Another Cyclist Death

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by jonbxx

Apart from the health benefits of cycling, the reduction in the number of cars, freeing up space on public transport and the effect on the UK cycle industry, it's a great plan!

Cycling on London roads is hardly healthy, all the rubbish breathed in is about as good as staying at home and smoking twenty fags and I don't really like the other idea of freeing up space on the roads by killing all the cyclists either.

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Originally Posted by LondonRoad

Starting with the fact that they shouldn't be on pavements. There should be some form of testing to allow adults to use cycles on the road. It doesn't even have to be practical.

It annoys me when I'm sitting at the traffic lights on my cycle and other cyclists jump the light, or worse, veer from pavement to road.

Unfortunately we all get labelled the same.

Someone told me at school.you had to have passed cycling proficiency to ride on the road but looking back I think they we're just trying to get me to do it.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Cycling on London roads is hardly healthy, all the rubbish breathed in is about as good as staying at home and smoking twenty fags and I don't really like the other idea of freeing up space on the roads by killing all the cyclists either.
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Not any more ,Boris's LEZ took care of that ,nowadays the London air is as sweet smelling as a field full of tulips

[Hom3r]

Some cyclist are asking to be hit.

Tonight driving home I saw 3 of them riding wearing dark clothing, only one had a helmet and one had no lights, and the ones with lights just had the flashing LEDs.

Personally the police should stop these idiots and confiscate their bikes and make them walk home and NOT be allowed to collect their bikes without proper lights (non Flashing type), head gear and fluorescent clothing.

[Tezcatlipoca]

The police here in Cambridge go through a period each year of dishing out fines to cyclists who don't have lights at night...Far too many for them to cope with, though.

[Nidge41]

Until you've driven one you don't know the blind spots, neither do the Cyclists.

http://digg.com/video/how-big-a-truc...spot-really-is

Originally Posted by Nidge41

Until you've driven one you don't know the blind spots, neither do the Cyclists.

http://digg.com/video/how-big-a-truc...spot-really-is

I've seen that video before and although it is an excellent example of showing what can be hidden in the blind spot ,the blind spot mirror is set wrong for an arctic it should be set further out showing less of the cab this would allow a wider angle to be seen ,if you look closely you can just see the edge of a rider as the camera zooms in ,a wider angle would have allowed the driver to see the riders clearer

[richard s]

In the end of the day there will always be cyclists and motorcyclists killed by the larger object. I have ridden bicycles and motorcycles an driven cars for years... you are very vulnerable on the smaller object.

There should be compulsory training for learner car/lorry drivers to take a first part CBT before they are allowed into a car, this will give them a sense of other road users.

[Osem]

How about some compulsory training for cyclists?

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Originally Posted by Matt D

The police here in Cambridge go through a period each year of dishing out fines to cyclists who don't have lights at night...Far too many for them to cope with, though.

Now why doesn't that surprise me...

If fines are just a money making exercise (as so many people claim), I'd have thought the police would be keen to find the resources to issue as many as possible and thereby make even more money.