Policy Officer for CTC (formerly: Cyclists’ Touring Club) and one of our favourite nutters, Chris Peck has popped on to our radar again.<\/p>\n
Chris last came to our attention in July 2008 when he claimed (and I quote) ‘cyclists need different rules to every other form of road user’.<\/p>\n
Mr Peck has been speaking about the – just released – figures that state there has been a 3% increase in cyclist accidents in the last year.<\/p>\n
He has said, and I quote, ‘… since neither pedestrian nor cyclist casualties are falling as fast as motorist casualties, we need to do more to tackle bad driving and improve conditions for the road users outside cars.’<\/p>\n
Really?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Fucking really?<\/p>\n
How about we make it compulsory for all cyclists to take a theory and a practical test?<\/p>\n
Because, frankly, given the standard of road use that I see the vast majority of cyclists executing every single day, the best way of improving conditions for road users outside cars is to teach the cyclists some fucking common sense.<\/p>\n
And some rules.<\/p>\n
And punishing the shit out of the fucking cyclists who are a menace to everyone else out there.<\/p>\n
Every single day I drive in to Oxford I have to take avoiding action to miss cyclists.<\/p>\n
I’ll say that again.<\/p>\n
*I have to take avoiding action to miss cyclists*<\/p>\n
One of these days I’m not going to be quick enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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