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What about motorbikes and mopeds? Nobody mentioned them?
I personally found them the biggest nuisance in London when the traffic is slow or stationary and there are always few "L" plated idiots who filter at such speeds, that no cyclist or pedestrian is safe.
I'm also a driver, because I can't move my whole family on bikes. I'm all for increased liability for motorists, even I'm often myself faced by wankers cyclist (mainly the angry, "I don't give a damn" type with hands in their pockets, listening to their mobiles). One of those "gangsta" twats crashed into me today on my way from nursery - with my daughter on the back of my bike. He had hands in his pockets. Couldn't react in time and t-boned me.
I think police should chase twats like those off the pavements (yes, my 2 yo daughter was hit in the forehead by a bmx's handlebar while holding my hand in the middle of the pavement in Leyton) and stop harassing commuters in Central London.
Also, all the drivers involved in a collision or incident (like a verbal abuse) with a cyclist, should be sent for a cycle training, apart from being hit by a fine/points. Would be nice, if all professional drivers were sent for a short spell of cycle training, just to change their attitude.
Only cycling in London's traffic opened my eyes as a driver.