

Nope, unless its a continuous white line we can, and I do, use 'em

Although it annoys me when I'm cycling in one and some ass on a moped jumps into it and blocks my passage

In my experience, even those defined by a continuous white line are not immune from being used by some motorcyclists (and quite a lot if you include scooter drivers as 'bikers')

Then there's the bus/cycle lanes - not too many bikers stay out of those? (seen as we're in a 'competition' to establish which class of road user is the least compliant* )






Yes, I know it's taxi drivers!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chuchote wrote: »

Do you feel that you are endangering people by doing that?

I hope so, life should be terrifying :P

Chuchote

Izaiah Helpless Switchblade wrote: »

I hope so, life should be terrifying :P

Terrifying, if from your own choice, fine; if because someone else is being a bully, not fine.
Dangerous to others, not fine at all.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chuchote wrote: »

Terrifying, if from your own choice, fine; if because someone else is being a bully, not fine.
Dangerous to others, not fine at all.

You forgot to put the saddle on your seat post before cycling this morning, didn't you?.

Chuchote

Izaiah Helpless Switchblade wrote: »

You forgot to put the saddle on your seat post before cycling this morning, didn't you?.

If you're the moderator, who do I report a post attacking the poster to?

dre_jspeed

^ Welcome to the motorbike section of boards , where banter part of the day today in here.

bucketybuck

It says everything that the only defence cyclists have is "whataboutery".

Lumen

bucketybuck wrote: »

It says everything that the only defence cyclists have is "whataboutery".

It says everything about your attitude that you think a defence is necessary.

Paulw

Izaiah Helpless Switchblade wrote: »

...some ass on a moped jumps into it and blocks my passage

Nothing worse than having your ass passage blocked.

JRant wrote: »

It funny as I often have a quick chat with motorcyclists waiting for the green light. Usually find them to be a sound bunch if I'm honest.

That's usually the few that actually stop for red lights, rather than the inconsiderate bunch that go through red lights endangering themselves and others.

bucketybuck

Lumen wrote: »

It says everything about your attitude that you think a defence is necessary.

For people breaking the law? It wouldn't surprise me at all to know that cyclists feel no defence is necessary for them breaking the law.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chuchote wrote: »

If you're the moderator, who do I report a post attacking the poster to?

Oh just click on the little triangle report post button, or dial 999 and ask for the C/Moderator