Trail bikes

[Imurg]

If everybody followed the rules of the road all the time then everything would work fine.
Too many of all varieties don't.
It's down to arrogance, ignorance and impatience but not necessarily in that order and in any combination.
There's no solution except everyone trying to do it right.
The 3 "qualities" above mean that they won't.
And it's a sad fact that if you try to do it right you just get eaten alive by everyone else doing it wrong.
I regularly get overtaken on roundabouts, drivers use the wrong lanes, pedestrians walk out in front of you, cyclists go the wrong way down one way streets....
We're all as bad as each other because not enough people give a damn anymore.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Cyclists are now becoming a pain in the backside. I have no objection in general to cyclists but when they start going 4+ abreast, 30 deep it's taking the pee.

Unfortunately the law hasn't helped with this situation.... The law recommends to cyclists to ride in such a formation and that car drivers are to then treat that group like a slow moving vehicle.... Ie so you as a car driver simply overtake 1 slow moving "car" rather than 30 individual cyclists.

Personally I don't like that recommendation as I know how much drivers hate it, but it almost seems as if you're damed if you do and damned if you don't.

I also whole heartedly agree with Saint hackers last statement.... As a cycle commuter in London as well as a mountain biker I can't honestly say that a large amount of people who ride bikes in London are an absolute liability and I'm surprised that death rates are not higher. How/why these people think it's ok to jump red lights, zebra crossings and weave on and off pavements is beyond me.