On 28/08/2014 12:57, Mr Pounder wrote:
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On 26/08/2014 19:14, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Bod
wrote:

On 26/08/2014 18:32, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 26/08/2014 16:59, Bod wrote:
On 26/08/2014 16:50, Capitol wrote:
Bod wrote:
Stupid mistakes like turning left on the inside of large
lorries
who
were also turning left. An experienced cyclist would hang back
from any
lorries......Darwin strikes again :-)

There you are, an organ donor!

Yes, but the same could be said of young inexperienced car
drivers.
Their accident rate is disproportionally high, hence the silly
money
they have to fork out for car insurance.

As opposed to the zero money forked out by cyclists.

True, but cyclists don't belch out poisonous exhaust gases,
effectively carbon free by comparison to motorised vehicles.

What's that got to do with insurance? Cyclists should have this for
when they knock over or into pedestrians and other things.

I wouldn't argue with that. It should be compulsory.

Agreed!
Of course you carry such insurance.


No, like any vehicle, insurance is not required on private land.
I only cycle on private land now.
Besides, Cycle insurance is not compulsory on cycles at the moment.

Pedestrians also use private land and accidents do happen. A silly
pedestrian just might just enter your path from a blind corner and not
be
quick enough to get out of your privileged way.
Does it really have to be compulsory to make sense?



I ride sensibly and with respect to others.

This makes you immune from accidents does it?


60 years of cycling without hurting anyone (or animal) says, yes.

That means nothing of the sort. It means it has not happened.



And *won't* happen.
Have you got pedestrian insurance in case you trip over and fall
onto an old lady which breaks her hip?
Have you got dog insurance in case your dog kills a cat or bites someone?
"Does it have to be compulsory to make sense"? ;-)