I've long since come to the conclusion that they think an accident is never a possibility and they don't give a flying fuck about fuel. I often wonder whether the car is actually theirs and the servicing and fuel is paid for by a third party. We might get a discounted bike on schemes like to Ride to Work one, but once yer've got the bike the cost is all down to you - tyres, chains, cassettes, tools, etc.Most vehicles gain nothing by overtaking a cyclist just before a junction, and more often than not put themselves at more risk of having an accident. Plus it doesn't do their fuel economy any good.
It's that 5 Star NCAP safety bubble that detaches them from reality. You get a completely different perspective on things when you don't have a safety bubble between you and the 2 tonnes of metal/glass/plastic/rubber travelling towards you at 60mph.I've long since come to the conclusion that they think an accident is never a possibility and they don't give a flying fuck about fuel. I often wonder whether the car is actually theirs and the servicing and fuel is paid for by a third party. We might get a discounted bike on schemes like to Ride to Work one, but once yer've got the bike the cost is all down to you - tyres, chains, cassettes, tools, etc.
You might try it once.....No car driver has given me right of way as a pedestrian yet at a junction. Just wondering if it's wise to hurl my body in front of one.
Jeremy Clarkson likes this.Why can't cyclists just work harder and get a car like normal people, that would solve it.
Irrelevant if they're on the road in the way of cars.Bikes are smaller.
Because they're bikes. People who've achieved something in life get a car because they're normal, successful people.They don't need to. Bikes are cheaper.
Remove the cycle and bus lanes, give the road back to the car and add additional lanes. Simple.Congestion isn't about speed, it's about volume of traffic. Single occupancy vehicles on journeys of less than 5 miles take up the MAJORITY of the road space in out towns and cities leaving less room for everyone to move freely.
I've been overtaken by loads of vehicles only for me to catch them up at the next junction/set of lights because they've been stuck in queues of OTHER VEHICLES, not cycles. The vehicles that do end up behind me approaching junctions only end up joining the back of the queue most of the time whilst I filter through to the front.
A car stuck in traffic IS the traffic.
Or get a bus.They don't need to. Bikes are cheaper.
Wasn’t it Maggie who said a 40 year old on a bus was a failure?Or get a bus.