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So many cyclists on road is clearly irritating people, had to break several times in recent months due to people overtaking them. Couple of near accidents, one was doing it on a blind bend and another at a junction when I was about to turn left.bloggoth
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostSo many cyclists on road is clearly irritating people, had to break several times in recent months due to people overtaking them. Couple of near accidents, one was doing it on a blind bend and another at a junction when I was about to turn left.
And remember most people travel around by more than one means....
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Originally posted by Mordac View Posthttps://www.richmondandtwickenhamtim...-slowed-geese/
This made me laugh, however I feel sorry for the motorist, who will have to pay for the damage to her car, since the cyclist doesn't have 3rd party insurance. Cyclists are an absolute plague in Richmond Park, as they're all trying to be the fastest on some sort of cycling app. We used to moan about them ignoring traffic lights (which hasn't changed) but now all the roads are 20mph the cyclists are cheerfully ignoring the speed limits as well.
Well a civil suit supported by the insurance company should sort that out. Make the cyclist pay for their stupidity and the damage they caused.
Cyclists should be insured IMHO.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
So the cyclist was riding without due care and attention? If it were a car behind it would be clear who is at fault.
Well a civil suit supported by the insurance company should sort that out. Make the cyclist pay for their stupidity and the damage they caused.
Cyclists should be insured IMHO.
However because cyclists are seen as more vulnerable, it is hard for car drivers to prove the cyclist was at fault.
So the car driver would need witnesses to show she stopped for wild life and wasn't just a crap driver."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Sue the Lawyer View Post
You can still be sued if you have no insurance - a cyclist found this out when he went into a dumb walker.
However because cyclists are seen as more vulnerable, it is hard for car drivers to prove the cyclist was at fault.
So the car driver would need witnesses to show she stopped for wild life and wasn't just a crap driver.
More vulnerable is not less culpable.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View Posthttps://www.richmondandtwickenhamtim...-slowed-geese/
This made me laugh, however I feel sorry for the motorist, who will have to pay for the damage to her car, since the cyclist doesn't have 3rd party insurance.
There's no legal obligation for cyclists to have 3rd party insurance, but a lot of cyclists have it anyway. For instance, it comes bundled with membership of Cycling UK and the London Cycling Campaign:
Insurance for cycling | Cycling UK
Third Party Insurance | London Cycling Campaign (lcc.org.uk)
It also gets included in some home insurance policies.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
I know of someone who died cycling into the back of open van doors. They did have insurance but I don't know if the van owner followed it up....Last edited by Whorty; 31 December 2021, 18:40.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
the cyclist can stop faster than any car driver if her brake lights worked then the cyclist needs witnesses to explain why they ran into a stationary object.
More vulnerable is not less culpable.
Maybe. But then, maybe not.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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