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Due to this probably not going onto their site for another day, I've typed it as best as possible.
Cyclists should have to pay road taxes.
Should cyclists pay road tax? In my opinion they should! Every day I journey to work and back home again and I am sure to encounter cyclists who have total disregard for the road and others who use it.
On many occasions they cycle in the middle of the road causing traffic hold-ups and chaos especially at rush hour. They can't seem to manage going up hills as they puff and puff like a demented hoarse dragon.
From behind all I see is this calamity of a cyclist trying to get the bike to go no more than 2mph but to no avail.
It would be easier if they got off and carried it! But no, they just puff and puff and hold up everyone trying to get past them.
If you happen to come anywhere close to their already wide space many scream at you and wave you on with fists or unwelcoming looks.
If the cyclist wishes to take up so much space on the roads these days then they should pay road tax like the rest of us.
They should also be regulated in what they wear and have the correct gears.
They should also be made to stop at traffic lights - how many of them hold up the traffic at rush hour, then, as the light change and the rest
of us have to stop, they puff along ahead in the hope they can get that much further on before the lights change again and we have
caught up with them.
Many towns now provide cycle lanes (at car users expense no doubt) but do they use these? Oh no they don't. They insist on being in the lanes
provided for cars and weaving in and out, so just when you thought you'd got rid of them they appear in front of you wobbling all over the place.
We are forever being lectured on the 'green' issue of cycling to work and how it is good for the environment. This is very true, but only if the majority of people are doing it. If they are not then it causes resentment for the car driver and makes no difference whatsoever on the environment.
Is it a democracy when thousands of car users have to put up with potholes and bumps etc. on the road when the occasional cyclist gets a whole new lane to themselves? Then they don't even bother to use it.
It's only fair that cyclists pay road tax and insurance and they should also be given a licence plate which says they are entitled to be on the road and they have passed their theorytest, hazards test and road safety test.
Tricia
Carryduff
Due to this probably not going onto their site for another day, I've typed it as best as possible.
Cyclists should have to pay road taxes.
Should cyclists pay road tax? In my opinion they should! Every day I journey to work and back home again and I am sure to encounter cyclists who have total disregard for the road and others who use it.
On many occasions they cycle in the middle of the road causing traffic hold-ups and chaos especially at rush hour. They can't seem to manage going up hills as they puff and puff like a demented hoarse dragon.
From behind all I see is this calamity of a cyclist trying to get the bike to go no more than 2mph but to no avail.
It would be easier if they got off and carried it! But no, they just puff and puff and hold up everyone trying to get past them.
If you happen to come anywhere close to their already wide space many scream at you and wave you on with fists or unwelcoming looks.
If the cyclist wishes to take up so much space on the roads these days then they should pay road tax like the rest of us.
They should also be regulated in what they wear and have the correct gears.
They should also be made to stop at traffic lights - how many of them hold up the traffic at rush hour, then, as the light change and the rest
of us have to stop, they puff along ahead in the hope they can get that much further on before the lights change again and we have
caught up with them.
Many towns now provide cycle lanes (at car users expense no doubt) but do they use these? Oh no they don't. They insist on being in the lanes
provided for cars and weaving in and out, so just when you thought you'd got rid of them they appear in front of you wobbling all over the place.
We are forever being lectured on the 'green' issue of cycling to work and how it is good for the environment. This is very true, but only if the majority of people are doing it. If they are not then it causes resentment for the car driver and makes no difference whatsoever on the environment.
Is it a democracy when thousands of car users have to put up with potholes and bumps etc. on the road when the occasional cyclist gets a whole new lane to themselves? Then they don't even bother to use it.
It's only fair that cyclists pay road tax and insurance and they should also be given a licence plate which says they are entitled to be on the road and they have passed their theorytest, hazards test and road safety test.
Tricia
Carryduff
