slowmotion
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Has he got a new book coming out?
Is this true?Anyone over 35 didn't really have anything about cyclists in their driving test so they apply "their" rules to the road.
I'd agree with much of that but I suggest that the above should probably be "UK cycle lanes" because there's no real reason why they can't be suitable for fast cycling.People who don't cycle tend to conflate different groups of cyclists. Those that travel at 20mph+ are not suited to cycle lanes for example.
Generally, yes. I passed my driving test about 20 years ago and don't remember anything much about cycling in it. The roads used did not have much cycling on and I didn't need to pass the hazard perception video test (it was only introduced in 2002). There may have been one cycling-related question in the theory test but I doubt it. Friends who passed before me (before the 1996 introduction of the theory test) were surprised there was nothing about cyclists (they mostly took the test in MK, which has some cycling). So with the low cycling levels, there was probably 30ish years of UK drivers passing tests while not needing to do much about cyclists and lots of people taking their tests around ages 17-20, which would be a lot of drivers who are now aged about 37-75:Is this true?
Ban them from the pavements just like they woz banned from the road!Maybe the the pedestrians are an accident waiting to happen for the cyclists?
Is this true?
I'm over 35, but I was over 30 when I passed my driving test about ten years ago. I don't recall there being anything at all about cyclists.Phaeton - before the written test came in 1996 I doubt anyone got asked a single question about bikes. I don't remember any discussion of cycles at all.
I think now that there is a theory test there is at least some coverage of cycles.
So do you ignore the hiway code & apply your own rules?I'm over 35, but I was over 30 when I passed my driving test about ten years ago. I don't recall there being anything at all about cyclists.
I think that's only one interpretation of what was quoted.It wasn't so much as the fact it was not included in the test, it's the comment that anyone over 35 had total disregard for cyclists BECAUSE it wasn't included in the test.
In some circumstances, yes. Don't you?So do you ignore the hiway code & apply your own rules?
I don't think soIn some circumstances, yes. Don't you?