Linch
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But sometimes cyclists can cause a major problem on the road, was coming round a bend on a country road, and there was a cyclist in the middle of my lain on the road!! I had to go around him, which forced me into the path of a oncoming car!, give it that the car coming the other way was going far to fast.
Have any of you lot experienced this kind of thing?
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Liam
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Not a cyclist, but on the way home today from work, me and my boss saw a old man on his electric scooter in the opposite lanes driving towards traffic, also round the corner, almost got hit by a car 
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sigibbons
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Yeah you have to wait until there is a space in the oncoming traffic. Then overtake the cyclist.
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JadeM
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Cyclist has as much right to be there as you tbh!!!
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Sam
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Why can't they just walk, it would produce less human perspiration pollution for the ozone layer. 
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nickyboy01
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Road Lice!!
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Linch
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Yeah like I said I don't have anything against them, because after all we all used to ride bikes anyways, but on a national speed road on a bend, it is a bit stupid to ride in the middle of it lol.
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by LiamD
Not a cyclist, but on the way home today from work, me and my boss saw a old man on his electric scooter in the opposite lanes driving towards traffic, also round the corner, almost got hit by a car
saw this happen last summer. Couldn't help but have a little nasal laugh.
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marklaruk
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They have a right, but alot have no idea!
Running red lights, drifting into lanes, round corners with no indication!
had a bloody chav fly out of a road on me today literally 4 foot i missed him by.
They can't really be expected to take a test as a cyclist, but i don't know, they need to be taught some of the rules and dangers of the road because at the end of the day if they hit a car it will be them spread in 15 directions over the road and us tcutting the scrratch marks out at home
[Edited on 03-07-2006 by marklaruk]
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Marc
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Try cycling to and from work for 3 years then see if your opinions change. Most vulnerable road users.
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Linch
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
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Originally posted by JadeM
Cyclist has as much right to be there as you tbh!!!
technically a car driver has less rights on the road
How much right dose that give a trike?
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Steve
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bikes or horses dont pay road tax or insurance they shouldnt be there imo, especially on busy rds.
pisses me off wen cyclists ride, 2, 3 sometimes 4 abreast, then they get funny wen i cut them up on purpose
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drax
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
Cyclist has as much right to be there as you tbh!!!
Since when do cylclists pay road tax??
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chr15barn3s
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I used to ride on the roads. Most people on bikes fuck me off though as they have no common sense.
Pisses me off aswell if there side by side
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Yeah like I said I don't have anything against them, because after all we all used to ride bikes anyways, but on a national speed road on a bend, it is a bit stupid to ride in the middle of it lol.
if he/she had been near the verge, you wouldnt have seen then as early....
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by drax
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Originally posted by JadeM
Cyclist has as much right to be there as you tbh!!!
Since when do cylclists pay road tax??
since when does road tax actually have anything to do with the roads?
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
bikes or horses dont pay road tax or insurance they shouldnt be there imo, especially on busy rds.
pisses me off wen cyclists ride, 2, 3 sometimes 4 abreast, then they get funny wen i cut them up on purpose
lol
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Linch
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
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Originally posted by Linch
Yeah like I said I don't have anything against them, because after all we all used to ride bikes anyways, but on a national speed road on a bend, it is a bit stupid to ride in the middle of it lol.
if he/she had been near the verge, you wouldnt have seen then as early....
Couldnt miss him mate! bloke was in full reflective gear i give him that!
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drax
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
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Originally posted by drax
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Originally posted by JadeM
Cyclist has as much right to be there as you tbh!!!
Since when do cylclists pay road tax??
since when does road tax actually have anything to do with the roads?
To be able to drive your car on the road, it must have a road worthy MOT? You have to buy tax to drive your car on the road, other wise it will be crushed, if not sorn and on the road, and we have to pay insurance?
Cyclists take up the road, are a danger in general when they make stupid decisions, forgetting there's over a tonne of steel moving next to them at 30 mph?
road tax is what money is used by the government to repair and maintain and create roads..
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Robin
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cyclists have as much right to be there as drivers. same as horses. horses dont pay tax or anything
and you were missing my sarcasm....
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drax
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Yeah i only just saw the sarcasm after I posted, but horses and cyclists still get in the way :<
Also, dog shits in park or on the road, its a £10 fine and you have to pick it up..
horses crap all over the roads and nothing?
[Edited on 03-07-2006 by drax]
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Robin
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horses piss me off. i speed up for them.
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Joe
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I cant be doing with cyclist's, the other day I was going down the Dual Carriagway and we went past 2 cyclists on the Carriageway, there was a cycle path just next to them off the Road. Got my GF to shout out the window that there was a cycle path  Wankers
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Adam_B
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i love riding my bike on the road, flying down the wrong side of traffic jams, kicking the odd wing mirror, and just generally pissing everyone off. Its great fun.
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AK
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i dont have nothing - so you have a problem? Isnt that a double negative?
I dont have anything......
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