Should we make people pass a cycling/motorcycle test before a drivingtest?

On Oct 11, 12:23*am, Mike A Schwab wrote:
On Oct 10, 6:03*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote: Case in point is how we should make people pass a cycling/motorcycle
test and if they fail that test they won't have a chance with the
driving test! Why? Because it's better to knock a few cones with a
bicycle, than with a car, where those cones are bound to be cyclists
or pedestrians in real life.

Simply some people should not be driving!

I would say a bicycling test once a year in grades 3-10 ages 8-16,
call it pre-drivers education. *Then when you are old enough to get a
car drivers license, you just need to learn about cars, you already
know the rules of the road.

By the way, http://www.bikelib.org/ has a good 2007 rules of the road
video, free to watch or burn to CD.
A 1963 movie is on http://www.youtube.com/ and seach for 'One Got
Fat'.

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=v= The potential and actual damages of bicycles don't come
anywhere near those of motorized vehicles. It's simply not
worth the price of the bureaucracy involved.

=v= If the world's most repressive regimes can get by without
demanding licensing of bicyclists, I think free countries could
somehow manage to muddle through without it as well.
_Jym_

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:15:35 +0100, Jym Dyer wrote:

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=v= The potential and actual damages of bicycles don't come
anywhere near those of motorized vehicles. It's simply not
worth the price of the bureaucracy involved.

=v= If the world's most repressive regimes can get by without
demanding licensing of bicyclists, I think free countries could
somehow manage to muddle through without it as well.
_Jym_





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Trouble is, there's no such thing as a cycling test, which is
blatantly obvious when you observe the behaviour of cyclists.

=v= I suppose that if we were to undergo testing then we could
then aspire to the sterling achievements of motorists, who kill
and maim far greater numbers of people and destroy communities
and ecosystems far more effectively than bicyclists do.
_Jym_

Halmyre wrote:

Trouble is, there's no such thing as a cycling test, which is blatantly
obvious when you observe the behaviour of cyclists.

I think you mean misbehaviour.

Graham

In article , says...
Trouble is, there's no such thing as a cycling test, which is
blatantly obvious when you observe the behaviour of cyclists.

=v= I suppose that if we were to undergo testing then we could
then aspire to the sterling achievements of motorists, who kill
and maim far greater numbers of people and destroy communities
and ecosystems far more effectively than bicyclists do.
_Jym_



Try as I might, I can't think of one single community or ecosystem that I've
destroyed. Please provide more details, I could do with a laugh.

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That's you that is.

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With that sig file, you have a nerve...are you GOD ;-)

"BOFH" wrote in message
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"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message
...
Case in point is how we should make people pass a cycling/motorcycle
test and if they fail that test they won't have a chance with the
driving test! Why? Because it's better to knock a few cones with a
bicycle, than with a car, where those cones are bound to be cyclists
or pedestrians in real life.

Simply some people should not be driving!


uk.rec.driving

meet the obsessed, militant footsoldiers you share the road with.

I think you all need to talk this through

ALL car drivers shold have to ride a cycle for at least a year on the road
every day before getting a driving licence for a car.

Alan

"BOFH" wrote in message
...
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message
...
Case in point is how we should make people pass a cycling/motorcycle
test and if they fail that test they won't have a chance with the
driving test! Why? Because it's better to knock a few cones with a
bicycle, than with a car, where those cones are bound to be cyclists
or pedestrians in real life.

Simply some people should not be driving!


uk.rec.driving

meet the obsessed, militant footsoldiers you share the road with.

I think you all need to talk this through

ALL car drivers shold have to ride a cycle for at least a year on the road
every day before getting a driving licence for a car.

Alan

On Oct 10, 10:20*pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
ComandanteBanana wrote:
Case in point is how we should make people pass a cycling/motorcycle
test and if they fail that test they won't have a chance with the
driving test! Why? Because it's better to knock a few cones with a
bicycle, than with a car, where those cones are bound to be cyclists
or pedestrians in real life.

How about needing to pass a test and get licensed to post to Usenet?

Simply some people should not be driving!

Simply, some people should not be posting to Usenet.

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