Should cyclists pay Road Tax & Insurance?

DirkVoodoo

Nope, they don't take kindly to lycra in those parts, trust me I've tried!

We should have our own cycling board awards:

-Muppet of the year
-Euro of the year
-Most ridiculous cycling related purchase
-Most spectacular fall (I may have this stitched up!)
-Best looking in lycra award (can there really BE a winner here, or are we all winners?)

DirkVoodoo

Raam wrote: »

We would certainly have better legs than most of them.

You did it! I didn't think you could do it on this thread, bravo sir! *clap clap*

opelmanta

Verb wrote: »

Motors would be too easy.

If we posted the op post over there we would be seen as saints me thinks

Caroline_ie

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Nope, they don't take kindly to lycra in those parts, trust me I've tried!

We should have our own cycling board awards:

-Muppet of the year
-Euro of the year
-Most ridiculous cycling related purchase
-Most spectacular fall (I may have this stitched up!)
-Best looking in lycra award (can there really BE a winner here, or are we all winners?)

start a thread with voting buttons!!!

Raam

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

We should have our own cycling board awards:

Make it happen, dude.

DirkVoodoo

*passes buck to verb*

kenmc

unionman wrote: »

I go to lunch, I come back and wham!! Red hot thread with angry motorist going 'road tax cyclists blah blah blah!' How did that happen?


Unionman pictured reading the angry road tax thread after he got back from lunch today

Bloody trade unions and their 2 hour lunches. If you'd had 1-2 at your desk like everyone else you wouldn't have missed the fun

penexpers

tomcollins97 wrote: »

God close the damn thing. Can't be bothered haveing discussions with people who only want others to agree with them. Back to motors I go....

If you bothered to spend more than five minutes reading the other posts, you would note that most of us in here are pretty safety councious and don't go around without lights (just look at the number of light-related threads there have been recently). Occasionally we will do things that annoy motorists, but we are the most vulnerable road users and often we have to take aggresive/defensive positions to protect ourselves.

Now I see plenty of motorists going around with broken headlights and broken wing mirrors. I see plenty of them not indicating, I see plenty of them on their mobile phones not paying attention etc.., but I wouldn't tar all motorists with the same brush. There's bad motorists and there's bad cyclists. Difference being that bad motorists can cause a lot more damage than a bad cyclist.

Stark

penexpers wrote:

If you bothered to spend more than five minutes reading the other posts

Oh I reckon he's read plenty of previous posts. I think he's seen "oh road tax gets them wound up" and decided to start a thread on it....

concussion

Excellent thread, I'm so glad to see a little restraint and politeness thrown aside in favour of humour and a bit of sarcasm. I'm sure he's gone crying back to motors complaining about how cyclists are so defensive and won't listen to his words of wisdom. In fact, I'm half thinking about starting a thread there about roads - I mean, why should I have to put up with obeying the rules when I don't need a road? I have 26" wheels and knobbly tires, I don't need a road, I didn't ask for one to be put there and now all these smelly cars are getting in my way!

TinyExplosions

Verb wrote: »

We don't venture out into the surrounding community enough. We should possibly arrange some sort of flash mob like attack onto another forum.

Motors would be too easy. *peruses boards* Hmm.. The Ladies Lounge. That could be very vulnerable to a Euro related flash mob.

*ahem*

DirkVoodoo

Oh no, I hope they are gentle Tiny!

Diarmuid

Mairt wrote: »

Tax no, insurance YES.

We only need car insurance because of the frequency of accidents and the scale of the costs. That's not an issue with bikes.

qbasic

Insufficient lighting on a bike, especially in the winter months. As a motorist you are obliged to have all lights working, if you are a cyclist you can cycle with none - Fair Point

Lack of reflective clothing – if a motorist hits a cyclist it is their fault, even if the motorist cannot see them. Can we force car users to drive Dyno-Rod coloured cars in return?

Lack of signalling when turning – cars indicate so why can’t cyclists. - Fair point.

Cyclists coming up on the inside of a car which is indicating to turn left. - Indicating is just an intention of your manoeuvre not a right of way, same way moving from the overtaking lane of a motorway into the driving lane, you indicate and move in when safe.

Cyclists breaking red lights - I see as many cars breaking red lights as I do cyclists.

