Daily Express campaign calls for cyclists to ‘pay their way’

Judging by the recent backwards, ill informed claims by backwards, ill informed fuckwits I think that we're actually gaining some traction.

These sub Clarkson fools will do anything to hold on to their status as motorists, not having the ability or intellect to be identified by anything else - they make a lot of noise as the writing is on the wall; mass uptake of sustainable methods of transport is inevitable, especially in cities. It might be a long way off but we're slowly turning a corner and starting to have national conversations about what we want our cities and towns to be - society is slowly waking up to the fact that what is good for the majority doesnt fit with an individuals selfish need to pass the costs of their actions on to everyone else. These selfish individuals are starting to be both more vocal and more ridiculous than ever.

Infrastructure is still way below par and cycling uptake rates may be increasing at a glacial rate but I remain certain that in twenty five years bicycles will be the dominant mode of traction in any large connurbation, A big part of this shift is winning the argument against retrograde arseholes like Rutherford - not particularly hard when cycling does have the moral high ground on almost any measure. I ultimately think we should give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Overall it reminds me of the Ghandi line "At first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" - the fact that we're now third on this list actually gives me quite a lot of hope.

I'm all in favour of a road tax for cyclists and motorists, just as long as it's charged in proportion to the damage our prospective vehicles cause.

Engine size or vehicle weight would be a good places to start. 

I'd happily pay a couple of hound £s a year as a cyclist and that should cost your average family car by proportion a few thousand a year, it'd be great to see the fuckers and their killing machines priced off the road. 

“How does some oik, a complete loser on a bike, go faster than Lord Alan Sugar, who employs a lot of people in this country and is a contributor to Britain?” 

So he thinks cyclists are oiks and losers. I take offence at that. The guy is obviously a class conscious dimwit who hasn't got the mental furniture required to work out how the clever cyclist got through traffic faster than Sugar, and that traffic congestion is predominantly caused by cars, not bikes.

He obviously thinks Sugar should have priority on the roads because he's an employer and contributor to Britain. Maybe he's advocating doing away with cycle lanes and have Sugar lanes instead. Maybe he's just brown-nosing Sugar?

If he encouraged his members to get off their arses  and onto bikes it would cause less congestion. He should also be made aware that a great many cyclists are also motorists - and according to an insurance company cyclists are better drivers. 

http://road.cc/content/news/172326-insurance-firm-offer-cyclists-cheaper...

Take no notice.  He has been insanely jealous of Clarkson's reputation and success for years and has made loads of these half-arsed attempts at controversy.  If we all ignore him he may go away and get a proper job.

Which department of the Edifice Of Rutherford do I apply to, to get my Road Tax Exemption for my paltry oik loser's bicycle, on the basis of the four sets of vehicle excise duty I am already paying for the motor vehicles I own? I wonder if he has any pre-formed opinions about how many adult cycle commuters might actually own a motor vehicle and pay the same "taxes" for it as he does for his?

Do I have to demonstrate that I can achieve an enormous speed regardless of my cycling-or-not status by driving over his foot on my lovely British-built motorcycle?

I'm not sure which order to do various things to demonstrate that all the separate parts of his argument are utterly unrelated, and do not form a whole.

Twat.

I thought we had solved this arguement?  Oh wait, that was about whether cyclist should wear helmets.  All of the arguements kind of merge into one...

My bike(s) are insured, I'm insured and I am a loser...... of weight/fat and funilly enough I contribute to the economy also! To all the non cyclist vehicle drivers you don't pay car tax you pay road fund tax based on emmisions from your vehicle my bike doesn't emmit any emmisions so I don't pay road fund tax, but I do pay it for my two cars so probably pay more than you if you only have one car.