Ban the bike

[AdamEf]

[AdamEf]

I'm out. All these arguements have been played out a million times on the internet and there's real logical reasons why none of it would ever come to fruition.

Best of luck.

[G]

[mentalboy]

[techathy]

[bamt]

Yep. And pedestrians should have increased premiums depending upon what after-market accessories they have installed that increase the risk of them causing an accident by walking into the road and making vehicles swerve (iPhones, etc).

Sadly the petition seems to have been removed, so HMG will never know the groundswell of public opinion that was being raised.

[Ste]

[lihp]

[Ste]

A basic set of lights isn't expensive.

A front light is much more 'optional' than a back one.

[Bigvern72]

[Ste]

[Sable]

I did not mind cyclists, and was one for 14 years, until I crashed my motorbike avoiding one who went through a red light at 6am, mid winter with no lights on. Fucker looked at me and rode off. I shlould have just hit the cunt.

I am on fussed with regards to registration plates on bikes.

But any twit caught riding in the dark with no lights on, or crossing red lights, should be stopped and have their pockets dipped.

[bamt]

Frankly, if you can't react to something in the road you are going too fast for the quality of your lighting/vision - regardless of if it is a cyclist, an animal, a hole or some debris. Or should absolutely everything around the road be draped in hi-viz and lit up like a christmas tree?

Having said that I do like a good bright flashing light on the back of a bicycle though; on a dim or dark road you can see them a good way off, so can (for example) avoid overtaking a line of cars as you know they are likely to be moving out themselves. My own bikes have high-end dynamo lighting (driven from the front hub so no issues in the wet, always there, automatically come on at dusk and will run for several minutes once I've stopped) - but I add a flashing back one too as it says "bicycle" to motorists.

[Sable]

[Ste]

So if they weren't waving all around the road then their lack of lights wouldn't be a problem?

[Sable]

Hmmm, less of a problem. Lack of lights is still an issue. On unlit roads in bad weather they are still a pain in the arse to see.

I can understand arguments against number plates on bikes. I cannot understand any argument against compulsory lights on bikes outside of daylight hours.

[Bigvern72]

[Ste]

"Somebody pulls into your lane while your coming up to pass them"

What does that have to do with whether the bike has lights?

[techathy]

[mentalboy]

[Bigvern72]

[bamt]

[techathy]

[Bigvern72]

[Bigvern72]