[dink]

I had an incident yesterday with a cyclist, i was waiting to turn right and when my feeder light turned to green i went to turn, and from the junction oposite, even though the cars had stopped a cyclist came past them all and carried straight on even tho his light displayed red.

Does anyone know the laws for Cyclists? as im unsure and have seen this happening before, and also undertaking when traffic is trying to turn left which can be dangerous.

[steveh]

Obviously no one can run through a red light legally but people on cars bikes and everything else do.

Undertaking is legal on a bicycle but very foolish when traffic is turning left. however as a regular cyclist this happens to me most when a car overtakes me and then immediately turns left in front of me seemingly having forgotten all about having just passed me. In this situation it is the car driver at fault for not being patient enough to wait 10 seconds and turn behind me.

[Forumosaurus]

How selfish of that cyclist.

If you would have gone into him he would have still said it was your fault.

They're full of bloody excuses.

[EasyRida]

Cyclists don't have to obey any rules just like they don't have to pay road tax or insurance.

[Squiggs]

Booooooring.....

Don't people READ the suggestions of EXISTING (and equally repetitive) threads on similar subjects that this forum gives after entering a thread title? Obviously not....

4 posts in and the predictability has already set in

Cue another oh so interesting discussion of road tax...AGAIN!!!


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[dink]

Originally Posted by Squiggs

Booooooring.....

Don't people READ the suggestions of EXISTING (and equally repetitive and boring) threads on similar subjects that this forum gives after entering a thread title? Obviously not....

sorry PAL im new to this and it didnt bring up any other Threads to view, like it did when i wanted to post something else, so sorry to offend, if its so boring dont post in it, simples. .

[Squiggs]

Originally Posted by dink

sorry PAL im new to this and it didnt bring up any other Threads to view, like it did when i wanted to post something else, so sorry to offend, if its so boring dont post in it, simples. .

Okay, let's see what comes up when we type in the thread title...

Title: "Rules On Cyclists"


Here are the similar threads we found:
Rules on Cyclists (you wouldn't have seen this, as it is this thread)
Cyclists and the law
Cyclists - Light up!
Are cyclists really that bad
Please have a look at those threads before you start a new one.

To paraphrase an earlier poster: Motorists...they're full of bloody excuses

[dink]

Originally Posted by Squiggs

Okay, let's see what comes up when we type in the thread title...



To paraphrase an earlier poster: Motorists...they're full of bloody excuses

There is always someone who is unhelpfull, where did that page come up from?

Im new to this, and havent been on since last year, so am unsure as to how to use it, it doesnt get any easier when Cocks like you take the mickey for no reason.

[Squiggs]

Might I suggest you take the time to read what appears on your screen when you create a new topic?

Then might I suggest, that you take some time to study the rules of the road. Regardless of this cyclist's disregard for the rules, if you are going to use the road which is shared with other road users, you shouldn't have to ask:

Does anyone know the rules for cyclists?

If you are going to use the road, you shouldn't have to ask that. What are YOU doing on the road if you don't know the answer to that question? You should already KNOW what the law is.

But no, you carry on, tell us all how exciting your day was for you, and if someone fails to join in your tutting and head-shaking, write petty "insults" in pretty colours (a feature I see you bother to take the time to investigate, yet fail to read something that appears plainly on your screen when entering a new thread title - how odd)

Furthermore, why do you actually need to make a whole new thread because one cyclist ran a red light? If a new thread was created every time anyone saw a car parked illegally, parked on the pavement, making an illegal turn, speeding, turning without indicating, running red lights, holding a phone etc. then there would be very little room for talking of anything else.

[Crosser]

Seems to me that cyclists are fair game then>?

[Tobyjug]

Cyclists, like motor vehicle drivers, have to obey the rules of the highway. The fact that some don't may lead them into a situation that compromises other road users and their own safety.

But are cyclists the only group of road users who break the rules??

[max]

MOD: Same old same old. The topic's been done to death before. Closing.