Good Morning or afternoon to anybody who reads this
this is more of a gathered opinion by people i have talked to
taxi drivers
bus drivers
physios
my wife ?
as a cyclist myself i am fairly curteous and safe i adopted an idea i saw from another cyclist i kittesd my bike out in what i could afford in lights and reflective vests
my question arises from teh idiots that possess a bike but choose not make themselves identifiable on teh road and then have the gaul to get upset when they almost get killed.
my statement is this
" when you cycle on the road is it the responsibility on the cyclists to provide his own safety gear or is the responsibility of the bike shop"
my answer to this is that it falls squarely at the bike shops feet
imagine buying a car and being told that for you to be safe it is your responsibily to go and buy the lights, doors and, seat belt ?
i might be wrong i just wanted to say that of all the bike shops ive been at they havent presented me with an option to get myself kitted out with safety gear.
the argument that i might not use the road all that often is spurious at best when do you not use any part of the road when getting to the park or the cycling track?
has any cycling website ever offered any deals to promote safety ?
look my intention is not anger or infuriate i simply am asking whenever cyclists myself included talk about safety we expect that cars will see us why is it not time we looked at ourselves and provided a working party on this issue.
that we could take to our bike shops and online stores and bike outlets
thanks
JEYTOWN
this is more of a gathered opinion by people i have talked to
taxi drivers
bus drivers
physios
my wife ?
as a cyclist myself i am fairly curteous and safe i adopted an idea i saw from another cyclist i kittesd my bike out in what i could afford in lights and reflective vests
my question arises from teh idiots that possess a bike but choose not make themselves identifiable on teh road and then have the gaul to get upset when they almost get killed.
my statement is this
" when you cycle on the road is it the responsibility on the cyclists to provide his own safety gear or is the responsibility of the bike shop"
my answer to this is that it falls squarely at the bike shops feet
imagine buying a car and being told that for you to be safe it is your responsibily to go and buy the lights, doors and, seat belt ?
i might be wrong i just wanted to say that of all the bike shops ive been at they havent presented me with an option to get myself kitted out with safety gear.
the argument that i might not use the road all that often is spurious at best when do you not use any part of the road when getting to the park or the cycling track?
has any cycling website ever offered any deals to promote safety ?
look my intention is not anger or infuriate i simply am asking whenever cyclists myself included talk about safety we expect that cars will see us why is it not time we looked at ourselves and provided a working party on this issue.
that we could take to our bike shops and online stores and bike outlets
thanks
JEYTOWN