downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Just sit back and watch this
- Thread starter downfader
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S_t_e_v_e
Veteran
- Location
- Derbyshire
Good video 
Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for posting it.
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
Wow is the Nethelands 50 miles away or 1,000,000 from UK?
I loved cycling there on hols.
Just everything was different! A 16 year old girl on a bike. My 16 year old daughter will not touch a bike in the UK but likes them on holiday where none of her friends will see her.
I guess as everyone there is also a cyclist they respect them rather than seeing them as another race.
I loved cycling there on hols.
Just everything was different! A 16 year old girl on a bike. My 16 year old daughter will not touch a bike in the UK but likes them on holiday where none of her friends will see her.
I guess as everyone there is also a cyclist they respect them rather than seeing them as another race.
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
It's fantastic to see that even when accidents and fatalities are dropping 1 accident (even a minor 1 like this, though it could so easily have been 4 fatalities) can raise this amount of public outrage for a young, reckless driver. The Dutch attitude to road users other than car drivers is much better than over here. As far as a lot of the headcam footage I've seen on here many of our drivers have nothing but contempt for other road users. If only the authorities would respond the same way and see that it is not acceptable to to harrass and intimidate cyclists and pedestrians. And injuring or even killing someone with a heavy piece of metal was worthy of more than a symbolic slap on the wrist.
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
The only sane response to bad driving is zero tolerance. Fat chance here in the UK.
Gerry Attrick
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue Consultant
All very well but UK car drivers are engaged in far more vital activities than cyclists because they are driving a more expensive vehicles. (Sometimes!). Not only that, but the government gains little from cyclists, indeed they are a drain on resources, whereas car drivers pay humungus sums to drive a few miles down the road. As our government are hell bent on fleecing us from the last penny we have been left with after tax, why do you think cyclists are treated with such disdain in the UK?
Maybe I should have posted this in P&L?
Maybe I should have posted this in P&L?
This highlights the difference in attitudes between our country and the Netherlands. This country, various governments and the courts/establishment tolerate bad driving and the car culture that has grown over the last 30-40 years. Until there is a complete mind change of attitude things for cyclists and pedestrians who are involved in accidents with vehicles will be looked upon as second class citizens.
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downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Not sure if you jest..
..but I'll add that driver related obesity could be pushing a couple of billion quid a year. 75% of car journeys have been found to be for less than 5 miles and at single occupancy by the DFT. IIRC a study in Norwich found similar, or appeared to suggest that from a leaflet I read off the Norwich Council website.
200,000 accidents involving motor vehicles that need hospital treatment of some sort.. banking and concrete barriers that have to be erected to cut out motor noise from motorways and fast, busy roads...
..it all seems to me that motorists arent quite as fleeced as the media makes out.
