Its great that we have so many extra lanes and are given more priority, but. The lanes are inconsistent leaving riders with confused signs and directions of where the lanes stop and start. Where I am, paths are mainly neglected so neighbouring grass and woodland overgrow causing cyclists to either go through nettles or use the road!! As per usual there is no taking charge and and being held responsible, everyone ticking the appropriate box, after spending millions of pounds to look good building paths and lanes that are neglected and become redundant.
@grahambonner508
2 жыл бұрын
👍 Very nice, but also required (I suggest) Link up towns with safe separated cycle paths. Link up paths (many private housing estates have paths that just end at the edge of the estate) More path signage so we can tell where they actually go to. Better traffic signals for cyclists and pedestrians at road junctions (so that the complete junction can be cleared more quickly in one move) Properly repair existing road surfaces (patching holes is only partially effective) More road use education in schools. In short - Go to NL and spend a few days cycling around and try to see how to incorporate their good and proven practice into UK infrastructure design. Promote cooperation and courtesy between drivers and cyclists. Note: the recent highway code passing distance changes have made an improvement to cyclist safety.
@sporo2000
2 жыл бұрын
Add the link to the video info so it can be copied and pasted right away.
@sksx9269
2 жыл бұрын
Fix the edges of the roads, curbs and pavements. People designing paths who have never commuted by bike. Waisted space in an overcrowded city.
@christill
2 жыл бұрын
Or all the psycho drivers out there who love to speed and intimidate people on bikes.
@tconnolly9820
2 жыл бұрын
Actually I would say that one of the top two or three reasons why people don't use bicycles for commuting, shopping, socialising, go to the cinema etc is fear of having their bikes stolen. If you ride maybe five miles to work and then have to leave your bike in a public bike rack for 8, 10, 12 hours, there is the constant and very real worry that eventually your bike won't be there (or not all there) when you come back to go home. My solution rather than just more locks and more security is a Universal MANDATORY registration on an online registry of all new bikes at time of purchase by officially registered dealers or retailers with the matching registration engraved clearly and irremovably into a clearly visible part of the bike frame before it leaves the shop is the only way to dramatically reduce organised bicycle theft. Anyone at anytime can check the registration on the website but to protect the privacy of the owner, all it will display to the public is the bike details; make, model (including manufacturers serial number), colour and whether or not it is stolen. And ONLY police can flag it as being stolen after the bike has been officially reported to avoid any malicious manipulation of the service. If anyone is buying a second hand bike it only takes a minute or two to check online with your phone if it's stolen so there's no excuse for anyone to be in possession of a stolen bike. Ideally, heavy mandatory fines should be imposed for anyone in possession of a stolen bike. This would shut down the stolen bike market almost entirely. If can't be sold, it won't be stolen. There are privately operated for profit bike registration schemes which only use the bikes description and the manufacturers serial number but these are only partially effective, voluntary and usually requires a substantial annual subscription. If a bike is recovered by the police, in half a minute they will know the owners contact details with the universal system This is the concise and shortened version of my idea. It would be very cheap to implement and operate and I would like very much to hear from other people why it shouldn't be adopted as a national standard.
@leerobinson8709
2 жыл бұрын
Well, your idea isn't without merit but it wouldn't stop it almost entirely at all for one reason you very much miss. Many bikes that are stolen are broken down and their expensive components sold. Even by registering the frame and thieves can no longer sell it, it is still very profitable to take it and strip it down for parts in some cases worth several hundreds of pounds and in the upper end even thousands. This way, a thief is very difficult to track as often the bikes are often unrecognisable, in hundreds of bits then sold individually all over the place. Cars despite being registered, insured etc are still being stolen by professional gangs. They are either shipped abroad or stripped down with parts sold off, most of which are untraceable...
@tconnolly9820
2 жыл бұрын
@@leerobinson8709 You make very good points which I didn't address in my comment because otherwise I could have gone on and on and.... Out of all total bicycle sales in the UK and everywhere else in the world for that matter, what proportion of them are "very expensive"? And what is "very expensive"? I actually honestly don't know the answer to that question right now. I would guess that 80% at least cost between £800 and down to cheap as chips metal frame with two wheels, a frame, chain and brakes along with another few bits and pieces to make it go and stop. My own bike is a Merida Crossway hybrid with 3x7 Shimano gears which cost £300 new five years ago and I happily do thousands of miles on it every year. I also know someone in a bike club who is spending £12,000 on a custom carbon bike. I know he'll get anywhere a lot faster than me but I carry a lot of cargo and regularly pull a trailer with up to 70kg+ loads. That gives me plenty of exercise. His will only see light of day to be used for recreation and exercise. I use mine as much as possible as a total car alternative. Although I also have a car. I carry a gold rated U Lock and a two metre Diamond rated chain lock. Both come in at just under 8 kg. But I'm getting off topic. For someone with the very expensive bikes like that custom carbon bike, I would certainly also have the registration number engraved into the wheels and anything else that is insanely expensive on the bike. Again, anyone who is offered any too good to be true bargains from a dodgy Del Boy type can check the website in a minute on their phone to check if it has been flagged as reported stolen. If a buyer is found in possession of a stolen bike or parts then they should face the same consequences and penalties as the actual thief. There can be no claims to innocence with this system. The MANDATORY registration of a new bike will be included in the sale price in the shop. It's mandatory. You can't buy it without it. It wouldn't cost much anyway. Getting high end components also engraved would probably be an additional charge and be listed individually on the site but I certainly would do it if I was spending that kind of money. If the registered owner of any bike gifts or sells it to someone else then they just need to go to a registered dealer with proof of identity and change the bike registration to the new owner. The same with high end components if sold individually. The reason the registration needs to be physically engraved into the bike or components is so that it can't be removed or altered EVER without it being obvious. A sticker or plate stuck on could removed and replaced by a fake easily. Almost half of stolen bikes are eventually recovered by the police. And the only reason that just 5% of stolen bikes are returned to their owners is that the police can't link the bikes to the owners. If it became much more difficult for thieves to sell a stolen bike or for someone to buy a "bargain" from the internet that would add substantially more to reducing bike thefts. Often people buy a stolen bike to replace a stolen bike. It's an insidious circle. Although, if your bike is stolen by some scumbag who just rides it around and then throws it in the river, there's not much that can be done about that except it will get returned to you quickly when recovered. No system is 100% effective but I think this will be more effective than anything else that I know of.
@chrisbriggs334
2 жыл бұрын
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@TheCraigy83
2 жыл бұрын
Men if you can't even service a bicycle you are only a Saxon in looks you have no strict trait skills .
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