This weeks 'accident'...

[threaded]

This weeks 'accident': the quotes are there because to my eyes it was no accident. There I am on the cycle path and watching a taxi running by the side, he looked at the cyclists on the cycle track, who had a green BTW and turned right into them, the right being on a red FFS.

Lots of shouting and screaming ensued. The taxi driver slowly got out of his car and appeared genuinely pleased with himself.

So, he ran a red light, and ran into the cyclists knowing they were there. My only conclusion is it was a deliberate attempt to kill or seriously injure.

If you have an alternate view point I would be pleased to know...

[TheMonkey]

Being slightly lower down the food-chain (a pedestrian) and using a wide generalisation, you cyclists are getting what you ask for.

I was hit by a cyclist ignoring a red light which caused me a little bit of trouble. I broke two bones in my wrist and had to stay off work for nearly two months because I couldn't type. Now the cyclist just pegged it off on the bike which wasn't nice despite knocking me for six.

I now carry a large aluminium case to whop the buggers with if they dare. If I kill one who skips a red light, then the world is a better place.

Personally I think cyclists should have registration plates so we can report them to the police if this happens.

Cyclists are generally irresponsible, dangerous and are total maniacs.

[DimPrawn]

They should pay road tax too.

[TheMonkey]

They should pay road tax too.

Hell yeah!

[Shimano105]

Can't have been in Denmark surely?

That is the crux of the argument, threaded old bean. If a car driver gets annoyed with a cyclist and deliberately tries to run them off the road (as some do), surely they should be charged with attempted murder?

1 ton of metal versus 20lbs of bike?

If, instead of using the car, he had got out and knocked the cyclist off with a baseball bat, would it not be seen as a more criminal offence? I think it would.

[Churchill]

They should pay road tax too.

Strangled at fecking birth IMHO.

[threaded]

Shim: Right in the middle of Copenhagen, just approaching the train station. The cyclists had a green light, the taxi was in a special lane and had a red for the right.

TheMonkey: Mostly there are special lanes for cyclists, just below the pedestrians and just above the road for cars. I do agree, cyclists who run red lights drive me wild as well, apart from the time they waste by slowing me down by getting in the way, I don't find watching them getting scraped off the road much fun either.

[Fleetwood]

They should pay road tax too.

It's only "fair".

[The Lone Gunman]

I suspect he saw you ten yards into your daily "cycle" and decided to skidaddle quick before he had to shoehorn you and your bike into the cab again before dropping you off just round the corner from work for a pitance due to the shortness of the journey.

He obviously panicked. He was only smilling as he realised the ensuing chaos got him out of such duties and he would gladly go to jail.

Only joking. Have another pie and calm down.

[MrsGoof]

He misssed you

I should think he should take his driving test again and try later