From: thomas.covenant on 7 Apr 2010 02:45 On Apr 7, 7:15 am, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: > The Medway Handyman <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > So who were they "scrounging" off before motorists started paying to > > > use the roads? > > > Anyone they could knowing cyclists. > > Cyclists were, at one time, required to pay tolls to use the roads. They > refused to pay since they are truly scrounging bastards. Hence they were > scrounging off other road users who did make their payments to the > turnpike trusts. > > The end of tolls for cycling on turnpikes happened at about the same > time as the development of the motor car (around 1895) so it's the car > that cyclists can thank for their freedom from tolls, not their own > illegal behaviour. > > As usual the ingratitudinous revisionists like to pretend that they have > special status (they don't) and that they were resonsible for obtaining > their current toll-free status (they weren't). > > Brimstone remains a blustering know-nothing. Most motorists pay a tax/charge/payment (call it what you like) to enable them to use the roads, most cyclists don't. Wriggle/squirm/protest as much as you like, but it is true. Thomas.
From: mileburner on 8 Apr 2010 05:05 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ldmdne21Xfo1SiHWnZ2dnUVZ8k-dnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in > message >> Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not >> a viable form of transport. I am away atm doing a bit of camping/holidaying/relative visiting. I put the hybrid on the back of the car before we left so that I could do some cycling and can get around a bit while DW can spend some time with her family and I am not tied to being their with them *all day*. I am actually quite amazed at how short the distances are by bike and what a viable form of transport cycling actually is. The trips which typically take 20mins to half an hour in the car take about 30 - 40 mins by bike. There are lots of short cuts and I don't get stuck in traffic either. Much nicer too!
From: mileburner on 8 Apr 2010 05:09 thomas.covenant(a)rocketmail.com wrote: > > Most motorists pay a tax/charge/payment (call it what you like) to > enable them to use the roads, most cyclists don't. > Wriggle/squirm/protest as much as you like, but it is true. Most of the cyclists I know pay VED on their cars. I can only think of one cyclist I know who does not own a car. The above is clearly not true.
From: Adrian on 8 Apr 2010 05:22 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Most motorists pay a tax/charge/payment (call it what you like) to >> enable them to use the roads, most cyclists don't. >> Wriggle/squirm/protest as much as you like, but it is true. > Most of the cyclists I know pay VED on their cars. I can only think of > one cyclist I know who does not own a car. > > The above is clearly not true. To claim that there's some link between the possession of a valid VED and a _person's_ "right" to use the road is clearly false - as those of us with multiple cars know only too well. Whether a VED requires payment or not is also irrelevant, apart from disproving the "paying for the roads" silliness.
From: Tim on 9 Apr 2010 17:49
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 9:57:34 +0100, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote (in message <hopq1u$vvu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>): > I was sitting at some lights on the A22 (not exactly a minor road) when a > couple on a Tandem come past and stop. Not to the side, oh no. They stop > right bang in front of me. Unsurprisingly when the lights go green me and > all the traffic behind are now slooowly accelerating to a heady speed of > 15mph and its only when I hammer the horn that these pair of tossers move > over and I look in the mirror and the bloke at the front is laughing. I was > sorely tempted to slam on the brakes and see how funny he thought it was > then. > > So what gives? Not content with getting in the way on side roads some of you > people now think you have to block the main roads too to feel safe because > you > voluntaritly choose a dangerous mode of transport? > > B2003 > Do you drive a BMW with your fog lights on? --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |