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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Ban cars from B roads? So cars would no longer be used in the countryside areas! How would the homes in the countryside get their deliveries? Indeed, how would people living in the country get about at all? Like they did a few centuries ago, I dare say! Are you actually hinting at Year Zero? The whole concept is full of holes and would not stand up to the smallest amount of scrutiny.
And that 99.9%! I am frequently driving and observe cyclists jumping red lights and cycling recklessly. If it was 99.9%, such occurrences would be notable exceptions rather than the norm. 9% is more like it.
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9% is being generous from what I see. Go to any busy junction with a large numbers of cyclists and see how many break the rules. It's not 1 in 10 or anything like that - riding on pavements, going through red lights, weaving dangerously in and out of traffic etc. etc. etc. We nearly got knocked over by a moron on his bike last weekend, he came up behind us on the pavement, gave no warning of his presence and it was only by chance that he didn't hit us. Our local area is plagued by youths on bikes who deliberately hold up the traffic, ride around on one wheel on and off the pavement, zigzag all over the road, try to catch lifts on passing busses and lots more. The fact is there's a large proportion of cyclists who don't obey the rules because their pathetic mindset is that they don't have to. They even like to boast about how they don't need insurance, can't be traced blah blah blah. The increasing amount of dashcam footage is proving it and that's what's going to force change upon these idiots. Sensible riders who don't take liberties and do have insurance for example have nothing to fear but the serial offenders most certainly will as a certain young idiot recently discovered. Punishment is the only way to educate some people.