For Those Who Arnt At Skeggys

[Steven]

IMO unless he has tax and insurance on his bike he shouldn't be allowed on a public highway.

 

[wolfracepunto]

Yeah keep bikes on the mountains/hills where they belong

 

[Steven]

At last someone agrees!

 

[wolfracepunto]

Also the biddy carts (SteveC you might know about these ) staying right in the middle of the road. I followed one for about half a mile once- I couldnt get past it!

 

[The Negotiator]

Sure Steve, what a great idea! Just imagine those 1 billion chinese getting cars instead of bikes, would be a great idea!

A bike doesn't exactly warrent road tax because the amount of wear put on the road with a bike is so low it would be unrecordable.

However, if i pay a bike tax, I will expect the same rights as cars, cycling in the middle of a lane and given right of way when it is mine etc. etc. Bet you wouldn't like that much....

Insurance?? Yes, the amount of damage I can do to your wing is huge, when you smack into me!

 

[Steven]

If I'm sitting in traffic and you scratch my car front one end to the other what comeback do I have? None. You are free to pedal on. Any mode of transport that uses roads should in my opinion be insured at the very least. The fact that you are using the road in reason enough for me to believe that you should pay tax for the privelege. I have argued in the past that bike should be registered and display a number plate for id purposes. Unfortunately the green namby pamby do-gooders would be up in arms if this were ever suggested. They can suck my hairy ass. Stay out of my way if your on a bike. I've been known to regularly stop and berate cyclists for their incompetance on the road. At the very least along with insurance a mandatory cycling and road competance test should be in place.

 

[chrisunoman]

If you had to pay insurance to ride a bike, Paul wouldnt be able to afford it and would have to walk to uni everyday, and we dont want that do we

Especially not walking to uni in the freezing manchester winters

 

[wolfracepunto]

I pay insurance for my bike

 

[Steven]

Could I claim from it if you damaged my car though?

 

[wolfracepunto]

Nah its just for theft. But I do agree with you about cyclists riding off after damaging cars, this happened to my Dad once.

 

[purplemonday]

Hi all i take it who ever is on here now isnt going to th ff meet so whats gunna happen on here all wkend, so whats everyone upto then on here im fitting a smoothed bootlid and all 3 bk windows with tint and also fitting my strut brace ive baught and clean in and out and finish spraying my interior that should cover the wkend for me, im also out on the **** tommorow night for a freinds 18th where off in something abit bigger than a cinqy (a limosine) taking us round our home town of leeds..... anybody else

Would have gone to Skeggy but off on holiday tomorrow so busy packing cases (why do women need to pack 3 times more stuff thasn us blokes???). Only downside of going away is the coming back - it's 28c in Gran Canaria so will really look forward to coming back home!

 

[ben]

If I'm sitting in traffic and you scratch my car front one end to the other what comeback do I have? None.

Thats quite a good point actually. But in reality, i dont see how it could be policed. Its the same as if someone lent on your car and scratched it i suppose.

 

[The Negotiator]

Exactly, and it the same way, it's criminal damage and even with a numberplate of a bike, you're as likely to get a "conviction" with or without a plate.

Anyway, the only reason why somebody is likely to scratch your car is if you do something stupid!

However, I do agree there are plenty of people on bikes on the road (only place we're allowed legally) who aren't able enough.