tango boy:
Does my head in when you struggle to get by them on a stretch of road with a cycle path next to it and they don’t use it
So true, double rsoles…
tango boy:
Does my head in when you struggle to get by them on a stretch of road with a cycle path next to it and they don’t use it
Annoys me being stuck behind a juggernaught on A&Broads whilst driving my Citreon 2cv when they is a perfectly good motorway network for you to use.
chester:
tango boy:
Does my head in when you struggle to get by them on a stretch of road with a cycle path next to it and they don’t use itAnnoys me being stuck behind a juggernaught on A&Broads whilst driving my Citreon 2cv when they is a perfectly good motorway network for you to use.
‘juggernaught’, ‘whilst driving my Citroen 2cv’ 
NIMBY alert! Do you write to the local paper with your complaints & organise community meetings about the pesky lorries ‘thundering’ down your local lanes?
You are aware that it isn’t possible to get to every destination in the UK solely via motorway?
rob22888:
You are aware that it isn’t possible to get to every destination in the UK solely via motorway?
Agreed
rob22888:
You are aware that it isn’t possible to get to every destination in the UK solely via motorway?
Yourself and the rest of the posters on this forum should also be aware that I can’t ride to where I want my final destination to be, soley by cycle paths alone.
rob22888:
‘juggernaught’, ‘whilst driving my Citroen 2cv’NIMBY alert! Do you write to the local paper with your complaints & organise community meetings about the pesky lorries ‘thundering’ down your local lanes?
Hell fire, you sound a bit of a irate chap. You didn’t recently drive a lorry of flour in Scotland and recently lost your job have you?
You do know that many road users share the roads with you and I?
The groups out cycling in their racing clubs wind me up sometimes riding 2 or 3 abreast with no consideration for other road users. Been stuck behind them plenty of times on weekends unable to pass for ages watching the queue behind in the mirror just getting longer and longer.
However, I don’t mind if it a group of lady cyclists with nice bottoms 
rob22888:
chester:
tango boy:
Does my head in when you struggle to get by them on a stretch of road with a cycle path next to it and they don’t use itAnnoys me being stuck behind a juggernaught on A&Broads whilst driving my Citreon 2cv when they is a perfectly good motorway network for you to use.
‘juggernaught’, ‘whilst driving my Citroen 2cv’
NIMBY alert! Do you write to the local paper with your complaints & organise community meetings about the pesky lorries ‘thundering’ down your local lanes?
You are aware that it isn’t possible to get to every destination in the UK solely via motorway?
Chester might be a NIMBY for all I know but he’s also our resident pet pro-cycling troll.
The barrier operated will probably get three points.
I cant understand why some (not all of them ) of the most vulnerable of road users seem to regard themselves as invincible 
. do kids still get to do the cycling proficiency test at school ■■
syramax:
I cant understand why some (not all of them ) of the most vulnerable of road users seem to regard themselves as invincible
Yes, but it might be better for them to watch some video of what can go wrong, rather than see if they can ride around a few cones.
Sidevalve:
Cyclist karma.
I’m not gonna join in cyclist bashing - but that video is funny… love how the green light comes on after bozo crashes. Proper tool that guy… hope it hurt like fffff.
Darn sarth here, the only thing that ever seems to get points - is the FTSE.
This gives me a giggle or two…
Winseer:
(2) Cyclists cannot be fined, because no one is compelled to carry ID in this country
Nonsense - S25 PACE Act (general power of arrest where name and address not know/cannot be ascertained) usually results in some sort of ID being “remembered” 
(3) Many police officers are cyclists themselves - not because they have any “green” ethic, but because they can’t afford to drive as a professional.
The vast majority of police officers are paid significantly more than all but the very best paid lorry drivers (and they only work 40 hours a week to get it). So yes, you’re right, they couldn’t afford the huge drop in wages to become a professional driver 
This crazy bunch tried to flatten themselves and thier kids this morning under my Land Rover.
Roymondo:
Nonsense - S25 PACE Act (general power of arrest where name and address not know/cannot be ascertained) usually results in some sort of ID being “remembered”
Out of context and to be fair, in this country you are NOT required to either carry ID, nor Identify yourself to a police officer unless you are in charge of a motorised vehicle.
If you are committing a crime - That’s covered under section 25.
The Section 25 of the Police & Criminal Evidence Act… states that an officer can only arrest without warrant under very strict rules… most of which are either to prevent crime or to arrest a criminal in the act of committing a crime, or a person suspected of being wanted in connection with a crime. Given that most of the Road Traffic Act laws do not subject cyclists to the same criminal responsibility as they do persons controlling a motorised vehicle… then I’d say you are misquoting.
Radar19:
Winding cyclists up is fun. In traffic I sit really close to the curb so they can’t get passed.
However would they get PAST you? You sir are a genius ! 
Spence:
Roymondo:
Nonsense - S25 PACE Act (general power of arrest where name and address not know/cannot be ascertained) usually results in some sort of ID being “remembered”Out of context and to be fair, in this country you are NOT required to either carry ID, nor Identify yourself to a police officer unless you are in charge of a motorised vehicle.
If you are committing a crime - That’s covered under section 25.
The Section 25 of the Police & Criminal Evidence Act… states that an officer can only arrest without warrant under very strict rules… most of which are either to prevent crime or to arrest a criminal in the act of committing a crime, or a person suspected of being wanted in connection with a crime. Given that most of the Road Traffic Act laws do not subject cyclists to the same criminal responsibility as they do persons controlling a motorised vehicle… then I’d say you are misquoting.
S25 PACE Act has of course been superseded by S110 SOC and Police Act 2005, but the same general power of arrest for any offence (not just those recorded as crimes under Home Office counting rules, or those involving motor vehicles, vehicles of any sort, or any other arbitrary restriction you care to put on it) applies. If a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence has been committed, he may arrest without a warrant anyone whom he has reasonable grounds to suspect of being guilty of it, but only if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary for any of the following reasons:
(a)to enable the name of the person in question to be ascertained (in the case where the constable does not know, and cannot readily ascertain, the person’s name, or has reasonable grounds for doubting whether a name given by the person as his name is his real name);
(b)correspondingly as regards the person’s address;
(c,d,e,f)… (the other reasons are not relevant to the discussion here)
It’s difficult to see how the suspect’s name and address can be ascertained without him producing some sort of ID (unless of course the constable already knows him).
And no, I’m not claiming there is a blanket requirement for everyone to carry ID - no offence is committed by not carrying it, and the arrest provisions above only apply if you commit, or are reasonably suspected of committing, offences. The specific assertion made was that “Cyclists cannot be fined, because no one is compelled to carry ID in this country.” I disagree with that assertion, for the reasons outlined above.
DAF95XF:
I’ve got to pay £173 for a drivers awareness course because I knocked one over with my bus last month
Worth every penny.