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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1131669" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Good to see you're taking action and hopefully if this happens enough, at least some of these pillocks will learn. I detest the level of dehumanisation that cyclists are subject to simply for using a different form of transport. The attitude we have allowed to fester in this country is a disgrace and one you would find much less prevalent in Europe. It seems as soon as your are on a bike, your life and well being are forfeit in a way they would not be if you were walking on the side of the road as a pedestrian. The ease with which drivers disregard the damage they can cause to cyclists by taking stupid risks is mind blowing. In essence threats to your personal safety using a car should be treated as any other threat to your safety through the misuse of tools or other machinery.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully I no longer cycle on the roads and my 10 min commute to and from work previously alone was bad enough.</p><p></p><p>It's a stupid situation where so man falsehoods are spread about cyclists. Car drivers whinge about cyclists using the roads, whinge about them on pavements and whinge if money is spent on dedicated segregated infrastructure. They also love to claim cyclists don't pay "road tax". It doesn't seem to matter how often they are told road tax doesn't exist, roads are funded through council tax (which cyclists pay same as anyone else) and that the tax on cars is a tax on their emissions, so some car drivers also don't pay it. It's like a smoking claiming a non-smoker shouldn't use a hospital because they don't pay the tax on tobacco. As soon as it is framed that way, it becomes abundantly clear what an idiotic comment it is.</p><p></p><p>/rant</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1131669, member: 56232"] Good to see you're taking action and hopefully if this happens enough, at least some of these pillocks will learn. I detest the level of dehumanisation that cyclists are subject to simply for using a different form of transport. The attitude we have allowed to fester in this country is a disgrace and one you would find much less prevalent in Europe. It seems as soon as your are on a bike, your life and well being are forfeit in a way they would not be if you were walking on the side of the road as a pedestrian. The ease with which drivers disregard the damage they can cause to cyclists by taking stupid risks is mind blowing. In essence threats to your personal safety using a car should be treated as any other threat to your safety through the misuse of tools or other machinery. Thankfully I no longer cycle on the roads and my 10 min commute to and from work previously alone was bad enough. It's a stupid situation where so man falsehoods are spread about cyclists. Car drivers whinge about cyclists using the roads, whinge about them on pavements and whinge if money is spent on dedicated segregated infrastructure. They also love to claim cyclists don't pay "road tax". It doesn't seem to matter how often they are told road tax doesn't exist, roads are funded through council tax (which cyclists pay same as anyone else) and that the tax on cars is a tax on their emissions, so some car drivers also don't pay it. It's like a smoking claiming a non-smoker shouldn't use a hospital because they don't pay the tax on tobacco. As soon as it is framed that way, it becomes abundantly clear what an idiotic comment it is. /rant [/QUOTE]
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