Spanish Traffic Laws & Highway Robbery (1 Viewer)

Stephen & Jeannie

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Been on before !!

Similar posts abound, BUT...It's worth repeating now and then as a warning as to the dangers that are around for the unsuspecting traveller !!

Thanks for the reminder !:Cool::Cool::Cool:
 
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Something that we should adopt over here................Quote: - Drivers should ensure 1.5 metres of lateral spacing when passing a bike, allowing cycles to occupy part or all of adjacent or opposite lanes, and ensuring that vehicles involved in overtaking moves must not jeopardise or hinder the progress of cyclist moving in the opposite direction.:thumb:

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Something that we should adopt over here................Quote: - Drivers should ensure 1.5 metres of lateral spacing when passing a bike, allowing cycles to occupy part or all of adjacent or opposite lanes, and ensuring that vehicles involved in overtaking moves must not jeopardise or hinder the progress of cyclist moving in the opposite direction.:thumb:

How about enforcing the Highway Code for cyclists?
Many of these muppets are so bloody arrogant in thinking that they should take priority over all other traffic.
I once saw one of these invincible pillocks try to force his way in front of a bus.
He lost.
I'm not an unsympathetic bloke, but my only sympathy was for the bus driver.
He has to live with the death of a pillock for the rest of his life.

"Think bike"?.....Cyclists should "Think Motor Vehicle".

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How about enforcing the Highway Code for cyclists?
Many of these muppets are so bloody arrogant in thinking that they should take priority over all other traffic.
I once saw one of these invincible pillocks try to force his way in front of a bus.
He lost.
I'm not an unsympathetic bloke, but my only sympathy was for the bus driver.
He has to live with the death of a pillock for the rest of his life.

"Think bike"?.....Cyclists should "Think Motor Vehicle".
So what do you think of adopting the 1.5m rule over here....it has got to improve the safety for cyclists surely. Great idea......yes:thumb:
 

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YIPPPPPEEEE!

It has turned into a motorist v cyclist thread.

Aways GREAT for a punch up on Fun.


I ride a bike... I jump traffic lights... I ride on the pavements... I go up one way streets the wrong way...

Never hurt myself or anyone else because I take care and DECIDE if it safe for me and I ALWAYS consider the people around me.

So there!

Stick that in your e-cig and smoke it.


JJ :Cool:

PS. Don't speed and you don't get speeding fines.
 
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YIPPPPPEEEE!

It has turned into a motorist v cyclist thread.

Aways GREAT for a punch up on Fun.


I ride a bike... I jump traffic lights... I ride on the pavements... I go up one way streets the wrong way...

Never hurt myself or anyone else because I take care and DECIDE if it safe for me and I ALWAYS consider the people around me.

So there!

Stick that in your e-cig and smoke it.


JJ :Cool:

PS. Don't speed and you don't get speeding fines.

So you break the law, but that's OK because its you doing it and you're special so the law doesn't apply? An interesting perspective on social responsibility.

Now excuse me I'm off to rob a bank but it's OK it's only me doing it and I always make sure it's safe for me and consider people around me.

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Movinon.......only 56 posts !:Blush:

Too soon to know that JJ and his people just love being controversial:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

p.s. He rides a Solex !! Can't speed on one of those !!!!:Doh::Doh::Doh:
 

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So you break the law, but that's OK because its you doing it and you're special so the law doesn't apply? An interesting perspective on social responsibility.

Now excuse me I'm off to rob a bank but it's OK it's only me doing it and I always make sure it's safe for me and consider people around me.


Well... equating riding a bicycle on the pavement to robbing a bank probably means we won't be spending much time chatting to each other but I will just say...

If I am cycling along a totally deserted road and a traffic light turns red but I can clearly see there are absolutely NO vehicles anywhere then I am not going to sit there waiting for green to show. I'll "break the law" and ride on.

If you choose to wait then so be it.

Many people do blindly do what what they are told to do even if it is a light bulb telling them to do it.

Not me...


