we get the cyclists we deserve

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meridian replied

10 July 2015, 09:15
we get the cyclists we deserve

Ride (non-racing) membership of British Cycling includes liability insurance, £29.70 for the year and loads of other benefits (the 10% off in Halfords has saved me this already).
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BrilloPad replied

10 July 2015, 08:24
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

Don't know how it works in France, but in Germany and Switzerland, everyone has personal liability insurance. If a cyclist causes an accident (or goes into the back of car that stops suddenly), it's that insurance that pays out damages.

Even if everyone had PLI, I would still be against the idea. Some cyclists are just way too aggressive.
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NotAllThere replied

10 July 2015, 08:19
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Interesting. Personally I am against the idea. If they cause an accident then they have no insurance.

Don't know how it works in France, but in Germany and Switzerland, everyone has personal liability insurance. If a cyclist causes an accident (or goes into the back of car that stops suddenly), it's that insurance that pays out damages.
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BrilloPad replied

10 July 2015, 07:39
Originally posted by Halo Jones View Post

Only when in France <linky>

Interesting. Personally I am against the idea. If they cause an accident then they have no insurance.
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greenlake replied

9 July 2015, 18:33
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

But if you provide a street environment where it’s much more egalitarian, where your granny can cycle to the shops safely and have somewhere to park her Dutch-style bike – that’s when we’ll get those kind of cyclists. But you have to be able to provide for them.
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Halo Jones replied

9 July 2015, 12:27
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

So I need never stop at a red light again?

Only when in France <linky>
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BrilloPad started a topic we get the cyclists we deserve

9 July 2015, 11:38
we get the cyclists we deserve

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Stredwick says the gender imbalance in London “reflects the hostile road environment for cycling”. “I’ve come to the conclusion that we get the cyclists we deserve. If we have a street environment that’s hostile, that has no facilities, that has fast traffic with heavy lorries thundering past, we will get low numbers of courageous people, mainly men, on racing bikes and pretty well no one else. But if you provide a street environment where it’s much more egalitarian, where your granny can cycle to the shops safely and have somewhere to park her Dutch-style bike – that’s when we’ll get those kind of cyclists. But you have to be able to provide for them.”

So I need never stop at a red light again?
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