Nutsey wrote:Clarkson is essentially a brilliant troll. He doesn't even need to come on this site, he's that good.
He even trolled an entire nation last week, and pre-emptively trolled the Mexican ambassador before he could hand wring in retaliation.
gilesjuk wrote:NUKe wrote:If we follow this logic then we shouldn't complain when car drivers misbehave.
There's complaining to the Police and there's using your position as a TV presenter to broadcast your views to the nation. Two completely different things.
I don't think cyclists need Clarkson's blessing to use the public highway.
OldGreyBeard wrote:MartinC wrote:TC, it's a well known fact that all the best, most convenient and most used cycle routes are marked with the prohibitory sign.
I'd never thought of it like that but it's so true!
kwackers wrote:KTM690 wrote:Even penalties for parking are harsh - plus they can tow your car away.
They are! It's cheaper to kill 4 cyclists in a car with 3 bald tyres than it is to get your towed car back!
reohn2 wrote:The government can't stop people driving badly,but they can minimize it.At present, with a distinct lack of police presence and by all accounts that presence about to become even less,add to that the paltry sentences handed down, and it seems the government's objective is to maximize bad driving IMO.
gilesjuk wrote:On Top Gear tonight Clarkson said cyclists should be knocked off as they don't pay road tax.
Given the number of Clarkson wannabees around can I expect some more abuse than usual on the bike tomorrow?
I really think the BBC should sack him, he is advocating murder and dangerous driving.
hubgearfreak wrote:KTM690 wrote:Acceptable loss.
really?
a better standard of driving (caused by a sterner police and courts) could slash that.
if it's your son, wife, brother that gets killed for want of the motorist involved taking care - i'm sure you'll change your mind
kwackers wrote:
As for the war on motorists, how many have died in this war? Those that have seemed to be killed pretty much by 'friendly fire' whereas large numbers of innocent bystanders have also been killed. Seems fundamentally to be a war on 'non-motorists'.
thirdcrank wrote:Just to get back for a moment to the nearside overtaking thing, I was involved in something a little earlier today which left me amazed.
We are in the Leeds Green Belt here (not as rural as it sounds) but we do have plenty of riding schools hereabouts as the countryside is being urbanised. This means lots of riders out on the roads, especially on Sundays. I was driving to do my care in the community / Meals on Wheels duties when I came up behind a long string of riders, mainly of the Angels on Horseback age group, supervised by adults. I moved over to the other side of the fairly narrow (single carriageway) road to pass them with plenty of room to spare. Checking my nearside mirror I realised that the driver of a Volvo was attempting to overtake me on the inside, between me and the equestrians.
Come to think of it, I don't remember anything in the HC that specifically advises people not to act like ... er .... idiots.
meic wrote:Headway dont need or want anything more than "If only one child's life may possibly be saved" to justify their case.
snibgo wrote:It may be worth saying that cycling is generally considered good for not only the cyclist, but society in general.
A personal anecdote: I banged my head on the pavement yesterday evening. it was only a slight tap, which might not have happened if I hadn't been wearing the cycle helmet. I also banged the hip I broke last year, which wasn't clever.
It wasn't a bike accident. I had parked the bike and was walking to the community centre, stupidly didn't see the downstep in the path, and crashed down.
meic wrote:There is too much wrong with that post for me to put in the effort of correcting it all.
If you split it up into individual points they can be demolished individually before moving on to the next then I might reply.
As it stands the amount of work is too great, I am here for fun not hard work.
Suffice to say that post is mostly garbage with some irrelevant points thrown in for padding.
