http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4752/commuting/95-of-cyclists-fail-to-break-speed-limit/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4752/commuting/95-of-cyclists-fail-to-break-speed-limit/comment-page-1/#comment-229531 Thu, 02 May 2013 10:18:17 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=4752#comment-229531 I think motorists pick on cyclists because of image consciousness. Car adverts cement the self-image of the motorist as being cool and sexy etc so they look down on cyclists because they are forced to wear nerdy helmets, day-glo tabards and the like. However the only reason cyclists have such un-hip attire is to avoid being killed by dopy drivers. Also, because bikes are not vehicles as such and do not have to pay road tax or pass a test motorists can feel territorial and more worthy of the space.

]]> http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4752/commuting/95-of-cyclists-fail-to-break-speed-limit/comment-page-1/#comment-78039 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:14:39 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=4752#comment-78039 There’s an interesting article over at bikehub – http://www.bikehub.co.uk/featured-articles/cycling-and-the-law/ – It’s rather long (but worth the read) and claims “SPEED LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO CYCLISTS” …. in the UK at least. That said though, I probably have exceeded the speed limit only once

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