Cyclists cycling too far out from the footpath & impeding traffic flow - The edge of the road is a full of debris and hazards like glass,rocks, open drain covers, uneven/unfinished tarmac...

Cyclists refusing to slow down when the cycle lane runs through a bus stop - Is this a requirement?

Cyclists wearing headphones - Car drivers using headphone/loud stereos....same thing.

Cyclists generally paying no heed to what is around them - Mobile Phone use is rampant

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Nope, they don't take kindly to lycra in those parts, trust me I've tried!

We should have our own cycling board awards:

-Muppet of the year
-Euro of the year
-Most ridiculous cycling related purchase
-Most spectacular fall (I may have this stitched up!)
-Best looking in lycra award (can there really BE a winner here, or are we all winners?)

I actually had the same idea a while back but never got around to posting it.

Cycling forum personality of the year, Boards moment of the year, Nicest bike to be posted in images of beauty and thread of the year are other possiblities.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Raam wrote: »

You can sue anyone. They don't have to have insurance, surely?

Oh I tried.

I chased the fecker throuh his job, he said he was sent on a message from work. The job denied this, and said the guy didn't even work for them. He wasn't on the books, and hadn't a pot to piss in so it was no good chasing him personally.

Insurance would have been nice considering I spent 11 months off work.

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

I actually had the same idea a while back but never got around to posting it.

Cycling forum personality of the year, Boards moment of the year, Nicest bike to be posted in images of beauty and thread of the year are other possiblities.

Best cycling journalist who rides a Wilier... you'd probably struggle to win that one though

Raam

Mairt wrote: »

Oh I tried.

I chased the fecker throuh his job, he said he was sent on a message from work. The job denied this, and said the guy didn't even work for them. He wasn't on the books, and hadn't a pot to piss in so it was no good chasing him personally.

Insurance would have been nice considering I spent 11 months off work.

Hard luck, sorry to hear about your troubles

unionman

kenmc wrote: »

Bloody trade unions and their 2 hour lunches. If you'd had 1-2 at your desk like everyone else you wouldn't have missed the fun

You should see me take a nap:D

Gavin

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

*passes buck to verb*

No way. I've never started a poll thread in my life. Anyway, I'd win the lyrca competition and best climber too easily..

niceonetom

@tonto - nominations should precede a vote, yeah? someone start a new thread. arsed, i cannot be.

@Tiny - i'll be keeping an eye on your thread in the motoring forum. i hope it takes off but i'm not sure you stirred hard enough. i may be missing the point though.

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

@tonto - nominations should precede a vote, yeah? someone start a new thread. arsed, i cannot be.

Yes, we'd need a thread for category suggestions and nominations and then new threads for the polls (I use the plural because I think you can only put one poll on a thread).

DirkVoodoo

It's kind of ironic when you think about it, a cyclist posts in the motoring forum and no one even notices him, 5 views so far.

I guess you should have worn lights, or indicated or something

TinyExplosions

niceonetom wrote: »

@tonto - nominations should precede a vote, yeah? someone start a new thread. arsed, i cannot be.

@Tiny - i'll be keeping an eye on your thread in the motoring forum. i hope it takes off but i'm not sure you stirred hard enough. i may be missing the point though.

Yeah, I was going to blatently troll, but decided that educating could also be fun...

unionman

TinyExplosions wrote: »

*ahem*

Way too reasonable Tiny, I agree with Tom, should've poked them in the eye with a sharp stick, wake the tiger so to speak. It worked here for Tomcollins!

I love the way Caroline and penexpers were over there holding your coat though, that was brilliant!! I'll be keeping an eye, maybe weigh in with a 'Why can't we all just get along...?':D

Fair play to ya.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

Best cycling journalist who rides a Willie... you'd probably struggle to win that one though

Oo-er!

Hungrycol

Caroline_ie wrote: »

... meh

Top prise for best reply IMO. Says it all. Chapeau.

blorg

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Oh no, I hope they are gentle Tiny!

I honestly thought he had posted a thread about leg shaving/Euro rules in the Ladies Lounge there.

kenmc

this lad is probably a rocket scientist.

Raam

kenmc wrote: »

this lad is probably a rocket scientist.

Let's all thank him