Cyclists ignore safety measures

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Many cyclists in South Africa do not practise precautionary measures when using public roads, a survey revealed on Friday.

About 61 percent of cyclists questioned said they did not always wear helmets when they were on the road -- despite 64 percent agreeing that they did not feel safe on the roads.

Two out of five (38 percent) cyclists claimed they would like to ride to school or work but they believed their safety would be compromised.

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this is a never ending battle.

Im a cyclist my self on the road and off, some times i want to get out of the car and smack some cyclists of there bikes because they making everyone hate cyclists because they think the road is there from them only. Some people just dont care and that makes the Roads a less safe place.
 
You're not safe driving outside of the four walls of your house so it doesn't change ones safety since you're always at risk.
 
Murph said:
If you're a pedestrian, you hate cars. If you're a driver you hate pedestrians.
But no matter what, we all hate cyclists :p
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I'm going to print "Think Car" stickers and start sticking them all on every bicycle I see :D
 
the most retarded law is this bullshit about you having to stay 1.5m away from cyclists :mad:
 
its road cyclists that have the attitude on the road that they rule it. Its messed up. I cycle to work every 2nd day i never had a issue cycling on the road ever. Why because i respect the cars because if i hit them its a scratch, if they him me its a big Pain ><.

But this is a never ending battle because some cyclists will start driving in the center of the road and then they get hit and the rule will be stay behind a cyclist when they on the road lol
 
This country's infrastructure doesn't favor cyclists...I've noticed in Germany they have special side roads for cyclists, and even special robot lights.
 
Its amazing how cars need to show respect for bikes and cyclists but they don't have to show any respect to cars.
Respect the big metal object, it will kill you.
 
Ike_009 said:
Its amazing how cars need to show respect for bikes and cyclists but they don't have to show any respect to cars.
Respect the big metal object, it will kill you.
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Yes, but as one is driving the 'big metal object' one needs to display more restraint as a life is at stake.
 
Well given that nobody else follows the rules either it doesn't matter much anyway. No bike helmet will save you from a taxi storming down the wrong side of the road @100kmh.
 
Lyt said:
This country's infrastructure doesn't favor cyclists...I've noticed in Germany they have special side roads for cyclists, and even special robot lights.
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I imagine if we had special lanes or something similar, they'd become much like the emergency lane to the taxis and a lot of motorists.
 
MalicE said:
I'm going to print "Think Car" stickers and start sticking them all on every bicycle I see :D
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Yeah, no offence to whoever thought it up, but the Think Bike campaign is pretty shit. Cyclists use it as an excuse to drive like assholes. I agree with Think Car. Cyclists need to be more mindful of cars, not the other way around.

Fivel said:
Good law, but difficult to police.
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My problem with the law is that cyclists hold up cars for kilometres on busy roads, forcing them to drive 30km/h simply because they cannot get a gap to pass the cyclist.
 
Graal said:
Yeah, no offence to whoever thought it up, but the Think Bike campaign is pretty shit. Cyclists use it as an excuse to drive like assholes. I agree with Think Car. Cyclists need to be more mindful of cars, not the other way around.



My problem with the law is that cyclists hold up cars for kilometres on busy roads, forcing them to drive 30km/h simply because they cannot get a gap to pass the cyclist.
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Absolute rubbish. Both have to be mindful of the other. Car drivers should have the greater responsibility as they can kill.

Go drive a bit in the Netherlands, you'd be in jail within a week with an attitude like that.
 
Where did I say cars don't have to be mindful of cyclists? I said cyclists have to be more mindful of cars. I'm not going to drive like a maniac around cyclists, but cyclists shouldn't act like cunts who think they can do whatever they want on the road and not give a shit about cars.

There seems to be a pretty strong prevailing attitude amongst cyclists that they have more right to the road than anyone else and if you disagree with them then FUCK YOU.

tl;dr, cyclists are just as bad as, if not worse than, BMW drivers.
 
Graal said:
Yeah, no offence to whoever thought it up, but the Think Bike campaign is pretty shit. Cyclists use it as an excuse to drive like assholes. I agree with Think Car. Cyclists need to be more mindful of cars, not the other way around.
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I saw an extended one the other day that said "Think bike. See bike. Get out of bike's way.", so my retaliation will be "Think car. See car. Don't get run the fuck over." :D
 
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