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Cyclists, insurance and road tax
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I tend not to catch up with, or engage with other road users at all - you don't know what kind of person you could be engaging with. From the way you phrased your post, it sounds like this is a regular occurance for you - it sounds like an aggressive and potentially dangerous way to behave!
Only if you engage with them in an aggressive manner 1st
Have you commuted on a regular basis?
What is a regular occurance is motorists putting me at risk through their lack of consideration/judgement and more often than not breaking the rules of the road. Should I just be passive and accept the behaviour?0 -
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Only if you engage with them in an aggressive manner 1st Have you commuted on a regular basis?
What is a regular occurance is motorists putting me at risk through their lack of consideration/judgement and more often than not breaking the rules of the road. Should I just be passive and accept the behaviour?
You obviously lack the self awareness to understand that catching up to remonstrate with the "offending" motorist is, in and of itself, aggressive and could easily be viewed as a breach of the peace. Report your near misses to the gardai. Any motorist you remonstrate with could react to your aggression, aggressively! But you're so full of your own self righteousness that you proclaim your right to police the roads and right whatever wrong inflicted on you. I hope you don't meet a violent aggressive motorist but you are stacking the odds firmly in favour of it happening to you:eek:0 -
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You obviously lack the self awareness to understand that catching up to remonstrate with the "offending" motorist is, in and of itself, aggressive and could easily be viewed as a breach of the peace. Report your near misses to the gardai. Any motorist you remonstrate with could react to your aggression, aggressively! But you're so full of your own self righteousness that you proclaim your right to police the roads and right whatever wrong inflicted on you. I hope you don't meet a violent aggressive motorist but you are stacking the odds firmly in favour of it happening to you:eek:
I hope your driving skills are better than your comprehension skills
I don't 'catch up' to remonstrate with anybody, but if it's serious enough and the opportunity arises then I will say it to them, even if it's to let them know that I'll be reporting them the Guards. This has occurred twice in all my years cycling and on the last occasion the driver was well over the limit.
You mistake self righteousness for self preservation. Your rant indicates that you form your opinions based on hearsay and certainly not facts. How would you react if a cyclist indicated to you that your driving put them at risk and they have the video footage to prove it?0 -
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I hope your driving skills are better than your comprehension skills
I don't 'catch up' to remonstrate with anybody, but if it's serious enough and the opportunity arises then I will say it to them, even if it's to let them know that I'll be reporting them the Guards. This has occurred twice in all my years cycling and on the last occasion the driver was well over the limit.
You mistake self righteousness for self preservation. Your rant indicates that you form your opinions based on hearsay and certainly not facts. How would you react if a cyclist indicated to you that your driving put them at risk and they have the video footage to prove it?
You have amply demonstrated your behaviour via your numerous posts on this thread. I really hope you don't meet the kind of trouble you're inviting upon yourself. It's laughable that you try to change your story when I point out your aggression. You should go back and edit your earlier posts as your credibility is shot to bits:eek:0 -
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You have amply demonstrated your behaviour via your numerous posts on this thread. I really hope you don't meet the kind of trouble you're inviting upon yourself. It's laughable that you try to change your story when I point out your aggression. You should go back and edit your earlier posts as your credibility is shot to bits:eek:
Oh dear Think it's a bit early to be on the grog pal, sleep it off 0 -
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Generally aggressive exchanges like the one I witnessed on Saturday where a cyclist on the footpath starting banging on a car exiting a Service station. He thought better of it when the drivers boyfriend/husband jumped out of the passenger seat and retreated like the coward he is.
So you're applauding aggression on behalf of the driver here then and yet you dare mention credibility 0 -
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Generally aggressive exchanges like the one I witnessed on Saturday where a cyclist on the footpath starting banging on a car exiting a Service station. He thought better of it when the drivers boyfriend/husband jumped out of the passenger seat and the cyclist retreated like the coward he is.
I've no idea what your point is here and in your other posts.
You seem to be calling the cyclist cowardly in this instance for engaging with the driver.
But then in other posts you give out about cyclists being "aggressive" for engaging with drivers and tell them to only report issues to the guards.
I'm confused. Is the cyclist in this one of your stories an "aggressive coward"
What point are you trying to make about cyclists?? I think there is some serious generalizations being made. You don't know me, my mother and my sister. We are all cyclists but I wouldn't describe any of us as being a coward or being aggressive. We are just regular people doing what we do on bikes....or sometimes on buses and trains......and sometimes cars too (except my mother who doesn't drive - but my Dad does......oh and he cycles too, from time to time, as a 76 yr old).
I guess you could say we are a bit of a cycling family......but definitely not aggressive cycling cowards.0 -
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Your family don't interest me in the slightest and you posting about your family here is odd to say the least. I hope you don't feel the urge to detail other aspects of their everyday living :eek:BabysCoffee wrote: »I've no idea what your point is here and in your other posts.
You seem to be calling the cyclist cowardly in this instance for engaging with the driver.
But then in other posts you give out about cyclists being "aggressive" for engaging with drivers and tell them to only report issues to the guards.
I'm confused. Is the cyclist in this one of your stories an "aggressive coward"
What point are you trying to make about cyclists?? I think there is some serious generalizations being made. You don't know me, my mother and my sister. We are all cyclists but I wouldn't describe any of us as being a coward or being aggressive. We are just regular people doing what we do on bikes....or sometimes on buses and trains......and sometimes cars too (except my mother who doesn't drive - but my Dad does......oh and he cycles too, from time to time, as a 76 yr old).
I guess you could say we are a bit of a cycling family......but definitely not aggressive cycling cowards.0 -
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