Why do so many people hate cyclists?

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GrumpyGregry

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2915131 said:
Ah yes but, if GG goes with my plan on his commute anyone who sees it will know not to mess with him, it at least make sure they take him out properly.
Twunt tried that in August.
 

GrumpyGregry

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2915144 said:
I told you not to wear that Mod jersey with the roundel on the back.
The tragedy is I was wearing my Fridays top on a Thursday. I knew no good would come of it.
 

benb

Evidence based cyclist
Location
Epsom
It is a license fee....I'll tell you what....ban all cars and charge all cyclists £230 per year to use the roads to make up the shortfall....oh hang on...that won't cover it because the road repair budget is actually more than they get from VED on its own...they also raise funds from fuel duty.....so instead of charging £230, that can be tripled to £690 per year

What...you don't like that idea ???? .... how about ban all cars, and charge the HGV's and delivery vehicles the cost so cycling can remain a free to use vehicle on the road transport network ?? ....no that won't work because it would be a tax on thepoor ..who would want to pay £20 for a can of baked beans ?

The bottom line is that cars need to be on the roads for cycling to remain a 'free at point of access' amenity.

Yes, we can all do without the ones who do stupid stuff when we share these spaces with them, but as long as there is a system in place which demonstrates that the road transport network is an amenity with has to be funded in the form of a license by some of its users, you will have to put up with the sense of entitlement that bring to those paying it...and the accusation that those who also use the amenity without a directly linked charge should also contribute for the upkeep of it !

Why do you keep pretending that VED has anything to do with road building or maintenance? You know it doesn't, so why the dishonesty?

Anyway no one is suggesting banning cars, so this "argument" is the very definition of a strawman.
 

Linford

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Why do you keep pretending that VED has anything to do with road building or maintenance? You know it doesn't, so why the dishonesty?

Anyway no one is suggesting banning cars, so this "argument" is the very definition of a strawman.

So what do you suggest people do with their vehicles when they have travelled somewhere in or on them ?

This is what you said a few pages back

And I would question why it's acceptable to leave one's private property in such a position that it obstructs public spaces and poses a hazard to other people.

This is exactly what people do when they chain their cycles to railings....or cycles lock up points..these are on the pavements and become tripping hazards to the partially sighted....I don't every carry a lock because I never leave my bike and walk away from it in public spaces because there are far too many light fingered people who specialise in stealing cycles from these spaces....so do you lock your bike up in this manner or not when out and about ?
 

Brandane

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Location
Costa Clyde
They're your words old darling, not mine, see your name below the quotes?

You've contradicted yourself, you're tying yourself in knots because you can't defend your racism or support of jokes about dead cyclists.
You don't seem to understand the meaning of "quotes". You have previous form for this all over this forum. Now stop posting so much pish and get to your bed; you must have school in the morning.
Back on topic, Top Gear rules. I hope their cycling sketch shows a cyclist breaking the £300 (it's only a mirror, @oldstrath) wing mirror off a car, then promptly losing control as a result and going face first into the nearest lamp post. :laugh:
This thread is rapidly turning me (even more) against a certain type of cyclist. Mainly found in London, apparently.
 

Scoosh

Velocouchiste
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That is quite enough - Thread Closed
 
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