Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
Need we be reminded of this
Not sure even an airzound would have helped here:
Not sure even an airzound would have helped here:
The road environment should be changed so that stupid behaviour by any road user, whether carelessness, negligence, ignorance or just making inevitable human mistakes does not automatically result in a death sentence.
The road environment should be changed so that stupid behaviour by any road user, whether carelessness, negligence, ignorance or just making inevitable human mistakes does not automatically result in a death sentence.
I think the point most of us are trying to make is that you do all of this and as a result guess what...All these generalisations are really starting to get on my nerves!
I don't jump red lights, I have lights, I have a helmet (not needed by law), I stay back from large vehicles, I don't ride on the pavement (unless it is a shared space pavement, then I go slowly to look out for pedestrians), I let buses out from bus stops, I ride in a visible position... .
You're still alive.
I'd like to clarify that I'm not suggesting any of us should be grateful to still be alive after cycling. My point was that one of the reasons that you and I have not joined the ranks of statistics is because of the approach we take to our cycling, the decisions that we make and the situations that we choose not to put ourselves into (like squeezing up the inside of trucks at junctions, for instance).Yeh, great, so I am still alive, and I should be thankful for that, should I..?
What a poor state of affairs it has come to when I have to be grateful to still be alive when I get home at night...
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Any ideas?
Cotton wool cars and trucks limited to 5 mph driven on rubber roads should do it.
Good road design, safety improvements to vehicles and increased driver awareness are all important. Let's not forget that the single element that plays the most important part in our own safety however is us ourselves.
Surely you must have heard of sustainable safety http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/sustainable-safety/
Surely you must have heard of sustainable safety http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/sustainable-safety/
Hmmmm, so I have to have an airhorn on my bike now do I.....
I stay back from big vehicles, but you are the one bringing a large vehicle onto the road that increases the danger to every other road user, so you are the one who needs to take on some extra responsibilty for that large vehicle and the damage it can do.
Education of cyclists to help mitigate is one factor in this, but the fact remains you are increasing the danger levels to every other road user with what you bring to the road, so it is the larger vehicle that needs to be looked at, be it restricted delivery hours etc...
Most lorry drivers have been fine, the only ones I am concerned about are those contracter driven tipper trucks, they seem to be the worst for some reason, where as supermarket vehicles seem to be less so, actually no major issues with supermarket logo'd large vehicles yet...
And I do have to laugh that they say the roads are too dangerous for cyclists and they should be removed from the roads, who do they think is creating that danger...
All these generalisations are really starting to get on my nerves!
I don't jump red lights, I have lights, I have a helmet (not needed by law), I stay back from large vehicles, I don't ride on the pavement (unless it is a shared space pavement, then I go slowly to look out for pedestrians), I let buses out from bus stops, I ride in a visible position... FFS, now I have to have a horn!
Do you know what, F*K right off!
Rant over, all calm now
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