You don't recall the story of how a rider locally lost his life ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4134206.stm
I've read that quite carefully and I can't see any link whatever with what CoG posted. Could you explain?
You don't recall the story of how a rider locally lost his life ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4134206.stm
I've read that quite carefully and I can't see any link whatever with what CoG posted. Could you explain?
I'm also not sure I see much point asking, but I dont think this was an answeron a unlit road
I'm also not sure I see much point asking, but I dont think this was an answer
I've read that quite carefully and I can't see any link whatever with what CoG posted.The law states you must use lights when cycling in the dark. Street lights or no street lights these laws have been written for good reason.
If the cars headlights are not illuminating you, you cannot expect them to see you.
They are not just so you can see where you are going, but also that others can see you.
What if all car drivers adopted this attitude that htey were too lazy to turn their lights on ?
Only an idiot would argue this point.
I've read that quite carefully and I can't see any link whatever with what CoG posted.
You may however be quite correct with your second para, though perhaps not for the reasons you assume
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At night your cycle MUST have white front and red rear lights lit. ItMUST also be fitted with a red rear reflector (and amber pedal reflectors, if manufactured after 1/10/85). White front reflectors and spoke reflectors will also help you to be seen. Flashing lights are permitted but it is recommended that cyclists who are riding in areas without street lighting use a steady front lamp.
Law RVLR regs 13, 18 & 24
CoG's accountant said:[riding without a front light is] not safer as such, but that on street lit roads you had to be that much more aware of what was happening in front, rather than relying on drivers etc seeing you. I can recommend the merit in that argument,
COG is wrong...the law states he is wrong
That is not a fair statement! From the information available to us in this thread and the news report linked to there is no suggestion that the cyclist was killed by the driver of the vehicle he collided with. Unless you have additional information to support your claim I suggest you a withdraw your comment. Statements like yours really do not do the cycling community any favours. Sometimes drivers get it wrong and sometimes cyclists get it wrong. To always portray the driver as guilty is wrong........... your sad tale of a unlit cyclist in Cloucestershire killed on an unlit road by a driver who didn't see him coming ........
What if all car drivers adopted this attitude that they were too lazy to turn their lights on ?.
It would be wonderful on unlit roads, they would all be driving slowly and concentrating on where they were going.
This thought occurred to me a few days ago after contributing to this thread. God forbid some of the people adding comments to this thread should ever get behind the wheel! The attitude that some seem to demonstrate of they are right and anyone who disagrees is wrong does not really make for a good road user. The concede or die approach is very worrying and most unattractive.Perhaps it is just as well you cycle most of the time as at least that then limits the damage you might do to others when you go off on one.