Cyclists – when are these pathological parasites going to get off our roads and stop being what the medical fraternity call “A Thrombosis” (Definition: THROMBOSIS – a clot which blocks the whole of the bleeding system). How often have you had to crawl along in a stream of traffic because one or more of these lycra clad loonies are hogging more than their fair share of the carriageway?
At a time when the motorist is being taxed, fined and regulated beyond penury and perdition, these so called Eco-busting planet savers continue to clog up our highways and byways with their selfish egocentric meanderings. All of this without paying a penny for the roads, or even cycleways, they arrogantly commandeer, seemingly to the exclusion of everyone else. I wouldn’t mind so much if they were made to make a contribution to the provision and/or the upkeep of the infrastructure they seem to feel is theirs by right, however they continue to demand all the benefits of free access without bearing any of the costs. Not even the so called pedestrian footways are safe and they seem to have almost completed their invasion and domination of the canal towpaths.
Let’s face the truth here; cyclists make no contribution to the costs of providing them with any of the roads or paths they have selfishly usurped. They don’t pay any fuel duty like the rest of the road users, they have no licence to pay and, of course, they have no compulsory insurance cover. Remember, if one of these idiots damages your car or your property where is your recourse for damages or reparation?
In recent months we have had reported cases of cyclists killing pedestrians and causing road traffic accidents. In most cases I believe it was the cyclists themselves who were at fault by either blatantly disregarding the rules of the Highway Code, or blithely assuming their god like status and superhuman powers would grant them supreme deference from those other road users who have to pay for the privilege.
Let’s lobby to get this menace banned from our roads until they are forced into obeying the rules like the rest of us and, more importantly, are made to pay for their privilege of sharing the roads with us.
