Ban The Bike!

[PhilDawson8270]

No, I don't click on strange links.

I have 2 sickles myself and think the average motorcyclist is even more of a prat on the road than the average cyclist.

Summary then;
Random guy joins motorcycle site, to promote ban the bike.

Doesn't get the response he expects.

OP turns into a personification of The Daily Mail, and posts some of the most ludicrous "cycling dangers" that I've seen.

 

[glenn forger]

He's spammed a couple of other cycling forums. His name and address have been found. He likes computer games and protein shakes.

 

[Drago]

How quaint.

 

[Tin Pot]

He's spammed a couple of other cycling forums. His name and address have been found. He likes computer games and protein shakes.

Ha - so he'll remove himself from the gene pool shortly anyway

 

[classic33]

No, I don't click on strange links.

I have 2 sickles myself and think the average motorcyclist is even more of a prat on the road than the average cyclist.

What you doing with sickles?

 

[Tin Pot]

What you doing with sickles?

Sacrificing motorcyclists.

 

[Milkfloat]

From his website - a true story.

"
I fully support your aims! There are far too many cyclists on the roads where I live which are completely unsuitable for them to ride. On country lanes they refuse to move over when a car is behind them and on one day recently a cyclist hit my wing mirror as I squeezed past him despite my use of the horn to warn him. "

Knobbers!

 

[User269]

Pedestrian casualties 2001-09

• Killed by cycles: 18
• Seriously injured by cycles: 434
• Killed by cars: 3,495
• Seriously injured by cars: 46,245

Figures apply to Great Britain. Source: Department for Transport

 

[Brandane]

So, I am also a member on a large motorcycle forum

Seems a decent forum at first glance; so just registered!
Unusually for a biker forum, they have a cycling section.

 

[outlash]

He's spammed a couple of other cycling forums. His name and address have been found. He likes computer games and protein shakes.

It's Blazed isn't it....

 

[Drago]

Pedestrian casualties 2001-09

• Killed by cycles: 18
• Seriously injured by cycles: 434
• Killed by cars: 3,495
• Seriously injured by cars: 46,245

Figures apply to Great Britain. Source: Department for Transport

And...?

It matters not what means by which you choose to get around. If you use the road you've a duty to observe the rule and not behave like a plank. Period.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

And...?

It matters not what means by which you choose to get around. If you use the road you've a duty to observe the rule and not behave like a plank. Period.

The issue is in the way the campaign site presents this information. The 18 deaths are allegedly (by the original author), caused by lack of compulsory training, and identification. But totally misses that these things happen in much larger numbers, where there is training, licensing, and identification.

 

[Drago]

You can't fight dilberts with logic. Logic is is simply oxygen to the flame of their twottishness.

One defeats them by simply ignoring them completely. If a Dilbert talks rubbish on a forum, and no one is around to hear it, then they most definitely do not make a noise.

 

[jefmcg]

I love the three links they use as "proof": a typical whingy letter to a regional newspaper, a DM article about a cyclist riding and texting (something drivers with number plates never do) and an article detailing how Boris misspoke saying cyclist cause most accidents. That one is my favourite, as the link looks like it's about Boris saying it. I assume they googled, then copied the link without reading the article.

 

[Tin Pot]

Pedestrian casualties 2001-09

• Killed by cycles: 18
• Seriously injured by cycles: 434
• Killed by cars: 3,495
• Seriously injured by cars: 46,245

Figures apply to Great Britain. Source: Department for Transport

Those injuries must be a huge strain on the NHS - how do we convert them to confirmed kills?