B3TA fixes the worldMoon Monkey says: Turn into Jeremy Clarkson for a moment, and tell us about the things that are so obviously wrong with the world, and how they should be fixed. Extra points for ludicrous over-simplification, blatant mis-representation, and humourous knob-gags.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 12:53)
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Not so simpleLicensing is a contentious one. Superficially it seems sensible, but in practice it's unworkable and not worthwhile. This gives some good arguments:
ipayroadtax.com/licensed-to-cycle/licensed-to-cycle/
The one that I find most compelling is that minor traffic infringements are almost never dealt with anyway for cars. Your feeling that cyclists "are at least as much a hazard as any other road user" simply isn't borne out by the facts. Although bad cyclists are incredibly annoying, they are simply not that dangerous. The consequences of there actions are in almost all circumstances worse for them than for other road users, so expending a huge amount of cash to police them is a questionable investment. Better education would probably help as would simply encouraging cycling to increase the percentage of the population who regularly cycle. If cyclists didn't feel like a second-class minority it would help to build a better cycling culture.
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