tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647966782809031279.post5176026569539983079..comments2024-03-07T20:05:33.349+00:00Comments on Urban policy and practice: Dr Peter Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308785385644187726noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647966782809031279.post-41885106829060154492013-11-12T14:35:35.192+00:002013-11-12T14:35:35.192+00:00I've been on both sides of this, as driver and...I've been on both sides of this, as driver and cycling commuter (not in a major city - far too scared to try that).<br /><br />Some motorists do stupid and/or illegal things. They should not do these things.<br />Some cyclists do stupid and/or illegal things. They should not do these things either.<br />I have no good data as to which is more prevalent, and I suspect that this is not a good place to rely on anecdotes.<br /><br />However, to pick up on one thing you said,<br />"if you've picked up your bike for £30 as cheap transport, then another £15 for decent lights might be the difference between eating and not"<br /><br />You wouldn't say the same about a car with dangerous faults, surely? Same applies. As a driver who is cautious and courteous to cyclists, there is one bit of stupid behaviour that I see more often than any other, and that is bikes without lights. There's sod all I can do to avoid hitting an invisible cyclist, and that scares me - and I really do not understand why it does not scare cyclists as well.<br /><br />I don't know what the most cost-effective way of reducing cycling injuries is, and I don't know what the politics around this are, but I suspect that as well as educating drivers, trying to get people not to cycle around in the middle of the night on black bikes in black clothing without any lights is probably quite important...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com