JJ :Cool:

 
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Anyway, I would love to see the 1.5m rule here, the current guidance in the Highway Code is ambiguous at best and it needs something specific. Can't see it happening though because at the risk of taking this thread off into the undergrowth the current lot at too worried about UKIP and what little policy UKIP seem to have on the subject is pretty anti-cycling, based on the utterances I have read from some of them.

Cycling and UKIP in the same post. What an explosive mixture!

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I assume adding UKIP into the thread is just to bring in some light humour!

Let's admit it... UKIP and their supporters are pretty funny... Farage really gets me laughing...

What a joke.

JJ :Cool:
 

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How the hell does a thread on Spanish Traffic Laws get to be a thread on UKIP :Eeek::Eeek:
Think I'll give up reading and sit in the sunshine with a beer or maybe even watch the football :Doh::Doh:
 

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Many people do blindly do what what they are told to do even if it is a light bulb telling them to do it.

Not me...
JJ :Cool:

In Southport last weekend, the number of people stood staring at a red "do not cross" light when there was not a vehicle in sight was horrendous. Have we no longer got the brain power to cross a road unaided now ?

I moaned at 'er indoors for pressing the button when there was little traffic.

With a dead brain and a green light do the numpties just walk under the wheels of the chav boy racer ? Then sue the council because the light was green ?

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Movinon.......only 56 posts !:Blush:

Too soon to know that JJ and his people just love being controversial:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

p.s. He rides a Solex !! Can't speed on one of those !!!!:Doh::Doh::Doh:

Yes I had realised that from his use of large letters. It's OK, I was a teenager once myself. I'm just rather bored being stuck in a CP at the moment whilst her-in-van does the laundry. :cry:

As for the 56 posts (wow - has it been that many!), your point is well taken on the importance of quantity over quality..... :thumb:
 

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They might be large on your screen but what might be large to you is normal to me...:winky:

And putting aside font sizes for a moment...

Do you really equate riding a bicycle on the pavement to robbing a bank?

Would you really sit at the red light waiting for a green one?


JJ :Cool:
 
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I have developed a technique for taking cyclists on pavements off their bikes, with no damage to myself. Used it too. When you come out of hospital you then get done for riding on the pavement and hitting a pedestrian. Hilarious.

How safe on the pavement do you feel now?

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So what do you think of adopting the 1.5m rule over here....it has got to improve the safety for cyclists surely. Great idea......yes:thumb:

Nonsense!
How would the rule be applied to cyclists in keeping 1.5m away from everything they pass?

Other cyclists?
Red lights?
Riding across zebra crossing?
Overtaking on the inside?
Riding through pedestrianized areas?
Ignoring the presence of other traffic (they are invincible)?
Ignoring warnings from road signs and motorists (arrogant pillocks)?

I would suggest that a great many cyclists are more of a danger to the fee paying (hold that thought) motorist than vice versa.
I pay dearly to use the roads, cyclists don't pay a bean.
That alone gives ME priority.

Don't go on about what they pay for their cars, etc. we are talking about bikes.
 

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Movinon;1036193[HI said:
]I have developed a technique for taking cyclists on pavements off their bikes, with no damage to myself[/HI]. Used it too. When you come out of hospital you then get done for riding on the pavement and hitting a pedestrian. Hilarious.

How safe on the pavement do you feel now?

Walking stick in the spokes, or a gentle shove?:ROFLMAO:

All this whining about the goody goody cyclists is crap.
They should be fair game.:thumb:
 
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Paying gives you rights?

Really?

Interesting concept.

An HGV pays more than a car. Does the truck have more rights?


JJ :Cool:

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I have developed a technique for taking cyclists on pavements off their bikes, with no damage to myself. Used it too. When you come out of hospital you then get done for riding on the pavement and hitting a pedestrian. Hilarious.

How safe on the pavement do you feel now?


This is developing nicely... soon we will be getting nicely rufty tufty...:thumb:

You, Mr Moving On, will never knock me off my bike!

I feel just as safe now as I did before reading about your violent actions.

So... I answered your question re how safe I feel... how about you answering my questions about red light bulbs and/or bank robbery...

(Don't lose heart... this is Fun!)


JJ :Cool:

 
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Nonsense!
How would the rule be applied to cyclists in keeping 1.5m away from everything they pass?

