Nearly put this in the joke thread

[Sporky McGuffin]

Is it not also feasable that as a vehicle approaches the bicyclist it is moving a wall of air and so as it passes it provides an airbag for protection and keeps the two apart, if too far away then it could pull the bicyclist in as it creates a partial depression.

Good call, and I'm sure this links into the thing about cyclists shaving their legs somehow.

 

[Spectric]

I heard that they shave everything off to be super smooth in an attempt not to be confused with Hedgehogs!

 

[Noel]

Good call, and I'm sure this links into the thing about cyclists shaving their legs somehow.

Main reason for shaving legs is road rash.

 

[Tris]

Can't wait for tourist season next summer. Some of the locals were fished out of a very shallow gene pool so there are a few who like to while away their time standing on the kerb watching the cars and lorries passing along the Fosse. I can just see a couple of burly truckers escorting them, protesting, across the road to get the traffic moving again.

 

[Adam W.]

Main reason for shaving legs is road rash.

Unless you are a regular at Duckie, The Vauxhall Tavern.

 

[sirocosm]

ALL cyclists should have to be registered and wear a hi viz vest with that reg number on it just like cars have to have a reg. no vest equals plod stopping them and fines just as a car driver would get and it would also mean that when they run red lights the cameras could get them just like a car.. And a final question if a cyclist does run a red light and does get stopped if they have a car licence do they get points on it just as a car driver would?

Next thing you know you are going to want to register (and tax) our feet. The reason cars are registered is because they are dangerous and kill around 1500 people a year. Bicycles not so much.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The reason cars are registered is because they're easily taxed.

 

[Jacob]

The reason cars are registered is because they're easily taxed.

er - makes no sense at all. Perfectly easy to tax bikes if necessary.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

When no one knows who owns them?

 

[Jacob]

When no one knows who owns them?

They'd know who owned them if they were registered. Thats the whole idea of registering vehicles.

 

[sirocosm]

The reason cars are registered is because they're easily taxed.

Except they don't tax electric cars, although they still need to be registered.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Because they're trying to persuade peole to buy them. When they're common they will.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Anything with wheels used on a public road should registered and insured. So should horses if taken on roads.

 

[sirocosm]

Anything with wheels used on a public road should registered and insured. So should horses if taken on roads.

So if I am in a wheelchair or ride mobility scooter I should be registered and insured? What about a skateboard? Rollerblades? If I push a wheelbarrow full of bricks down the street to the neighbors, do I need a license for that?

I would swap "wheels" for "motor over .5Kw", which is pretty close to the rules now.

 

[Vann]

Anything with wheels used on a public road should registered and insured. So should horses if taken on roads.

As Sirocosm points out, that's just silly Phil.

Car drivers should know their place - and hang their heads in shame.

Cheers, Vann.

 

[TRITON]

I think my easy nature about cars passing cyclists close comes from cycling on Skye.
There you are on a wide A class road, pottering along, keeping close to the kerb and a car passes you at 90+mph
You never hear it coming really until its passed you with a rush of wind and a noise akin to a sonic boom. Having that happen 50 times on a 2 hour journey scares the bejesus out of you each time, so a car on an urban main road passing at 30 and below is nothing in comparison.

I simply can't understand why some cyclists in town or city are passed close, then go off chasing the driver to shout, scream and swear at them and even try to damage a wing mirror.
I do derive a little pleasure from it when the driver gets out and thumps the raving lunatic, I mean what do you expect ?,you wouldn't talk to someone like that down the pub would you.

 

[NormanB]

So if I am in a wheelchair or ride mobility scooter I should be registered and insured? What about a skateboard? Rollerblades? If I push a wheelbarrow full of bricks down the street to the neighbors, do I need a license for that?

I would swap "wheels" for "motor over .5Kw", which is pretty close to the rules now.

Absolutely all road users should be.

 

[sirocosm]

I think it is mostly down to attitude and culture. When I lived in Canada, the subdivision we lived in did not even have a footpath to get in. Your only option was a car, and we had both a car and a truck. Then we moved to Switzerland, and a car was neither practical nor affordable. After that we moved to Germany where most people have cars, but we still didn't get one. We did all of our shopping by bike. It saved us a lot of money and hassle, and the few times we did need a car, we just rented one.

Here in the UK we do have a car, but we don't use it much, mostly for shopping, which is more difficult to do by bike in the UK because of the lack of bike paths and/or wide multi-use pavements. I ride my bike to work (about 35 min each way), which is an old heavy dutch bike, so I can ride on bike paths and close to the curb. Most drivers are reasonable, in Norwich I experience more pushy drivers when in the car (or when on foot) than when cycling.

Imagine how nice the roads would be if everyone that was physically able to cycle to work did so.

 

[sploo]

Most scientists and medics don't wear or test ill fitting dirty little patches of tissue.

During the first "round" of Covid many of the medics (I'm married to one) were wearing bin bags with holes cut in them due to a lack of suitable PPE being supplied. They'd have bitten your hand off for a patch of tissue.

 

[stuart little]

Its a wide ranging topic so here goes,,,
In Rome we found lots of “Zebra Crossings” except the traffic will not stop for you,,in the end you realise that you just have to start walking and the cars stop, but as you pass the lane behind you starts off again and the lane in front is still going,,feels bloody dangerous but seems to work okay.
Steve.

I found that too, and also the locals follow!