MacGuffin
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Well, the key problem with cyclists -- at least in my area -- is not the fact, that they are almost constantly violating the traffic rules.
The main problem I see, is that a vast number of cyclists doesn't even know these rules, because they haven't got a driving license, which is the only way to get to know these rules. Of course there are those cyclists, who think they are a better person, because apart from their bad breath aren't emitting any CO2 in the atmosphere but frankly I see those in the minority.
The majority -- at least here -- are elderly men and women, who obviously have no idea about traffic rules, don't know how to switch on the lights on their bikes and in big parts don't know how to use the brakes either. Every day I see women braking their bikes with their feet, jumping off and slowing it down like a bolting horse. In addition to that, they are going so slow on their bicycles, that they have problems maintaining a straight line.
And if they are caught violating traffic rules, they react with indignation. It's these people, who also in many cases lack any risk awareness and completely rely on the attention of car drivers, which are the main problem. Not so much the "bicycle rowdies". They are bad, too, but at least they do it with acceptance of the risks involved.
Solution? I dunno. Maybe we really need some kind of physical and mental qualifying test for bicycle riders. But who should provide such a test and who should oversee it later?
The least we can do, is not mak?ng car drivers liable, too, when they collide with cyclists who obviously violated traffic rules.
The main problem I see, is that a vast number of cyclists doesn't even know these rules, because they haven't got a driving license, which is the only way to get to know these rules. Of course there are those cyclists, who think they are a better person, because apart from their bad breath aren't emitting any CO2 in the atmosphere but frankly I see those in the minority.
The majority -- at least here -- are elderly men and women, who obviously have no idea about traffic rules, don't know how to switch on the lights on their bikes and in big parts don't know how to use the brakes either. Every day I see women braking their bikes with their feet, jumping off and slowing it down like a bolting horse. In addition to that, they are going so slow on their bicycles, that they have problems maintaining a straight line.
And if they are caught violating traffic rules, they react with indignation. It's these people, who also in many cases lack any risk awareness and completely rely on the attention of car drivers, which are the main problem. Not so much the "bicycle rowdies". They are bad, too, but at least they do it with acceptance of the risks involved.
Solution? I dunno. Maybe we really need some kind of physical and mental qualifying test for bicycle riders. But who should provide such a test and who should oversee it later?
The least we can do, is not mak?ng car drivers liable, too, when they collide with cyclists who obviously violated traffic rules.
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