Other cyclists?
Red lights?
Riding across zebra crossing?
Overtaking on the inside?
Riding through pedestrianized areas?
Ignoring the presence of other traffic (they are invincible)?
Ignoring warnings from road signs and motorists (arrogant pillocks)?

I would suggest that a great many cyclists are more of a danger to the fee paying (hold that thought) motorist than vice versa.
I pay dearly to use the roads, cyclists don't pay a bean.
That alone gives ME priority.

Don't go on about what they pay for their cars, etc. we are talking about bikes.
I think you have entered that own agenda tunnel again John.
Here is my post again.......take a deep breath and have another read. I have painted it blue to save any more confusion:Confused:

Drivers should ensure 1.5 metres of lateral spacing when passing a bike, allowing cycles to occupy part or all of adjacent or opposite lanes, and ensuring that vehicles involved in overtaking moves must not jeopardise or hinder the progress of cyclist moving in the opposite direction.

Agree with this proposal or not.......simples:Cool:
 

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Paying gives you rights?

Really?

Interesting concept.

An HGV pays more than a car. Does the truck have more rights?


JJ :Cool:

Yes the truck has more rights........cos they play squash better:ROFLMAO:

Well I thought it was funny::bigsmile:

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Sorry. Laundry's done and so am I. I am commanded to lend a hand by her-in-van. You'll just have to play by yourself or it's back to the XBox I suppose. Watch yourself bullying pedestrians though, I may not be the only one whose developed the art of Bikeido. Bye.
 

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Cyclists round my way are a pain in the arse, they cannot keep close to the kerb when it is obvious they are holding up a stream of traffic behind them.

On one road they could quite safely ride on the kerb out of the way, no pedestrians, cycling along a busy areterial feed road into town on a simple two lane road with a 40 mph limit when all they peddle at is 20mph is going to cause resentment.

In London the way they dodge around in multi lane traffic is horrifying, n wonder there are accidents

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I can remember as a kid getting a right telling off & a clip round the ear from the local village bobby for riding my bike on the pavement. Why should it all have changed now & cyclists be allowed to endanger pedestrians? :whatthe: More than once I have had to move out of the way pretty smartish of a bike being ridden on the pavement.

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I can remember as a kid getting a right telling off & a clip round the ear from the local village bobby for riding my bike on the pavement. Why should it all have changed now & cyclists be allowed to endanger pedestrians? :whatthe: More than once I have had to move out of the way pretty smartish of a bike being ridden on the pavement.

When i was 15 i rode on the pavement, me mate rode on the road, neither of us had lights on our bikes (it was dark) police woman pulls up takes our names an addresses an we both went to juvenile court, i was fined £30 for riding on the path an me mate was fined £40 for riding on the road without any lights:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: how times have changed:RollEyes:
 
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[HI]Cyclists round my way are a pain in the arse, they cannot keep close to the kerb when it is obvious they are holding up a stream of traffic behind them.[/HI]

On one road they could quite safely ride on the kerb out of the way, no pedestrians, cycling along a busy areterial feed road into town on a simple two lane road with a 40 mph limit when all they peddle at is 20mph is going to cause resentment.

In London the way they dodge around in multi lane traffic is horrifying, n wonder there are accidents

Peter
To be fare Peter riding close to the kerb has it's own hazards. Potholes groves and debris can all through you off under the car that is sitting on your rear wheel. Swerving around sunken drain covers can be deadly too.
 

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I live, drive and ride in Spain and have to put up with the lycra-clad hordes of pedal-philes here year-round.

I'll give them 1.5 mtrs lateral clearance if they'll stop riding 2 or 3 abreast, in groups of 10 plus, chatting and completely ignoring the motorists sharing the roads with them. Their arrogance and ignorance has to be seen to be believed.

They clearly seem to enjoy 'special treatment' privileges, so allowing them to effectively close one lane by imposing a 1.5 mtr buffer zone when a pair of them command at least 2 mtrs of road already is just another step to granting them total control of the roads.

Personally, I think riding 2-abreast should be punishable by ramming.:Angry:

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