Car drivers should be microchipped

pb21;6606121 After the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that car drivers are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished. They: • Break the law by speeding. • Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t. • Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts. • Park in illegal and dangerous places. • Drive the wrong way down one way streets. • Drive in the wrong lane when driving on motorways etc. • Overtake dangerously. • Take know notice of zebra crossings. • They don’t even pay road tax!!! • Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they have a car said:

Corrected for you below,

As both a car driver and a cyclist, and after the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that cyclists are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished.

They:

• Break the law by speeding (rare, but does happen)
• Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t.
• Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts.
• Park in ianti-social and dangerous places.
• Ride the wrong way down one way streets.
• Ride on pavements endangering others around them.
• Undertake dangerously.
• Take know notice of zebra crossings.
• They don’t even pay insurance
• Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they are a holier than thou enviromentally aware geek, jeez it’s not the 1920s now, having a bicycle can make you part of the past if you do not realise that the internal combustion engine has been around for over a century, despite what Caroline Lucas and Jason Kwikrap would have you believe!!!
• Etc etc etc.

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pb21 said:

After the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that car drivers are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished.

They:

•Break the law by speeding.
•Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t.
•Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts.
•Park in illegal and dangerous places.
•Drive the wrong way down one way streets.
•Drive in the wrong lane when driving on motorways etc.
•Overtake dangerously.
•Take know notice of zebra crossings.
•They don’t even pay road tax!!!
•Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they have a car, jeez it’s not the 1920s now, having a car doesn’t make you some kind of middle class guru, despite what the daily mail may lead you to believe!!!
•Etc etc etc.

All these things are antisocial, dangerous, inconsiderate, and mostly illegal. Many people die or are injured yearly because of car drivers, please lord don’t let it be a child next. I remember the old days when I was possible to cross the road blindfolded and no harm would come to you, now crossing in hi-vis clothing with flashing lights and 110 dB alarms whilst looking isnt safe, it’s just not on.

So all car drivers should be microchipped, it should be legal requirement before driving. A small GPS device should be implanted that monitors their speed and location, in addition car drivers should be forced to wear cameras which face the road. All this data would be uploaded to a central system which would be analysed for any dangerous behaviours outlined above, most importantly to make sure all car drivers pay road tax.

Obviously car drivers who don’t break any laws or rules won’t mind having this as they don’t have anything to worry about. It’s only fair that the law is honoured and this is clearly the way to ensure that happening.

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wellquickwoody said:

Corrected for you below,

As both a car driver and a cyclist, and after the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that cyclists are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished.

They:

• Break the law by speeding (rare, but does happen)
• Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t.
• Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts.
• Park in ianti-social and dangerous places.
• Ride the wrong way down one way streets.
• Ride on pavements endangering others around them.
• Undertake dangerously.
• Take know notice of zebra crossings.
• They don’t even pay insurance
• Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they are a holier than thou enviromentally aware geek, jeez it’s not the 1920s now, having a bicycle can make you part of the past if you do not realise that the internal combustion engine has been around for over a century, despite what Caroline Lucas and Jason Kwikrap would have you believe!!!
• Etc etc etc.

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Acker79 said:

I think you might be missing the point of the list in the OP, turning the arguments drivers frequently throw at cyclists against drivers themselves.

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pb21 said:

After the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that car drivers are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished.

They:

• Break the law by speeding.
• Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t.
• Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts.
• Park in illegal and dangerous places.
• Drive the wrong way down one way streets.
• Drive in the wrong lane when driving on motorways etc.
• Overtake dangerously.
• Take know notice of zebra crossings.
• They don’t even pay road tax!!!
• Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they have a car, jeez it’s not the 1920s now, having a car doesn’t make you some kind of middle class guru, despite what the daily mail may lead you to believe!!!
• Etc etc etc.

All these things are antisocial, dangerous, inconsiderate, and mostly illegal. Many people die or are injured yearly because of car drivers, please lord don’t let it be a child next. I remember the old days when I was possible to cross the road blindfolded and no harm would come to you, now crossing in hi-vis clothing with flashing lights and 110 dB alarms whilst looking isnt safe, it’s just not on.

So all car drivers should be microchipped, it should be legal requirement before driving. A small GPS device should be implanted that monitors their speed and location, in addition car drivers should be forced to wear cameras which face the road. All this data would be uploaded to a central system which would be analysed for any dangerous behaviours outlined above, most importantly to make sure all car drivers pay road tax.

Obviously car drivers who don’t break any laws or rules won’t mind having this as they don’t have anything to worry about. It’s only fair that the law is honoured and this is clearly the way to ensure that happening.

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wellquickwoody said:

Corrected for you below,

As both a car driver and a cyclist, and after the recent debate regarding cycles and whether or not they should have number plates it became obvious to me that cyclists are getting away with all manner of illegal activities and these should not go unpunished.

They:

• Break the law by speeding (rare, but does happen)
• Break the law by going through traffic lights when they shouldn’t.
• Fail to indicate at junctions and roundabouts.
• Park in ianti-social and dangerous places.
• Ride the wrong way down one way streets.
• Ride on pavements endangering others around them.
• Undertake dangerously.
• Take know notice of zebra crossings.
• They don’t even pay insurance
• Basically act like some kind of lord of the manor just because they are a holier than thou enviromentally aware geek, jeez it’s not the 1920s now, having a bicycle can make you part of the past if you do not realise that the internal combustion engine has been around for over a century, despite what Caroline Lucas and Jason Kwikrap would have you believe!!!
• Etc etc etc.

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Surrey_Albion said:

Yaaaaawnnnn "ohhh look at me saving the environment and keeping healthy up here on my bike looking down on anyone else who doesnt cycle, ill protest and argue anything fot the sake of it because im soooo great, everyone should be free to have an opinion. ......as long as its the same as mine or the minority (always side with the minority as it makes me "different" and cool)"

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fat old seagull said:

I think the OP is missing the point.... Motorists can easily be traced by virtue of the plate. Cyclists remain anonymous.

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rogersix said:

you could not have misjudged it more.
you feel that the righteous are looking done on you cos you are
scraping around in the gutter failing to come up with a reasoned response

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Hillian1 said:

Good effort.

3.5/10

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Surrey_Albion said:

You use roads, roads cost money, I pay tax on fuel/road tax to pay for roads, I then get told by cyclists im in the wrong for driving (I obide by the laws of the road, unlike alloy of cyclists riding two sometimes three wide), , roads now have cycle lanes paid for by the motorist, I do not have roads closed and extra policing/medicics etc for a race (as a car driver I dont race) however as already mentioned I do pay for the road unlike the cyclist, im just waiting for someone to blame thatcher on this thread.

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fat old seagull said:

I think the OP is missing the point.... Motorists can easily be traced by virtue of the plate. Cyclists remain anonymous.

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Surrey_Albion said:

Also as mentioned somewhere else my car was hit by a cyclist undertaking as I was stationary at traffic lights, the clingfilm dressed moron then shouted abuae at me ! I WAS STATIONARY AND HAD NO IDEA TGE BUFOON WAS UNDERTAKING ME! If he had some kind of licence plate I could have reported him for dangerous riding,colliding with my car as well as aggressive and abusive threats

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