The Day When That Round Car Hit Me Citroen C3

Yeah but no but yeah but no but ....
Roads aren't some holy lands that only the deserving get to use. Roads are for everybody in this country to get about on.
Cars and lorries need tax and insurance cos they fuck the roads up very badly, cause loads of pollution, and kill and maim tens of thousands each year.
An insurance-for-all policy would be like a runaway train, soon resulting in pedestrians needing 3rd party.
And then how many over-protective parents are going to let their kids out uninsured? All over the country people cycle just to get to the corner shop or to the films etc. including kids and teenagers - an insurance system (like a compulsory h****t law), could arguably put an end to a past-time which, although it doesn't seem like it, is fairly fundamental to growing up in this country.

I agree.

Since living in London I noticed a lot of cyclists riding irresponsibly with little regard to other road users. The attitude on this forum seems to place the cyclist as the victim and as drivers mindless death dealers. Yet we run red lights, use tiny Knog lights as illumination and have only have one working brake?* It seems to be heavily weighted for form rather than function.

*I know this doesn't apply to everyone