"Serge Auckland" wrote

I live not far from the A14 in Suffolk, and there's a fair bit of this
time-trialling going on there. Although they do put out signs, and they do
space the riders a fair bit apart, it still strikes me as a thoroughly
dangerous thing to do on a fast public road. The worse part is when a
cyclist passes a junction, which, for a car, takes a second or two to
pass, but for the biker, takes a fair bit longer. Cars turning off have to
cut in before or after cyclists and there have been a few accidents. The
idea of mixing slow vulnerable cyclists with fast invulnerable cars seems
crazy. Cyclists and horses aren't allowed on motorways, and there's
precious little difference between a motorway and a fast dual carriageway
like the A1 or A14.

I never see any cyclists on the A14 except for the time-triallers around
Bank Holidays as it's far too dangerous at any other time.


Hi Serge!

My original post was really small talk to say 'bikers watch out' and I
didn't expect it to go any where. All I will say is, when other countries
can have bulls in the streets, Mille Miglias, other car and bike Rallies,
Tours De France, various religious festivals and carnivals and feck nose
what else, it's a *poor old show* when a few Bank Holdiay Bike Enthusiasts
can't have use of some long, fast tarmac for a few hours in this ********,
selfish PC/H&S country without paying the ultimate price for it.

(And, before anyone mentions it - it's almost a *certainty* they pay their
own road tax on other vehicles!)

If anything, I think much more effort should be made; the signs should be
bigger and there should be a police presence - and I'm not even a cyclist!!

They could take a leaf out of the IOM's book and scrub some of the *grey*
away for a few hours!!