[Gllug] Cyclists (off topic)

[Xander D Harkness]

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 18:40, Jason Clifford wrote:
> Many cyclists on the road have never even looked at the Highway Code yet 
> they are expected in law to know it as well as a driver. Cyclists can be 
> done for rackless and dangerous cycling.
> 
> >  Comparitively few accidents are caused by pedestrians and
> > cyclists, which is why they aren't licensed.  What's more, any
> > accidents they do cause don't tend to result in a tonne of metal
> > impacting against someone.
> 
> Are there any reliable stats?
> 
> If a driver hits a pedestrian it must be reported regardless of how 
> serious it is. This is not enforced for cyclists and a pedistrian being 
> struck by a hit and run cyclist wont have the benefit of a license mark to 
> report for identification purposes.
coming back to my email where I suggested that pedestrians have a
identification plate attached to their back.  This might be a better
idea than forcing cyclist to be registered.  While I do not have
statistics I would like to guess that muggings are much more common and
serious that pedestrian - cycle accidents and as such surely it would be
much more sensible to licence pedestrians.

I have to say at this point that I think either is a waste of time and
indeed so is most of the licencing for car drivers.  The enforcement is
either draconian or non existent depending upon whether the police have
missed their monthly target or not.

:-)

Kind regards
Xander
> 
> Neither of us can authoritatively state the scale of this issue.
> 
> > > If you don't have insurance you may end up selling your bike and lots of 
> > > other possessions to pay the claim.
> > 
> > I have insurance.  It's not expensive and it covers my bike for theft
> > too, which is far more likely.
> 
> Is holding such insurance common?
> 
> Lots of cyclists rely upon their contents insurance for theft cover. There 
> is no third party cover in that.
> 
> Jason Clifford
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