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10 Things that put people off cycling..

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    #152
    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    The issue of bicyclists going through red lights at busy pedestrian crossings needs to be met with on the spot fines of €20. And have the pedal-cycle Gardai in the city/town centers visibly enforcing this.
    There is already a spot fine of €50 for running a red light. Just nobody enforcing it.
    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    At the same time a Jaywalking law needs to be brought in and enforced, I think this would make city center or town cycling a bit safer for all.
    One already exists in the form of "do not cross within 50 metres of a designated crossing" but is similarly not enforced.

    I would favour the creation of a 'pedestrian has priority' law for city/town centres. This would slow all traffic down and make the place safer for all...


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    #153
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Would be interesting if the same survey was carried out here:
    A study of British adults’ attitudes to cycling has found that a large number want to cycle more for everyday short journeys but feel unable to do so because they find sharing the roads with cars, buses and lorries too scary.

    One reason why people havent started cycling even thought they say they’d like to is lack of confidence. In the 2013 survey, 34% of GB adults agreed that, ‘I’m not confident enough to consider cycling’.

    New cyclists want to be protected from motorised traffic, and this may be why as many as 65% of GB adults support an increase in funding to support more cycling for everyday journeys. Indeed, and contrary to the ‘road wars’ anti-cycling media hysteria of recent times, cycling is very warmly regarded by all but a few.

    “At the moment enormous budgets are allocated to road building without any opposition, and yet much more modest recommendations for cycling are prevented from happening. This surely needs to change.”


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    #154
    Danjamin1
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Danjamin1


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    Would be interesting if the same survey was carried out here:

    I wonder how many time "Road Tax" would be mentioned in such a survey


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    #155
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Having lived in the UK for a while (drove but never cycled there), I would say they have more of a problem with aggression on the roads. Much more hostile environment IMHO.

    It's very rare I've been beeped off the road or shouted at while cycling here. Yes, the odd a$$, but thankfully in the minority.


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    #156
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Having lived in the UK for a while (drove but never cycled there), I would say they have more of a problem with aggression on the roads. Much more hostile environment IMHO.

    It's very rare I've been beeped off the road or shouted at while cycling here. Yes, the odd a$$, but thankfully in the minority.

    A family member has emigrated to the UK and his experience is the same, vastly more aggressive and my own would confirm that too.

    My fear is more that we're heading in the same direction.


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    #157
    droidus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭droidus


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    There is already a spot fine of €50 for running a red light. Just nobody enforcing it.

    One already exists in the form of "do not cross within 50 metres of a designated crossing" but is similarly not enforced.

    I would favour the creation of a 'pedestrian has priority' law for city/town centres. This would slow all traffic down and make the place safer for all...

    Its 15 metres AFAIK.


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    #158
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    A family member has emigrated to the UK and his experience is the same, vastly more aggressive and my own would confirm that too.
    My fear is more that we're heading in the same direction.

    As the numbers of cycle users increases I think it will get to a stage where a lot of people will also have a bicycle and a car, and as result have a greater appreciation for road-cycle users.

    Once novice cycle users have consideration for others whilst on the road, cycling 3-abreast/in a group at 15kph for example.. Forget about car users but it's a pain having to squeeze your way through slow moving groups of cycle users out on the roads or cycle-paths.

    I would always recommend that anyone starting out and getting into longer distance riding, sportives or racing should join an established cycling club to learn how to ride the road safely and correctly...


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    #159
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Having lived in the UK for a while (drove but never cycled there), I would say they have more of a problem with aggression on the roads. Much more hostile environment IMHO.
    It's very rare I've been beeped off the road or shouted at while cycling here. Yes, the odd a$$, but thankfully in the minority.

    Could be worse, have you read reports of cycling in Sydney Australia? It's like open war! The roads there are massive and there's open aggression towards bicyclists.
    They even have a radio "Shock-jock" that makes George Hook at his worst look like a little lamb!


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    #160
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    Could be worse, have you read reports of cycling in Sydney Australia? It's like open war! The roads there are massive and there's open aggression towards bicyclists.
    They even have a radio "Shock-jock" that makes George Hook at his worst look like a little lamb!

    They are also trying to repeal an anti-racism law there too on the basis that people have the right to say offensive things!


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    #161
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    They are also trying to repeal an anti-racism law there too on the basis that people have the right to say offensive things!

    They're also trying to ban the boycott of corporations on environmental grounds... yet they want to save the whales from the terrible Japs?


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    #162
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Sounds like a mad place!

    The Roads minister fighting with the Mayor of Sydney, who basically wants to remove a lot of the cycle infra which has been installed by the city.
    They also have the "Pedestrian rights" group who want cyclists banned from any area pedestrians use!
    So it seems Aussies want to ban bicycles from the roads, the paths, and remove cycle lanes! Nuts! :confused: :eek:


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    #163
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Ah sure its too hot to cycle there anyway.


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    #164
    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    When you get a puncture in an area where little scrotes live. :( Litte sh1ts

    The nerve of them threatening to take my bike off me!

    When asked what would I do if he hit me in the face, I explained exactly how it would end up me recording a video of him buggering his mate and vice versa.

    They left after that. But punched a girl at the lights further on and ran away :(


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