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Can a cyclist please tell me why they almost always flout the rules of the road.
Are they above the law and don't have to stop at crossings or red lights etc?
Several times I've had to move quickly on a pedestrian crossing because bicycles are obviously going to fast to be able to stop.......
A poor chap on a mobility scooter was nearly in a collision with a cyclist on a crossing only missed by inches!!
Steve
Posted: Thu Feb 2, 2023 7:02pm
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Spain is different in so many never ending ways, love it or ..........,
Posted: Thu Feb 2, 2023 7:03pm
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because it is very unlikely that anything will happen to them.
I have never seen, except on tv a bicylist be given a ticket for a road violation
killjoy wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 7:02pm:
Spain is different in so many never ending ways, love it or ..........,
With regard to cyclists, it’s definitely not just Spain. They get away with it irrespective of where they are.
Posted: Thu Feb 2, 2023 8:43pm
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Oh yea…. All motorists are bad, I’ve seen them drive carelessly, jump lights and cut people up; all motorists are bad.
😂🤣😂
I would imagine more cyclists are impacted / hurt by motorists than the other way around
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Aikidoamigo wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 8:43pm:
Oh yea…. All motorists are bad, I’ve seen them drive carelessly, jump lights and cut people up; all motorists are bad.
😂🤣😂
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I would imagine more cyclists are impacted / hurt by motorists than the other way around
99% of motorists stop at pedestrian crossings and traffic lights.....100% of cyclists don't !!!
Steve
Aikidoamigo wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 8:43pm:
Oh yea…. All motorists are bad, I’ve seen them drive carelessly, jump lights and cut people up; all motorists are bad.
😂🤣😂
Read more...
I would imagine more cyclists are impacted / hurt by motorists than the other way around
Of course more cyclists are injured than motorists if there is an accident, that is pure mechanics! They will be, but that is more reason they should be more careful. Additionally, the OP was referring to cyclists and their lack of consideration regarding others at crossings, traffic lights and so on, Fact, so on your bike !
Posted: Thu Feb 2, 2023 10:21pm
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tebo53 wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 8:50pm:
99% of motorists stop at pedestrian crossings and traffic lights.....100% of cyclists don't !!!
Steve
I think, like motorists, we all know that cyclists fall into differing categories…. Sensible and ‘not’ sensible.
same in all walks 🤔 of life me thinx
Posted: Thu Feb 2, 2023 10:25pm
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Hew wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 9:08pm:
Of course more cyclists are injured than motorists if there is an accident, that is pure mechanics! They will be, but that is more reason they should be more careful. Additionally, the OP was referring to cyclists and their lack of consideration regarding others at crossings, traffic lights...
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... and so on, Fact, so on your bike !
I appreciated that…. Hence why I also generalised, maybe that was lost on you 😉😘
tebo53 wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 8:50pm:
99% of motorists stop at pedestrian crossings and traffic lights.....100% of cyclists don't !!!
Steve
Sorry tebo53 I have to disagree with you on this but it is not all cyclists who break the rules. I am a cyclist and a driver and one of the sensible ones, I abide by the rules of the road. Motorists and cyclists who don’t abide by the rules of the road are just as bad as each other.
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