How can we avoid cycling casualties?

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I didn't read the drivel, the sound of @ianrauk 's piggy bank was enough

 

[Cuchilo]

As a driver, I tense a lot when I come up behind a cyclist.

Maybe you shouldn't be in charge of a car ?

 

[Brandane]

What do we cyclists have to protect ourselves? A helmet.

Not required, and in a lot of cases, not wanted. For further info there is a whole sub forum dedicated to the rights and wrongs of these pointless monstrosities.
And BTW, a motor vehicle is required to have at least TWO rear facing mirrors, not one.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I read the op's post and found it well put and not boring like some long posts.

 

[summerdays]

MODERATOR HAT ON: Please keep on the general topic of the OP, if it descends into "Helmet wars series 200" you know where this thread will end up! So no helmet saved my life/no it didn't bickering please! Thank you!

 

[steveindenmark]

The OP never came back so you are just arguing amongst yourselves....again.

 

[classic33]

MODERATOR HAT ON: Please keep on the general topic of the OP, if it descends into "Helmet wars series 200" you know where this thread will end up! So no helmet saved my life/no it didn't bickering please! Thank you!

Which in all fairness, Brandane has pointed out twice.

 

[Cruiser]

Now the knee-jerk reaction to my post is done with, let's see some sensible input. Bear in mind the issue isn't me, it's a more important topic: cycling fatalities.

 

[glenn forger]

I have drop bars on my Dawes. My Dawes has carried me over thirty thousand miles and over the highest main road in Europe. I have only died seven times.

Game, set, match.

 

[Mugshot]

let's see some sensible input.

Would you like to start us off?

 

[Cruiser]

Well, Mugshot, my post was very detailed, so there must be something there to work on. So far though, we still have mainly personal experiences rather than addressing the issue of cycling fatalities. Pat, for instance, remarked on our being seen as inconveniences. Can we do anything to dispel that perception? Thank you, AccyCyclist. It's nice to be appreciated.

 

[jefmcg]

Personally, this is my favourite bit. I'm sure @Racing roadkill agrees.

And it can be just as traumatic for a driver to hit a cyclist as it is for the cyclist.

 

[Firestorm]

May I suggest , cruiser, that you go on a motoring forum , maybe petrolheads ora top gear one, and ask "What can we do to stop hitting cyclists" to get more balance.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

MODERATOR HAT ON

I hope it's at least to Snell standard and not that EN1078 nonsense.


GC

 

[classic33]

How about the simple acknowledgement from drivers that they do not own the roads and that cyclists have as much right to use the road system within the UK as they do.
Don't like that stick to the only roads built for motorised traffic only.

This from someone who used to commute a 1000 miles a month on two wheels. T-boned by a car whose driver failed the roadside breath test. He was driving without lights, at night, in a car with no MOT, insurance or VD.
How about we sort those out first?