Cyclists. Sorry..

[John Holden]

That and the difficulty in identifying thcem when they'd ride off after a collision. In my opinion bicycles should carry registration plates and compulsory 3rd party insurance.

 

Cars carry registration plates and have compulsory third party insurance. At least they are supposed to!

[cuthound]

Cars carry registration plates and have compulsory third party insurance. At least they are supposed to!

Easily checked by using the motor insurance database, either for your own or another's vehicle:

 

http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/askmid.aspx

 

http://m.askmid.com/mt/www.askmid.com/mobile/

[John Holden]

Easily checked by using the motor insurance database, either for your own or another's vehicle:

 

http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/askmid.aspx

 

http://m.askmid.com/mt/www.askmid.com/mobile/

 

Do you fancy checking the estimated 1.5 million uninsured cars?

[cuthound]

Do you fancy checking the estimated 1.5 million uninsured cars?

No, that's a job for the ANPR cameras. (I know, easily defeated by cloned number plates).

 

Edited to put certain letters back in the right order.

Edited October 22, 2015 by cuthound

[John Holden]

No, that's a job for the ANPR cameras. (I know, easily defeated by cloned number plates).

 

Edited to put certain letters back in the right order.

 

That is getting away from the point which was that "all cyclists should carry registration plates and third party insurance".

[Rufford]

And have adequate sound warning devices!

[John Holden]

And have adequate sound warning devices!

 

He didn't mention that at all.

[FadeToScarlet]

 

That is getting away from the point which was that "all cyclists should carry registration plates and third party insurance".

So at what age should cyclists start getting insurance and registering?

[John Holden]

So at what age should cyclists start getting insurance and registering?

 

Quite! Should five year olds be required to have registration plates and third party insurance?

[Delta9]

 

That is getting away from the point which was that "all cyclists should carry registration plates and third party insurance".

As should pedestrians

[John Holden]

As should pedestrians

 

Yes, earlier this evening I was nearly sent flying by a woman with pushchair who suddenly decided to go back the way she had come from.

I demand registration plates and third party insurance for pushchairs.

[tidal]

and horses

and mobility scooters

[Delta9]

and umbrellas

[John Holden]

Especially mobility scooters.

[Gordias]

Bells are fine as long as you are not deaf. Cyclists have to realise that just sounding a bell is not sufficient, and they need to understand that some people may have a disability.

 

Special cases like this can easily make the best solution (or any good solution) impractical.

 

In this case it constrains the choices to something like:

• When approaching pedestrians from behind, cyclists must slow to a near walking pace, and may not require the pedestrians to clear a path for them

Sounds great, but in practice the cyclists who are cause for complaint now will ignore this unreasonable rule, and act exactly as they do now.

 

 

A practical solution for this kind of "resource sharing" requirement requires everyone to compromise.

Edited October 23, 2015 by Gordias

[patty-ann]

 

Yes, earlier this evening I was nearly sent flying by a woman with pushchair who suddenly decided to go back the way she had come from.

I demand registration plates and third party insurance for pushchairs.

And out of control children what ever their age

[Rufford]

I demand an island for every man, woman and child - so that we may all live in peaceful solitude!

[Guest User]

I demand an island for every man, woman and child - so that we may all live in peaceful solitude!

 

 

.... not for me, I want a shrubbery

 

LCx

 

... Ni !

[mayalld]

 

Quite! Should five year olds be required to have registration plates and third party insurance?

 

Yes.

 

Given that Bev was hurt yesterday by a little brat of that age hurtling along a pavement, I rather think they should.

 

Of course, said brat's mother (resplendent in leopard print leggings) felt that Bev should have done more to leap out of the way, because in the collision, little Logan bounced off Bev into a bush.

 

They train cyclists to be antisocial young round here.

[Sea Dog]

I demand an island for every man, woman and child - so that we may all live in peaceful solitude!

Island Dwellers?! Bunch of fishing, cycling, rambling, etc, morons!! They should be deported! To, erm, an island somewhere

[Gordias]

See #12

 

http://thechive.com/2015/10/22/i-guarantee-your-day-could-be-worse-31-photos/

 

(Nothing NSFW, some funny, some not)

[GreyLady]

All towpath cyclist should have one of these fitted as standard from the 1st of December 2015.

 

[paulstoke1975]

i cycle every day,

 

i don't have a bell on my bike because if there is anyone in the way i wait behind until there's enough room to pass and then pass slowly,

 

ringing a bell at someone is rude.

Edited October 23, 2015 by GoodGurl
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[GreyLady]

i cycle every day,

 

i don't have a bell on my bike because if there is anyone in the way i wait behind until there's enough room to pass and then pass slowly,

 

ringing a bell at someone is rude.

 

Haha I agree.

Edited October 23, 2015 by GoodGurl
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[Delta9]

 

 

ringing a bell at someone is rude.

But not as effective.

Edited October 23, 2015 by GoodGurl
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