London mayor proposes number plates for bicycles

[vladimir]

Well, if you ride a lot than you will come into near contact with cars. 15 times is not a lot if you ride 6 hours a day. Why are you riding 6 hours a day in a town though?

strangely ernough i ride rather aggressive, running lights, going the wrong way, riding on the pavement, breaking speed limits and i very very rarely come into the situation of being almost hit. and i ride a lot...

but i'd say that someone who rides aggressively but is 100% concentrated while doing it, is a lot less dangerous than someone who rides normally but is daydreaming...

 

[standard235]

I ride urban or some call it street riding. But, I pay attention and yield cars and pedestrians.


And sorry for the double post.

 

[Dave A]

I know you didn't mean it that way....

By tool I mean instrument for exercise, whereas when I was a kid exercise never came into it, it was just have fun riding my bike.

I ride urban or some call it street riding.

So you ride in built up areas then, on the streets.

 

[hucker696]

I'm a cyclist and I jump curbs ,cut in and out of traffic and run red light.these things make bike riding fun.Live for today tomorrow may never come.Heres a little fla big hit stuff http://www.freeridesouth.com/video/showVideo.php?id=1013&filename=frsvid1013.wmv

 

[standard235]

Aha! I knew "hucker" was for riding.


I bet I could do that with my eyes closed. Props for hucking that.

 

[fyfee]

I'm reviving a dead thread here to put my two cents in.

I beileve cyclists (over a certain age, who ride on the road) should be required to be registered. Now, the registration doesn't have to be expensive, just something that enables other road users to distingiush one cyclist from another. E.g. If a cyclist runs a red light, they should be able to be recognised and fined, just like the driver of a motor vehicle is.

A few weeks ago a cyclist who ran a red light hit a pedestrian who was crossing the road at a designated crossing point (traffic light intersection) and the cyclist struck the pedestrian who hit his head on thepavement, and as a result, died. The cyclist would have been charged, if he could have been identified, not with the death of the man, but rather with some less offence..I dont know what it was but it didnt have anything to do with running the light either. All this because he was on a bicycle and not a car, and because he was unable to be identifed.

I think cyclists should be registered, like every other road user is required to be.