p3t3 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 4 hours ago, thesultanofsheight said: Yes there was a lady cycling on the prom yesterday with a dog in the basket at the front. If it had jumped out of the basket it would have caused an accident. Hard to believe that it’s legal to be able to do that. It’s just stupid in heavy traffic on a Saturday. Sounds cute, you miserable person.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 4 hours ago, thesultanofsheight said: Yes there was a lady cycling on the prom yesterday with a dog in the basket at the front. If it had jumped out of the basket it would have caused an accident. Hard to believe that it’s legal to be able to do that. It’s just stupid in heavy traffic on a Saturday. Years ago there was a guy who rode a BMW with a special seat on the back for his Alsatian who also had his own little helmet. That was cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3t3 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Just now, Max Power said: Years ago there was a guy who rode a BMW with a special seat on the back for his Alsatian who also had his own little helmet. That was cute No that sounds pervy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaps Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Of course, riding a bicycle over the mountain section during TT/MGP is pretty daft, as the road is populated with people riding/driving in an unsafe manner. Most cyclists would not do it. Because a small number have, the police and DoI have brought in a temporary restriction, which is fair enough. One point though - this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever on the accident rate up there - as the accidents are caused by motorcyclists travelling at excessive speed, and misjudging the road. Interesting that at the TT, the coast road had a temporary 50 limit on it - and there were no accidents. The mountain had no limit, one way, and there were loads. No surprise there. But when will our elected representatives admit the glaringly obvious and do something? How long can something so absolutely clear for all to see be ignored? Ban cyclists if you want, but it will do nothing to the ridiculous accident rate up there. Oh, and the other thing about 'Road Tax' - what a load of absolute utter tosh. Just shut the f up you bunch of imbeciles. Just imagine there was a cycle tax of some sort - are all you lot of arseholes suddenly going to be driving round, giving cyclists loads of room, passing carefully where its' safe, slowing down and waving politely at people on bikes? No - are you hell. You'll still have your total irrational hatred just the same. I really just don't get it. The congestion on our roads is caused by loads and loads of cars. Car after car after car. Something like 80,000 on our little island. Cyclists are hard to pass because there's always loads of cars coming the other way, but we won't admit that to ourselves because that would be admitting we are part of the problem, and on-one is going to do that. On any typical journey, a driver is held up by buses, junctions, traffic light, stop signs, pedestrian crossings (THEY DONT EVEN PAY ROAD TAX!!!!) etc and we accept it patiently, but people get all arsey about cyclists. It's bollocks that what it is. Absolute utter tripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 flaps to maximum! That is a quality rant, well done. And I'm not being sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 46 minutes ago, flaps said: Of course, riding a bicycle over the mountain section during TT/MGP is pretty daft, as the road is populated with people riding/driving in an unsafe manner. Most cyclists would not do it. Because a small number have, the police and DoI have brought in a temporary restriction, which is fair enough. One point though - this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever on the accident rate up there - as the accidents are caused by motorcyclists travelling at excessive speed, and misjudging the road. Interesting that at the TT, the coast road had a temporary 50 limit on it - and there were no accidents. The mountain had no limit, one way, and there were loads. No surprise there. But when will our elected representatives admit the glaringly obvious and do something? How long can something so absolutely clear for all to see be ignored? Ban cyclists if you want, but it will do nothing to the ridiculous accident rate up there. Oh, and the other thing about 'Road Tax' - what a load of absolute utter tosh. Just shut the f up you bunch of imbeciles. Just imagine there was a cycle tax of some sort - are all you lot of arseholes suddenly going to be driving round, giving cyclists loads of room, passing carefully where its' safe, slowing down and waving politely at people on bikes? No - are you hell. You'll still have your total irrational hatred just the same. I really just don't get it. The congestion on our roads is caused by loads and loads of cars. Car after car after car. Something like 80,000 on our little island. Cyclists are hard to pass because there's always loads of cars coming the other way, but we won't admit that to ourselves because that would be admitting we are part of the problem, and on-one is going to do that. On any typical journey, a driver is held up by buses, junctions, traffic light, stop signs, pedestrian crossings (THEY DONT EVEN PAY ROAD TAX!!!!) etc and we accept it patiently, but people get all arsey about cyclists. It's bollocks that what it is. Absolute utter tripe. Quality rant flaps. You have my vote in the next elections... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecobob Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Glorious rant. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 ...........how can there be 80,000 cars on the road at the same time? there are not that many adults on the island, ever............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3t3 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: ...........how can there be 80,000 cars on the road at the same time? there are not that many adults on the island, ever............... .............I can't think of many people other than lentil eating eco warriors who have less than one car per adult in the house, many have more than one car per adult even cyclists drive cars............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 ..........and your point is?............my comment still stands..........there are never anywhere near 80,000 cars on the road at the same time..........or are you suggesting that some folk drive more than one car at a time?............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3t3 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 minute ago, doc.fixit said: ..........and your point is?............my comment still stands..........there are never anywhere near 80,000 cars on the road at the same time..........or are you suggesting that some folk drive more than one car at a time?............ Most cars are parked on the road, round my way one house has 7 cars parked on the road and 5 inhabitants, I am not saying that the 80.000 figures is right but we have far too many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 "During the 2016/17 financial year, 52,277 cars were registered, 5,403 motorcycles and 1,995 other types of vehicle were registered. The other category includes Goods, Articulated Goods, Buses/Minibuses and agricultural or plant vehicles." IoM in Numbers - Page 77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 ...................I wonder how many cars there are actually driving on a road in the Isle of Man at the busiest time of the day...........edited to say, 'cars being driven by humans'...........(thanks to Mr Sausages for meaningful input).................lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Just now, doc.fixit said: ...................I wonder how many cars there are actually driving on a road in the Isle of Man at the busiest time of the day........... It depends which road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Not many autonomous cars on any road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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