"Roger Hayter" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 10:50:26 PM UTC, Steve Walker wrote:


The worst I have seen is a cyclist, on a dark night, dressed in
black,
with no lights, with no hands on the handlebars, riding out of a
side-street onto a main road, without looking and busy texting on his
phone!

SteveW

This is the worst I have seen.

Like this lot, you mean?

Speeding, parking the wrong way at night, on yellow lines, on zig zags,
outside schools, pavement parking, obstructing traffic by inconsiderate
parking, driving while drunk, on mobile phones, with no car tax, no
licence, no insurance, no MOT, illegal plates, overtaking on double
lines, due care, bald tyres, faulty brakes, one eyed monsters, no rear
lights, no brake lights, no indicators, fog light abuse, faulty
steering, windscreen obscuration, darkly tinted windows, child seat
abuse, no seatbelts, insecure load, one way street abuse, amber/red
light jumping, cycle box abuse, bus lane abuse, box junction abuse,
death by dangerous driving, excess smoke and noise from exhaust, duff
suspension, leaking oil, cash for crash fiddles, underage child in
front, lights causing glare, over weight limit, ignoring no entry
signs,
parking without permit, not having control of your vehicle, improper
use
of horn, using horn at night, no in date photo licence, no licence
application after long ban, without prescribed eyewear, failing to stop
for police/lollipop/zebra etc - ran out of space.


Good you think it OK to break any laws because others do it too.

Do you include burglary in that? Rape? Murder?

I don't think he is saying it is ok to break laws. Just that it is
rather irrational to become obsessed with cyclists breaking laws
when most of us are at far higher risk from car drivers doing so.

Agreed.

Most obsessive anti-cyclists seem to be motivated
by some more-or-less subconscious form of envy

That’s completely silly.

their rage is otherwise inexplicable.

Bull****. It isnt rage, they are just very irritated by the
fact that cyclists can't go at anything like the speed
that cars can, even in built up areas and hate the
disruption they cause to traffic, particularly when
there is more than one in the group and the ****ers
insist on riding side by side instead of in a single line.