I hate cyclists!

[Aindriu]

Cyclists who break traffic law should be fined and - if they hold a driving licence - should receive the same penalty points as if they had been in a motor vehicle.

They are a bloody menace.

[Toland]

Cyclists who break traffic law should be fined and - if they hold a driving licence - should receive the same penalty points as if they had been in a motor vehicle.

They are a bloody menace.

Some traffic lights are either entirely irrelevant for cyclists or could be made so by some relatively simple changes in road markings.

Some common sense should be used here.

And yes, RotR should be enforced on everyone they apply to.

[zzzdr]

Cyclists who break traffic law should be fined and - if they hold a driving licence - should receive the same penalty points as if they had been in a motor vehicle.

They are a bloody menace.

In the same way that motorists who chat on their phones, sip coffee, play with the radio while driving, race through amber and red lights, speed past schools, undertake, sound their horn other than as a warning and park wherever they feel like (especially in the cycle lane) are a bloody menace. I see this every day.

Some people get so hot under the collar about the fastest (around Dublin), cleanest method of transport. Jealousy I think.

[Delarivier]

I was nearly run over yet again this morning by some idiot merrily wheeling through a red light as I crossed at a green pedestrian light. I bawled after him ''Red lights apply to you as well'' but it clearly didn't register.

We need some sort of TV or radio campaign to hammer home the message that the ROTR apply to cyclists as well and that breaking red lights on a bike is no more acceptable than it is for cars. It is dangerous for everyone, cyclists included.

As for the guy doing the triathlon who broke the red light a few posts back... if he keeps breaking red lights he may not live long enough to do it or may have to do it from his wheelchair.

[Aindriu]

In the same way that motorists who chat on their phones, sip coffee, play with the radio while driving, race through amber and red lights, speed past schools, undertake, sound their horn other than as a warning and park wherever they feel like (especially in the cycle lane) are a bloody menace. I see this every day.

Completely agree. I have no time for those morons either.

[zzzdr]

I was nearly run over yet again this morning by some idiot merrily wheeling through a red light as I crossed at a green pedestrian light. I bawled after him ''Red lights apply to you as well'' but it clearly didn't register.

We need some sort of TV or radio campaign to hammer home the message that the ROTR apply to cyclists as well and that breaking red lights on a bike is no more acceptable than it is for cars. It is dangerous for everyone, cyclists included.

As for the guy doing the triathlon who broke the red light a few posts back... if he keeps breaking red lights he may not live long enough to do it or may have to do it from his wheelchair.

How about a campaign urging pedestrians not to walk lemming like out in front of cyclists (O'Connell St? In ten years cycling around Dublin I've been knocked off my bike three times by people in cars not paying attention and once by a pedestrian who ran out in front of me. Bikes are an easy target. Everyone has a responsibility to be safe and considerate of other road users.

[Delarivier]

How about a campaign urging pedestrians not to walk lemming like out in front of cyclists (O'Connell St? In ten years cycling around Dublin I've been knocked off my bike three times by people in cars not paying attention and once by a pedestrian who ran out in front of me. Bikes are an easy target. Everyone has a responsibility to be safe and considerate of other road users.

All road users have a responsibility to behave in a safe manner. Walking out in front of oncoming traffic, cars or bicycles, is stupid and dangerous. It doesn't change the fact that cyclists should stop, or at the very, very least, slow down at pedestrian lights, especially if it's obvious that someone is crossing or waiting to cross when the lights change.

[alonso]

I think that a cycle safety campaign should happen and should've accompanied the launch of the Dublin Bike scheme

[myksav]

What about them CO2 emissions?

Lower than the car you may drive, why? At 50 km per litre. Plus, as you would have seen, I cycle, with zero machine CO2 emissions.
And I'm not even a greenie.

I'd even prefer an eletric vehicle. It is possible to produce your own electricity to charge the batteries. Not really possible with a petrol or diesel vehicle.

[myksav]

I don't remember asking you a God damn thing.

Pot, kettle, black.