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pendy · 29-06-2005, 16:36

We've had complaints about pedestrians and complaints about drivers. Let's get to the worst of all worlds - the cyclist.

On the road, on the pavement, you never know where they'll come from next. We have lots of cycle lanes (many double ones) in London. Do they use them? Only if it suits them at the time. They ignore red lights - I would have been hit by one not long ago if the man at the crossing hadn't pulled me back in time - and I had a green man. A woman was killed in Oxford Street a year or so ago, by a cyclist who mounted the pavement at speed and hit her mid on. There's also the idiotic EU directive that cyclists are never at fault when involved in an accident - even if they come round a blind bend on the wrong side of the road, doing a wheelie, talking on their mobile, and blind drunk.

So - who agrees that cyclists should be licensed, should carry insurance and an identifying number? - and they should be liable to a cycling ban for causing an accident, just as drivers are.

I know there are sensible, responsible cyclists out there - if they are responsible, they wouldn't mind being accountable.

What do Accywebbers think?

29-06-2005, 16:36	#1
pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	OK, now let's get the cyclists We've had complaints about pedestrians and complaints about drivers. Let's get to the worst of all worlds - the cyclist. On the road, on the pavement, you never know where they'll come from next. We have lots of cycle lanes (many double ones) in London. Do they use them? Only if it suits them at the time. They ignore red lights - I would have been hit by one not long ago if the man at the crossing hadn't pulled me back in time - and I had a green man. A woman was killed in Oxford Street a year or so ago, by a cyclist who mounted the pavement at speed and hit her mid on. There's also the idiotic EU directive that cyclists are never at fault when involved in an accident - even if they come round a blind bend on the wrong side of the road, doing a wheelie, talking on their mobile, and blind drunk. So - who agrees that cyclists should be licensed, should carry insurance and an identifying number? - and they should be liable to a cycling ban for causing an accident, just as drivers are. I know there are sensible, responsible cyclists out there - if they are responsible, they wouldn't mind being accountable. What do Accywebbers think?