You could not make this up.
It beggars belief that people actually get paid to come out with crap like this. If ever an example of PC gone mad was needed this perfect.
Would have been nice if the article stated exactly what the complaints from the cycling pressure group were, as the mind boggles! 
Just goes to show that FORS is a load of ■■■■■■■■, dreamt up by people with no construction or transport background, just a pointless college education followed by a gap year.
Unbelievable, if I’m understanding this correctly some cycling pressure groups don’t like the idea of cyclists being instructed to stay back and they get support from FORS.
You’re right, you couldn’t make it up 
If ever there is an example that the cycling fraternity can quite frankly go f*** itself sideways
then this is it.
tachograph:
Unbelievable, if I’m understanding this correctly some cycling pressure groups don’t like the idea of cyclists being instructed to stay back and they get support from FORS.You’re right, you couldn’t make it up
Instead of wasting time getting all frothy about some Internet donger in a lorry we should be bullying these cycling pressure group nob heads, or their YouTube ambassadors. What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?
When Virginia made me a transport manager I studied FORS with a view to get the company accredited by after learning more about it I realised what a ridiculous amount of piffle and bumfiddle. Jumping through insane hoops to get some fancy stickers.
James the cat:
What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?
Do you mean the Traffic Droid aka Biggest ■■■■-Head in London
switchlogic:
When Virginia made me a transport manager I studied FORS with a view to get the company accredited by after learning more about it I realised what a ridiculous amount of piffle and bumfiddle. Jumping through insane hoops to get some fancy stickers.
There’s not that much extra work to do to be bronze accredited if your doing the job properly in the first place .
tachograph:
James the cat:
What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?Do you mean the Traffic Droid aka Biggest ■■■■-Head in London
I thought that was mr khan 
tachograph:
James the cat:
What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?Do you mean the Traffic Droid aka Biggest ■■■■-Head in London
For some reason I’m subscribed to his YouTube channel and the worst thing is the amount of people blowing smoke up his arse in the comments. It’s inflating his ego and making him worse.
He’s also now friend with Dave Berry aka Sue Perbs who is the bus driver vigilante. They have even gone out on pre arranged trips to video motorists at particular junctions with the sole intention of videoing drivers and sending footage to the police for prosecution.
I do wonder if the police just open his letters and throw them in the bin or if they do take action in all cases.
It’s a little bit silly really isn’t it - vulnerable road users taking offence at at non-binding, non-mandatory ‘instructional’ sign designed to try and help protect said vulnerable road users from being hurt…
Wowsers.
Double wowsers for FORs for taking offence on behalf of those who are taking offence…
tachograph:
James the cat:
What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?Do you mean the Traffic Droid aka Biggest ■■■■-Head in London
Yeah that’ll do. Biggest ■■■■■■■■■ in London. I was thinking of that bus driver berry that goes about lecturing everyone then rings up his love buddies at the cop shop, but they all blend into one seething mass of self appointed horse sized cok headedness to me anyway.
Where’s the eleven page bullying thread about these lorry hating monumental deviants? What do we have, one about some gobby dunce in his kitchen top lorry and a crying bloke on a bed. Brilliant.
Trucknet’s finest talent gone to waste
I’d like to know if there’s ever been an incident of a cyclict actually taking notice of said sign!
Typical about the sense of entitlement that is shown by some cyclists. The sign is merely warning them about a dangerous area, but their attitude is that’s it’s legal for them to go there therefore it’s for everyone else to deal with it. For some of the. using common sense just doesn’t seem a possibility.
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el_presidente:
It’s a little bit silly really isn’t it - vulnerable road users taking offence at at non-binding, non-mandatory ‘instructional’ sign designed to try and help protect said vulnerable road users from being hurt…Wowsers.
Double wowsers for FORs for taking offence on behalf of those who are taking offence…
It really is no different than those battenberg hi viz with the word POLITE written to seem like police, that our friends on motorbikes, horses, and push bikes like to wear…
To have FORS suddenly change their tune like this is proof the whole thing is a scam!
James the cat:
tachograph:
James the cat:
What’s that prat’s name? The vigilante cyclist?Do you mean the Traffic Droid aka Biggest ■■■■-Head in London
Yeah that’ll do. Biggest [zb] in London. I was thinking of that bus driver berry that goes about lecturing everyone then rings up his love buddies at the cop shop, but they all blend into one seething mass of self appointed horse sized cok headedness to me anyway.
Where’s the eleven page bullying thread about these lorry hating monumental deviants? What do we have, one about some gobby dunce in his kitchen top lorry and a crying bloke on a bed. Brilliant.
You will find those threads on the cycling forums, the likes of Traffic Droid are widely condemned, the consensus of opinion is they probably do far more harm than good.
In fact you would probably be surprised at what a hard time cyclist who post videos on cycling forums of their misadventures are given, so much so they are rarely posted now. The first rule seems to be every aspect of the rider who’s video it is has to be examined in great detail, after this is done it usually becomes pretty obvious if the rider had had more skill then the incident would never of occurred, and as for those who have numerous videos of numerous incidents, well they are just laughed at. The cycling community is every bit as critical of themselves as the good people of Trucknet are of other wagon drivers
el_presidente:
It’s a little bit silly really isn’t it - vulnerable road users taking offence at at non-binding, non-mandatory ‘instructional’ sign designed to try and help protect said vulnerable road users from being hurt…
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Not my argument!; but I believe the worry amongst some cyclists is that some drives may attach a warning sign on the rear of their trucks in some belief it will absolve them from any responsibly towards those who may foolishly go up the inside, the warning signs will have little benefit if the person driving believes they no longer have a duty of care towards anyone who squeezes up the near side.
You will not change the general attitude of cyclists without real legislation, and that’s never going to happen!
Cyclists are not prepared to lose momentum that they have worked to create, so they are never going to proceed cautiously…
I’ve read the reviews of electrically assisted bikes, and the reviewers talk about how this urge/behaviour is diminished!
More than likely they thought “Hmm, that signs a bit big, noticeable and easy to read. No way we can have that allowed. How do we apportion blame when they can point to the sticker and say we shouldnt have been undercutting on the inside? We must make the sign less easy to see. And reworded so it doesnt look like an order. Its not up to us to stay out of hamrs way if we dont want to. Its the drivers responsibilty to make sure we are safe”
Either that or they thought “what can we moan about now?” 