02-07-2009, 09:24 PM
fjp999 Wrote:FALSE. You would also have to add a licensing scheme (and what age do you start at: 5 years old ), bicycle inspection... The fair tax and insurance would be sooooooo LOW *damage to the road/damage done by bicycle to others (I may be wrong but there has never been a case where a cyclist has run over a human and killed them???) AND DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GIVE CYCLIST FAIR USE OF THE ROAD - WANNA BE STUCK BEHIND A GROUP OF FIVE YEAR OLDERS GOING THREE MILES AN HOUR
The person below me is GLAD push bikes dont have fair laws of the road
Thats a load of ball that push bikes don't do any damage to any thing.
Push bikes are band in parts of the countryside in the UK because of the damage they do to the Environment, before you go all defensive. You more likely haven't heard of the sport Down Hill Biking, and haven't been on a nice walk when you hear and see some tit fly pass you and hit someone you are walking with in the back. They you go over to them and help your friend up experting the thick guy on the bike to help to but just get up and carry on down the hill.
And about 25 people in the UK die from being hit by push bikes. You wouldn't happy if got hit by some twat on a silly bike would you.
And if you are saying a 5 year old is safe riding their bikes around the roads in the UK I would think again. I thing bikes should be insured and tax , and children under 12 years old shouldn't be any where near the roads in the UK anyway.
I really hate driving along and then needing to be extra careful when you see a family riding their bikes down a fast moving country road and then when you are driving around the country lanes around where I'm from you seen theses totally think townies riding there bikes around the lanes like they are in town and not thinking that the lane are on is a single lane road that two cars couldn't pass each other and when you come to a corner you should get off the bike and walk on the side of the road that an on coming car see you so that they can slow down to pass you.
But oh no because you are a push biker you know more than any one else.
Frank sorry if this sounds personal but I'm guessing you haven't ever ridden a push bike around the country lanes of the UK...