Had a bit of banter on a Cycling forum this weekend, it is amazing how many cyclist think other cyclist are bad motorist, if they dont have a fanatical hatred of the motorist. I made a comment that I liked the fact Berkshire Police were handing out fines for cyclist riding on pavements. Could they extend that to red light jumping and a few other issues... Today as an observational exercise I counted the offences by cyclist on the school run versus motorist. 41 Cyclists rode on pavements design only for pedestrians. No motorists did the same. 7 Cyclists jumped red lights, no motorists did the same. 6 Cyclists overtook other cyclist without indication, or a check to see if their path was clear/how close a motor vehicle was to them at the time of their maneuver. No cars overtook each other. 3 Cyclists existed T-Junctions with give way signs without giving way. No motorist did the same. 2 Cyclists ride the wrong way down a two way road. No motorists did the same. 1 Cyclist road in front of a car while they were making a legal 3 point turn, in a side road. No motorist did the same. 1 Cyclist failed to indicate to turn right, here two motorist failed to do the same. 7 issues/offences/contraventions of the highway code score 6-1 to the Cyclists.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:14:09 +0000