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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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More cyclists now on the road and generally very poor driving skills by those people in charge of motorised killing machines.
No doubt the thread will descend into the usual tribal warfare but the anti cyclists need to remember that most cyclists are also car drivers and if even more car drivers took to cycling on at least some of their journeys, there would be less congestion and the overall driving experience far better. |
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oh i know .. the arguments on the forums on our local paper are relentless .. doesnt matter wot story their running .. cyclists are to blame ! lol
on a brighter note .. i was thinking of messaging Bradley and cheering him up with the news that I got offered £1500 for being ran ova on me bike a few months ago ..lol
how insulting can u get ?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Dangerous riding a bike on the road, I would say onb average every forty kilometres you get a near miss due to an unobservant driver.
Ironically the driver that hit wiggo was quoted as saying, "of all the people to hit, bloody bradley wiggins."
As if it would be better if it was a regular cyclist. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't have a problem with cyclists being on the road, what I do have a problem with is the ones that think the rules don't apply to them."
Why do you have a problem with that? Are you a Policeman?
Fact is car drivers just get arsey when cyclists and motorcyclists sail past them whilst they are stuck in traffic. Percentage wise there are more stupid drivers than stupid cyclists. Cyclists, on the whole, tend to be car drivers as well as cyclists and do not feel the need to bully other road users out of the way just because they go slower. |
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I have a problem with cyclists thinking the rules don't apply to them and I am a cyclist. It can be dangerous to break to the rules, for others and for yourself.
The problem I find is cars are adamant that they should over take you even if you are doing a fair old rate. If I'm on a short sprint I can easily out pace traffic through the centre of bath yet so many drivers decide to risk dodgy overtaking manouveres and essentially play wiuth my life.
Ps cyclists should always wear a helmet.
An entirely different can of worms ! |
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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago
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I think more care should be taken by both motorised vehicle drivers and the cyclists as often a cyclist will cross without checking for the vehicles , especially at junctions . Also the drivers should give the cyclists a wider berth and look twice before pulling out in case one is coming along the road. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have never hit a cyclist or other cars but my car has been hit twice by bikes while i have been stationary in traffic. Then they just cycle off grrrrr |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Ironically the driver that hit wiggo was quoted as saying, "of all the people to hit, bloody bradley wiggins."
As if it would be better if it was a regular cyclist."
Yeah I thought that too. Bit like when loads of people got killed in the hurricane the other week and the papers highlight the fact that X number of Brits were killed. Like the people only matter if they are Brits...?? |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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In Bradley`s case I think it`s significant that the accident happened after dark although the road appears to have street lights but also that the car driver involved hasn`t been charged with any offence. I also understand that there was a group with Bradly that may just have made things confusing or difficult to determine the speed being travelled at. Bradley was apparently on a training run and may have going deceptively faster than one would expect a cyclist to travel which also may have a bearing on the incedent. |
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"I think more care should be taken by both motorised vehicle drivers and the cyclists as often a cyclist will cross without checking for the vehicles , especially at junctions . Also the drivers should give the cyclists a wider berth and look twice before pulling out in case one is coming along the road."
Cyclist who go straight through red lights are my bug bear! 
And I think more of us should cycle when possible. |
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Ironically the driver that hit wiggo was quoted as saying, "of all the people to hit, bloody bradley wiggins."
As if it would be better if it was a regular cyclist.
Yeah I thought that too. Bit like when loads of people got killed in the hurricane the other week and the papers highlight the fact that X number of Brits were killed. Like the people only matter if they are Brits...?? "
Yes that's always a bit weird. It's almost as if the other casualties are insignificant but the brits are getting a shout out because their lives were so much more valuable than the others.
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"I don't have a problem with cyclists being on the road, what I do have a problem with is the ones that think the rules don't apply to them.
Why do you have a problem with that? Are you a Policeman?
Fact is car drivers just get arsey when cyclists and motorcyclists sail past them whilst they are stuck in traffic. Percentage wise there are more stupid drivers than stupid cyclists. Cyclists, on the whole, tend to be car drivers as well as cyclists and do not feel the need to bully other road users out of the way just because they go slower."
You don't have to be plod to get fed up with near misses  |
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