Jaysus cycling! (8 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

there are no new offences being added; it's just turning them into fixed penalty notices. so this way you get a fine in the post rather than having to turn up in court and face a potentially irate judge whose merc was scratched by a cyclist in 1996.

 

[Lili Marlene]

oh dear
Cyclists to face fines for dozens of offences | Irish Examiner

I actually thought breaking a red light already could net you a fine.

goddammit

edit: ah, see above

 

[therealjohnny]

I don't break red lights but on my route there is a short one-way piece of road I always use. It's about ten yards long. Last week I saw the gards ticketing a scooter rider for using it so I got off the bike and walked for the length of the stretch. It's annoying. They only made it one-way last year and if you don't use it you need to go about 2 miles in the other direction. I just keep an eye out for the shades and play it smart.

 

[therealjohnny]

It's never a bad idea to keep a change of clothes in work no matter what.

How far is the ride in to work?

about 8 miles

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

about 8 miles

Decent!

 

[therealjohnny]

Not dead yet anyway

 

[Space]

Everyone needs to remember that when it comes to red lights you can literally hop off the bike walk through them and hop back on again and you've done nothing wrong.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Everyone needs to remember that when it comes to red lights you can literally hop off the bike walk through them and hop back on again and you've done nothing wrong.

And no one really has a problem if you slow down and go through an empty intersection carefully.
Well, maybe they do. I usually have headphones in.

 

[Space]

Personally I'll stop at lights for pedestrians and then roll through.

 

[therealjohnny]

Rule 1 for cyclists. Don't be a cunt

same goes for drivers

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Rule 1 for cyclists. Don't be a cunt

same goes for drivers

big difference between being a cunt on a 15lb bike and a cunt in a 2 ton metal box.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Don't be a cunt is just good life advice no matter how you're propelling your bag of meat from A to B.

 

[nooleen]

And no one really has a problem if you slow down and go through an empty intersection carefully.

cept da police
they stopped me and did the whole bit for cycling through a red light at a completely deserted junction one night

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Actually, I've gotten a few tickets in my day. They actually go on your licence here, which sucks.


Fucking Cambridge.

 

[Unicron]

Personally I'll stop at lights for pedestrians and then roll through.

One of the good ones

 

[hydromancer]

I always thought it was illegal to cycle the foot path looks like am mistaken I think cyclists been able to bend the rules a little is good thing and generally more safer

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

If they are going to give fines for going through red lights, they really need to sort out those junctions where the lights are controlled by a sensor. Unless a car is waiting to go through the lights, the things will never change as I'm too svelte to be detected.

 

[therealjohnny]

Gasp. Thanks god there's a shower in work.

I keep telling myself "It's a great way to stay in shape"

 

[magicbastarder]

I always thought it was illegal to cycle the foot path looks like am mistaken

no, it's illegal to cycle on the footpath. i don't think the offence has been added to the FPN list though.

 

[magicbastarder]

If they are going to give fines for going through red lights, they really need to sort out those junctions where the lights are controlled by a sensor. Unless a car is waiting to go through the lights, the things will never change as I'm too svelte to be detected.

if the light won't change for you, you're allowed go through it AFAIK.