A motorist's tweet boasting about hitting a cyclist

[Andy Allen]

but you are braking the law, the highway code states you should ride single file on a country road, as Dave has already pointed out to you...

 

[DHTiling]

but you are braking the law, the highway code states you should ride single file on a country road, as Dave has already pointed out to you...

Don't worry Andy .. just another ignorant cyclist.. who does exactly what they like when they like..


I used to be in a cycling club as a youngster and we were told to be courteous to other road users
but today's mentality is who gives a crap and i have a right to do what i want because i can..

 

[mattle40]

today's mentality is who gives a crap and i have a right to do what i want because i can..

Much like 90% of motorists too then?

I'm not a cyclist but don't begrudge them riding safely.
There's a 100 times more bad drivers than there are cyclists and if they have to ride 2-3 abreast to do it then fair enough, no harder to get past than a car

Iv been held up by cyclists and been guilty of slagging them off at the time too but I've been held up a lot more by people doing 30 in a 40 or 40 in a 60
And these are a much bigger pain in the *** to get past

Let them ride their bikes in peace for gods sake, there's a lot more deserving groups of people to direct your hate at
IMO

 

[DHTiling]

Sunday drivers !!! now there is a group of peeeps who should be banned.. :lol:

 

[mattle40]

Sunday drivers !!! now there is a group of peeeps who should be banned.. :lol:

Now I'm sure that's something that requires no debate ;-)

 

[Ian]

Sunday drivers !!! now there is a group of peeeps who should be banned.. :lol:

I call them weekend drivers, they come out on a Friday afternoon, drive like spanners for 48 hours, then go back to catching public transport in the week. Like clockwork they are

 

[DHTiling]

I like how they drive at 40mph , and this includes through 30mph areas as well ... one speed no matter where they are.

 

[Andy Allen]

caravan's.....?? wheres doug...:lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Some more on this>>> BBC News - Is there any such thing as 'road tax'?

 

[Mr Tiler]

maybe they should start charging for cyclists to be on the road and for insurance and mot's to be undertaken.... they don't pay a penny once they have purchased the bike itself unlike drivers who having brought the car then have to fork out so much just for the privilege of driving on the road. and if road tax is no longer for the privilege of being able to have a vehicle on the road why must it still be sorn off the road and not parked on any road. law is ridiculous nowerdays!

 

[DHTiling]

It is vehicle tax and not road tax apparently.

 

[Mr Tiler]

I know dave when I brought my second car it had not been sorn and was sat outside my house as I was in the process of getting the money together for the insurance tax etc... looked it up on the net and I found out with no tax you cant even park the car outside your house unless its on the driveway or in a garage etc has to be off the road or it will be taken by the d.v.l.a goons in there clampin vans. and now I find out tax isn't even for the privilege of being on the road lol what a joke this country is.

 

[DHTiling]

I second that...

 

[kilty55]

after driving behind two police officers today both on mountain bikes riding side by side then stopping and mounting the pavement at lights and cutting over the crossing nothing surprises me...

cyclists dont bother me at all but it does bother me when they ride 2 or 3 deep, jump pavements to avoid lights sorry cyclists but so many flaunt the laws

 

[Marksmithtiling]

I know dave when I brought my second car it had not been sorn and was sat outside my house as I was in the process of getting the money together for the insurance tax etc... looked it up on the net and I found out with no tax you cant even park the car outside your house unless its on the driveway or in a garage etc has to be off the road or it will be taken by the d.v.l.a goons in there clampin vans. and now I find out tax isn't even for the privilege of being on the road lol what a joke this country is.

If you don't know that insurance, MOT and VED (VEL/TAX DISC) must all be in place to keep a motor vehicle on the road should you even own a vehicle.Its people that have no insurance that push prices up for the rest of us

 

[John Benton]

If you don't know that insurance, MOT and VED (VEL/TAX DISC) must all be in place to keep a motor vehicle on the road should you even own a vehicle.Its people that have no insurance that push prices up for the rest of us

Problem is when you have a car worth £500 and your a new driver the insurance could be north of 2k. It's not the car that's insured as such, it's because of the damage a new driver can cause because of inexperience/stupidity and that's what costs insurance companies money and it's always the honest law abiding person who ends up paying for it