Okay it's offical Cyclists are bigger wankers than Car drivers

[The PIT]

Although the figures are on the low side the following are from a study of red light jumping.

10% of car drivers go through a red light
20% of car drivers go through amber lights


50% of cyclists go through at red.


I'm surprised the figures are so low I would have thought the red light hoppers was around 30% and amber hoppers 40% and cyclists around 80%. Perhaps drivers/cyclists are worse in Sheffield.

[Jammrock]

Not in the US, or 49% of bikers would be hit by 60% of cars that run red lights.

Jammrock

[ZokesPro]

It all depends on where you live also. (big city, small town)

[The PIT]

The people doing the survey want the Government to place camera's at lights. For once I agree with this but it won't catch the cyclists. I think it's time that cyclists had to have a registration number and paid insurance.

[Topha]

Hehe, I live in Freiburg, which is THE bicycle capital in germany, so to speak.

When I moved here, i worried about driving at night without light. But only until I drove down a street, and of the 10 cyclists that came from the other direction, 1 (one) had his light on, and his rear light didnt work

Not to even mention red lights...

But the cars dont mind for the most part, since they are usually cyclists themselves. Yep, Freiburg is a real nice city

[The PIT]

Topha it's not about people not minding it's about saftey. Just wait until you nearly hit someone because you can't see them. It puts the shit up you.
Like all these plonkers that jump lights they seem to think they've got a force feild round them until either they kill someone or get killed or injured and then suddenly it's not alright.

[The Rock]

Cyclists should all DIE!! I ain't sharing the road with some bone-smoker in spandex shorts!!

[GuchiGuh]

Cyclists should all DIE!! I ain't sharing the road with some bone-smoker in spandex shorts!!

hehehheeh I totally agree.....what if they crash into my Bimmer ehh??

[KvHagedorn]

Topha, what happens when some 80yo night-blind driver from out-of-town tries to drive there? I would worry about being an invisible cyclist.

[The Rock]

Exactly! What if they scratch my car with their exposed bones while I'm running them over? Don't they know how much BMWs cost to get repainted!??!?! Seriously though, I cannot stand cyclists. Its all the rage to cycle in Ottawa, but it aint all the rage to cycle with COMMON SENSE! People here are the worlds WORST drivers in cars, so it stands to reason that these morons can't handle bikes any better.

[The PIT]

I often wonder if a wanky car driver is also a wanky cyclist in there spare time.

[Taz]

Cyclists are top of my list with scooter riders a close second

[Wulfman]

Topha, what happens when some 80yo night-blind driver from out-of-town tries to drive there? I would worry about being an invisible cyclist.

if some nearly blind 80-year-old is still driving, I would be worrying about why nobody has taken the liscence from the person.

mfg
wulfman

[impact]

Originally posted by Wulfman
if some nearly blind 80-year-old is still driving, I would be worrying about why nobody has taken the liscence from the person.

mfg
wulfman

I am not 100% sure, but I was told that in the US, driving license never expires. Scary, huh?

[mutz]

From my observations, cyclists consider themselves more intelligent, healthy, holy, immortal and infallible than, and generally superior to, all other life forms.

Since they consider their mode of transport ecologically superior, they consider themselves clean and holy and cars dirty and lowly. Therefore they obscurely consider it their right to abuse, misuse and break any traffic regulation with impunity.

Since the laws protecting cyclists tend to be strong and enforced, cyclists can pass columns of cars that just passed them, weave up to the red light, block everybody on green and take their time crossing the intersection. Power trip.

Since in traffic their heads are physically higher than most other parties in traffic, they automatically consider themselves superior to everyone, though truckers often spit on them, accidently of course.

Since cyclists are physically so obviously more vulnerable than other members of traffic, they use this vulnerability to dominate, coerce, inconvenience, annoy, hinder and/or take advantage of every other member of traffic or even pedestrians in every concievable way to the delight of their own ego. (inferiority complex and impotence compensation)

Cyclists good, motorists bad.

Women cyclists with babies on the back are the holiest of holies and can do whatever they like. And do.

Motorists are much, much more respectful of cyclists than visa versa.

With (rare) exceptions.

...wonder if it was different in the days of horse carriages and donkeys?