Originally Posted By sospan
Too many people seem to be in a hurry and become aggressive/chancers these days.
The link I posted above was for cyclists. Intended, I think, to get them to understand and be aware of vision failures that humans have.
Go onto youtube and watch some helmetcam videos posted by cyclists. Enlighteninf!
Bearing in mind the vision issues and blanking out of areas I am amazed at some of the " filtering" that cyclists do. In and out of small gaps, cutting round vehicles, squeezing through.......
Surely vehicle drivers cannot see every spot in and around their vehicle and the out of the blue hidden cyclist puts them into danger areas. Trianing should be compulsory for cyclists so they become safer riders.
This is not meant as anti cyclist. It is meant as a common sense attitude to road use.

Everyone knows that the road rules don't apply to cyclists. Some of the rules that obviously don't apply are: the necessity to have front and rear lights, stopping at red lights, stop signs, pedestrian crossings, passing slow traffic in a safe manner, etc. etc.

They also seem to be exempt from insurance, registration, licences and tax.

Am I anti-cyclist? Yes, when they are on inappropriate roads and behave as though they owned the road. Even more so when they ride in squads, are dressed in Lycra, and block motor traffic by riding 2 or 3 abreast on busy roads.

Peter

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