This might have been brought up before, but just a thought.
We have all these arguments about who has 'rights' on the road. Some of us get into arguments on other non cycle specific forums, with the usual 'get cycles off the roads' type threads and posts. It usually revolves round VED/tax/insurance etc and everyone getting tarred with the amount of RLJ type activity.
What came to mind last night was the usual response when you tell people you commute by bike. 'I couldn't do that, too dangerous'.
Why too dangerous? Do they think their actions would endanger them? Problems with other cyclists?
I reckon most people are too scared to ride on the road because of the attitude/skill level of a proportion of car/van drivers. This could also explain why we get a proportion of new, occasional, short distance cyclists who always ride the pavement as opposed to the road
We have all these arguments about who has 'rights' on the road. Some of us get into arguments on other non cycle specific forums, with the usual 'get cycles off the roads' type threads and posts. It usually revolves round VED/tax/insurance etc and everyone getting tarred with the amount of RLJ type activity.
What came to mind last night was the usual response when you tell people you commute by bike. 'I couldn't do that, too dangerous'.
Why too dangerous? Do they think their actions would endanger them? Problems with other cyclists?
I reckon most people are too scared to ride on the road because of the attitude/skill level of a proportion of car/van drivers. This could also explain why we get a proportion of new, occasional, short distance cyclists who always ride the pavement as opposed to the road