[Travel] ‘Motorists really are very aggressive and selfish’ – 1973 documentary shows.

[Stat Brother]

From 1973

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& today

Ten everyday ways drivers make cyclists feel unsafe

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...eryday-ways-drivers-make-cyclists-feel-unsafe

 

[SAC]

Yes, but, I once saw a cyclist jump a red light.

 

[jonnyrovers]

FEELING safe and BEING safe are 2 entirely separate issues. I don’t feel safe on the London Eye but I am actually safe.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Let's nip this in the bud :

> There are some selfish drivers
> There are some selfish cyclists

 

[MattBackHome]

Yeah but who pays the road tax etc

 

[Stat Brother]

Let's nip this in the bud :

> There are some selfish drivers
> There are some selfish cyclists

You're no fun

 

[portlock seagull]

Let's nip this in the bud :

> There are some selfish drivers
> There are some selfish cyclists

Perhaps, but, er...Yep, close thread. Nothing left to see here folks!

 

[Westdene Seagull]

You're no fun

I'm a real hoot at a party

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yeah but who pays the road tax etc

Oh, that's alright then, they OWN the road

 

[studio150]

Terrible cyclist, not wearing a safety helmet, no bright clothing....

 

[Nitram]

The good old days when cyclists knew there place and were courteous enough to have bells on their bikes to warn pedestrians when they were going to run you down. Not a Lycra clad Hitler in sight, one even stopped at a red light!!!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yeah but who pays the road tax etc

Nobody.

 

[MattBackHome]

Nobody.

Exactly. Cyclists don't pay A PENNY of it.

Good to see some consensus on this issue on NSC for once.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Exactly. Cyclists don't pay A PENNY of it.

Good to see some consensus on this issue on NSC for once.

Neither do motorists.

 

[schmunk]

Exactly. Cyclists don't pay A PENNY of it.

Good to see some consensus on this issue on NSC for once.

Neither do motorists.

Neither do giraffes. The blaggards...

 

[MattBackHome]

Neither do motorists.

Motorists don't go through red lights though. And cyclists are directly responsible for at least 5 road deaths a year.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Motorists don't go through red lights though. And cyclists are directly responsible for at least 5 road deaths a year.

What has that got to do with the Road Fund Licence? It is charged on emissions, with some cars and all bikes being exempt.


To answer your other point there were 1792 deaths due to motor accidents in 2016.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Whilst delivering a package today in Newhaven, my wife witnessed a white van and Clio driver at odds, over the Clio driver undertaking on a residential road.
Was amusing stuff to watch, although aggression levels didn't exceed finger gesturing

 

[Birdie Boy]

Cyclists felling unsafe in roads in 1973! I was only 5 so not cycling or driving but surely there was so few cars on roads compared to today that surely it means drivers are the problem? :tonguefirmlyincheek:

I would love to have cycled back then, be like empty roads compared to now.

 

[GT49er]

Cyclists felling unsafe in roads in 1973! I was only 5 so not cycling or driving but surely there was so few cars on roads compared to today that surely it means drivers are the problem? :tonguefirmlyincheek:

I would love to have cycled back then, be like empty roads compared to now.

It was more fun driving back then, too!