16-03-2018, 11:22 PM
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Are horse riders insured to ride in the roads? Slightly off topic I know, but riders seem to have one hell of an attitude around here, a sort of ‘ how dare you ride your smelly automobile when primrose and I are out exercising...and don’t you dare drive past us at more than 1 mile per fortnight...
16-03-2018, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rehab44
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Are horse riders insured to ride in the roads? Slightly off topic I know, but riders seem to have one hell of an attitude around here, a sort of ‘ how dare you ride your smelly automobile when primrose and I are out exercising...and don’t you dare drive past us at more than 1 mile per fortnight...
17-03-2018, 12:33 AM
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Cyclists should have registration plates the same as cars. It's ridiculous that they are anonymous. If you are cycling on a busy road then it's no different to a scooter. You should have insurance and a reg plate. I've had one arrogant lycra lout twist my wing mirror off (even though he didn't bother using the cycle lane) and another block the road with her bike and yell at me because I looked at her in a way she didn't like (she had jumped in front of my car). When I was at Uni a cyclist followed my landlady to work to pick a fight about her driving. She thought it was unbelievable. Time for some controls to be put in place. But dream on if you think that will happen.
17-03-2018, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Cyclists should have registration plates the same as cars. It's ridiculous that they are anonymous. If you are cycling on a busy road then it's no different to a scooter. You should have insurance and a reg plate. I've had one arrogant lycra lout twist my wing mirror off (even though he didn't bother using the cycle lane) and another block the road with her bike and yell at me because I looked at her in a way she didn't like (she had jumped in front of my car). When I was at Uni a cyclist followed my landlady to work to pick a fight about her driving. She thought it was unbelievable. Time for some controls to be put in place. But dream on if you think that will happen.
Interesting thought Annie.
17-03-2018, 09:23 AM
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When I was a child bicycles in my home island had to have a licence, just like those for a car. I remember issuing the licences to people when I was 11, it was great fun.
It was part of my father's parish duties as he rose up the ranks in island politics.
17-03-2018, 11:15 AM
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Cycling is a big sport here In NI. The roads are often jammed with club cyclistsYou learn to accept them as being road users and grant them the same courtesy as you do any other road user. We even have what we used to call public information ads drumming it into us
As for helmets, you would be stupid to ride without one seeing the state of our roads
17-03-2018, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ffosse
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It's the ones who ride on the pavements that do my head in; and I'm not talking about cycling slowly, either.
17-03-2018, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by floydy
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last year i got off a bus outside my local pub and before my other foot touched the ground a cyclist sped right past me. A split second later he would have crashed into me as he only missed me by a whisker.I shouted something beginning with f and the second word i'm certain was 'idiot!'. He waved two fingers (or possibly a 'curled around thumb and finger up and down motion'), stalled a little and shouted "come on then!". So i started to walk towards him using my best arnie 'carrying a telly under each arm' gait and scowl. He whizzed off down the next street and i couldn't find him. If i had, he and his bike would have metamorphosised into some kind of hybrid mutant mode of vehicular transportation.
I was ready for my pint.
17-03-2018, 12:24 PM
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I never cycle on a pedestrian-only footpath but it's interesting to see how other parts of the World handle cycling. A quote below from this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38688256Countries including Germany, Switzerland and Spain have invested in large networks of cycle paths or pavements that are split between cyclists and pedestrians.
Some cities in the US, such as Minneapolis and Portland, have also rolled out the extra space for those on two wheels.
And in places like Fukuoka, Japan, bicycles are banned from the road entirely and wide pavements ensure safety for both walkers and riders.
I note that in the article linked to, the Police will enforce the law regarding cycling on pavement to the letter in some places but might be more lenient in others.
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