| Comment | I think there’s a lot of dislike for cyclists because they’re as a rule, very poor road users. That’s not entirely the fault of cyclists as a whole, there’s absolutely no requirement for anyone to have any kind of safety training of any kind, to wear any kind of safety equipment, to even know the rules of the road, to have any kind of identifiable registration plates, or to have insurance. You can be a total prick on the road, damage other vehicles, terrorise pedestrians, run red lights, go the wrong way up a one way street and 99.9% of the time get away with it. We don’t have nearly enough infrastructure to cater to cyclists, which means other faster vehicles get stuck behind them which causes frustration and tail backs. And when there are accidents involving large vehicles and a cyclist, it’s very often when that vehicle has been turning left and a cyclist has put themselves (no doubt unknowingly as they’ve never had any safety training) right in the middle of that vehicles blind spot, and then the anger that comes from that is directed at the drivers of lathe vehicles (who do have to undergo rigorous safety training, annual training and regular testing). We don’t take cycling even remotely seriously here in terms of safety, which in this day and age is crazy frankly. |
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