Here we go again ....

[tom73]

Yorkshire Post letter page

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...e-compulsory-yorkshire-post-letters-1-9853908

Thoughtless cyclists are now so ignorant that insurance should be compulsory

"Motorist are always the easy targets as they are the road users who are insured, whereas cyclists contribute nothing to their use of the road networks."

"It is easy for cyclists to blame motorists – submitting an insurance claim if involved in an accident, even if it were they that were actually at fault or certainly a contributory factor."

ect , ect ....

 

[classic33]

I know where I can find three cars that are uninsured, no MOT or VED. At least two of the drivers of one have no licence, age limit. Doubtful they'll be insured. One of the older drivers of the same vehicle is back in court later this month, driving whilst disqualified, again.

 

[mjr]

If only someone put together a web page of rebuttals of these typical lunacies... ah but they have: https://cyclingfallacies.com/en/34/cycling-should-require-mandatory-insurance

 

[mjr]

I know where I can find three cars that are uninsured, no MOT or VED.

Pretty much every street of any size will have cars that have no MOT because "28% of cars will be overdue at any one time".

Those drivers sound even worse than average, though.

 

[bladderhead]

Just a wind-up. Don't rise to it. Attention-seeking.

 

[Drago]

I'd write a tongue in cheek reply, feigned indignation about cloth cap related fatalities.

 

[classic33]

I think he's been mentioned on here before. Cycle lane on the outskirts of Leeds.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well it's driving traffic to their site from here, so doing its intended purpose.

 

[mjr]

Well it's driving traffic to their site from here, so doing its intended purpose.

I haven't clicked the link and I now think worse of them. Not sure that's what they intended.