You know these idiots annoy me. Not cyclists themselves however the pack mentality ones. Take for instance this accident where a lady jumps a stop street and knocks 5 of them over putting one into ICU.
She is a moron and deserves to be charged only exception to that would be unexplained mechanical failure of her breaks or accelerator.
However what is the first thing these dumb sods do, “Speed kills we want the speed limit dropped to 40kph” Huh?
Lets see she jumped a stop street however this equates to speeding. Especially when the original article refers to her slowing down and then not stopping.
So lets rephrase that the sudden stop kills not speed.
Also the road they are talking about is a narrow twisty thing yet let me guess none of them were riding in single file allowing other road users to use the road as well? Does not matter if you are wearing high visibility clothing is you are being inconsiderate.
Also next step they are getting all upset about the speed limit. Right drop it to 40kph however a good cyclist will be breaking this speed limit? Are the police going to issue a ticket to them for breaking the speed limit?
If the speed limit drops will they stop jumping red lights and stop streets themselves?
They are the biggest ones to moan however I can cite most of them on more road infractions then I see dumb sleepy makeup doing having drivers committing in the mornings.
Lets be honest here and stop trying to push a person issue where it can’t be pushed and call a kettle a kettle. The woman jumped the stop street this caused the accident. To prevent this why not install some road spikes that deploy for anyone that does not stop at stop street or red light… O wait we can’t do that as the cyclists themselves will be patching there tires every 2 min.
FYI I used to ride a bicycle everyday so I know what I am talking about. I now have a motorised 2 wheeled object due to distance I have to travel and I can tell you that 90% of car drivers are brain dead morons as well.
I live by one simple rule on the road… Assume the person is a moron what is the worst thing that idiot can do and times it by 10 and that is what they will do. Adjust accordingly and ride safely.
Now stop with this BS of speed kills, unless you are referring to the drug based one.