Carpy website

[Nayab]

That's the rule here, works well, pedestrians, bikes, buses then cars have priority...

He has a point. With bus lanes in London going across minor roads, cars turning left are supposed to wait for a gap in traffic in the bus lane. A car will see a bus as traffic, but a cyclist or a motorcycle is not regarded as traffic.

When I'm on the motorcycle, I just exercise extreme caution.

[vetran]

If I see two wheels I just tend to give way to them doesn't matter if they are right just that they are vulnerable.

[LondonManc]

Can we not make cyclists pass a test before being allowed to ride a bike on our roads? They have something similar for car drivers.

[SueEllen]

Yeah, but this twat wants cars turning left to give way to bicycles undertaking them.
Madness.

Running over or colliding with a bike will just delay your journey so it's common sense to give way to them and most car drivers do. I've even had van drivers giving way to me.

Anyway the change in the law is to prevent this:

but would likely lead to more of this:

[TheBA]

but would likely lead to more of this:

Speaking as a cyclists, some people just don't help themselves and that's half of the problem. 3 minutes into the video above is evidence. (my only wtf moment, maybe the angle makes it look worse)

But then most people (drivers and cyclists) pick and choose which road law they want to follow as they know best.

[xoggoth]

Better petition here:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/170280

Personally I think it should be legal to crush cyclists. And pedestrians, other drivers using MY roads etc.

[d000hg]

Can we not make cyclists pass a test before being allowed to ride a bike on our roads? They have something similar for car drivers.

Start a petition then

[SueEllen]

Can we not make cyclists pass a test before being allowed to ride a bike on our roads? They have something similar for car drivers.

As the legal age for passing such a test will be 5 it would be pointless.

[vetran]

As the legal age for passing such a test will be 5 it would be pointless.

many 5 year olds would manage to remember helmet, lights & reflective clothing at night so would vastly exceed the ability of most cyclists.

[d000hg]

As the legal age for passing such a test will be 5 it would be pointless.

Not if kids under a certain age may only ride with adults [who have passed the test]. Or if younger riders may only ride during daylight hours or restricted to certain classes of road. Piddling around your back lane and venturing out onto a busy multi-lane main road are pretty different - what ARE the rules out of interest?

many 5 year olds' parents would manage to remember helmet, lights & reflective clothing at night so would vastly exceed the ability of most cyclists.

FTFY. Also if these cyclists not wearing all that guff are so hard to see, how can you confidently state how many of them there are? It's like some form of dark matter surely, hard to detect