Amen. There are no place for cyclists on our roads. They are the cause of most accidents they’re involved in.
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- Many cyclists also have driver’s licenses and cars, they aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive groups.
- Requiring people to take a test and register their bike to ride would disincentivise bike riding generally, which would have longer term negative consequences.
- The cost of establishing and maintaining a registration system for bikes would far outweigh the benefits for doing so.
- Not everywhere has dedicated bike infrastructure and where it might exist it can be limited. The only alternative would be to ride on footpaths which would be in a lot of places even more dangerous.
We should be doing more to educate riders about road rules and safety, but licenses and registration are not the answer.
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I think you might be reading my question a bit too seriously.
Whether you’re in the bike lane or on the road, how hard is it to follow the rules? You don’t go hopping back and forth between the road and sidewalks or running red lights to save a few seconds. Where’s the common sense in that?
When accidents happen, they often play the victim and shift the blame onto motorists.
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You’ll get no argument from me on this. There are rules in place for bike riders on the road, and more should be done to enforce them. In saying that…
They might actually have a point (I know these statistics are a little older, would love to know what the current rate is):
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According to this article, most incidents don’t involve another vehicle:
Bike riders now represent about one in four (23 per cent) road crash hospitalisations, and are the only road user group to report increasing injury numbers recently.
From 2005 to 2021, 173 bicyclists were killed and 29,464 were seriously injured on the state’s roads. However, many of these injuries were not reported to police and did not involve another vehicle, Transport for NSW said.
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My peeve is people not doing ‘the wave’ when you let them into traffic etc.
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Bike riders who don’t wear hi viz or reflective clothing in reduced light conditions,so they’re harder to spot by motorists.
Also bike riders who ride in a large group and take over most of a main road
Some bus drivers do if I slow to let them pull out from a bus stop in front of me
When people walk through neighbourhoods blaring music through speakers - especially when they do multiple laps of the same street.
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I think both can be applied to all those who use the road. Bus drivers cannot maneuver around bike riders when they are in the middle of the road.
Technically you are probably right though as the bike is not classed as a vehicle in such a way they cars and motorbikes.
I wouldn’t mind having them on the road if they were more careful how they use it. It is now coming to the point especially here in Perth that they are showing complte disregard for road rules. The road rules should be applied to any kind of bikes ad well including scooters.
Common sense approach would be nice.
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Another one from me
People who take the window seat on the plane but pull the window shade down for the whole flight so you can’t see anything 
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That’s why I always book a window seat so I can look out.Maybe if I was on a flight of more than 3 hours I’d choose an aisle seat so I could walk around and not have to try to squeeze past anyone seated beside me to get out to use the loo,etc
The middle seat is the worst spot of a 3 seat row on an aircraft,(usually Boeing 737s or Airbus A320s single aisle jets)I never want to sit there,one time I didn’t get to choose my seat and I had to sit there 
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I prefer the aisle seat as I feel I get squished into the window by the two other people but it is definitely better than the middle seat. I am a bigger person so economy is uncomfortable on longer flights so prefer to fly Business if possible and it’s not too expensive. I’m flying to Vietnam over Christmas and because it is peak times business class was very expensive so I’m flying economy so I am not looking forward to the 8 hour flight.
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If I had an 8 hour flight I’d definitely choose an aisle seat
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I will try and get an aisle seat too when I fly LAX to SYD on Monday night local time. No point having a window seat since it’s dark until just before Sydney (arriving 7am). Not looking forward to it @ 14 hours long.
Still feels weird to think that even though I’m leaving Monday, I don’t get home until Wednesday!
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For me, it depends whether I plan to sleep or not, as well as how long the flight is.
I find it easier to sleep at the window (by resting against the wall with a pillow).
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I’m still not sure if I could ever travel on a flight that long
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All the best with the flight back!
I’ve done the overnight LAX-SYD back once- it does feel very strange skipping a whole day in flight and having the darkness seemingly never end.
I don’t usually sleep on flights but that one knocked me around enough that I did end up getting a couple of hours sleep on the flight lol (didn’t help that I didn’t get the chance to be able to sleep at all in LA before I left).
If you’re lucky you might get a row to yourself (perhaps the middle row might be the best bet being usually less popular), I find that does help especially with stretching the legs.
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People who board trains and stand next to doorways even when there’s vacant seats .Usually young people do it.
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I do that if I can because I’m young enough, it means I don’t have to get up if someone boards, and I don’t have to sit next to anyone lol.
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