Morning all Chucking it down again. I'm happy to share the road with cyclists, less pleased to have to dodge them on a footpath or wade through mud churned up by mountain bikes. I do think they should have wing mirrors if they plan to travel on busy city roads and weave in and out of traffic.
Trust you, I thought of a number of witty comments but on this occasion felt it was inappropriate to spoil Dave's moment.
Currently I am waiting for the axe to fall so I can start my retirement. The axe hopefully is an offer I can't refuse.
Insurance - yes, a reasonable idea given that cyclists themselves appear to be increasingly becoming more at fault for many accidents Road tax - or more correctly, as we don't tax roads, vehicle tax - would surely be a negligible amount given the minimal amount of CO2 emissions from a bicycle Licence - bad idea IMO - the need for a driving licence is ignored by many anyway and 'policing' unlicenced cyclists would be little more that a nightmare exercise. For my money, the best idea would simply to have a zero tolerance policy towards such cyclists - give police the power of on-the-spot confiscation if they spot them breaching the road rules....
Never heard that version - and it is good but if I could not have the Stones I think I would go for Melanie's version
No need to suffer silently with cabbies these days ... most local chemists will have non-prescription treatments ...
tbh cabbies all over the country get stick because of the antics of London cabbies! We're not all like that!
As a motorist who has every sympathy with cyclists on our overcrowded roads, I have the same opinion as canary-dave but about motorbikes - or at least their riders who seem to think that the rules of the road don't apply to them - lane discipline, overtaking, speed limits etc. etc.
I think we can conclude from this that everybody who uses the road, is thought of as inconsiderate by everybody else except, of course, by themselves.
I'm considerate to all other road users...........as long as they don't cut me up, slow me down, block my view, spew out obnoxious fumes, tailgate me, or drive anything I'd like but couldn't afford.
It was bloody good driving. I went off the road at just the right place at just the right speed so that I landed on the only flat spot available and didn't go tumbling down 200m. Not only that I landed on all four wheels. As a prize I got a free helicopter ride to hospital.
A survey was done, in NZ I think, that discovered that 70-80% of drivers think that they are above average at driving. This proves that it really is the other blokes fault.
