To think cycling should be banned under lockdown?

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I just had to drive to an essential medical appointment, and come across dozens of cyclists.

Why is cycling still allowed when driving is only allowed for essential travel? Surely the 1 hour exercise should be restricted to walking? If the cyclist falls off or is hit by a car, that puts pressure on emergency services.

And yes I know a very small minority will be cycling to an essential job... but I doubt all the people I saw were doing so. Surely the rules should be the same... essential travel only.

She didn’t have a helmet on, was miles away from home, took up ambulance, a&e and tomorrow a dentists time
She says she checked the junction but didn’t see a car coming, pulled out and then saw the car- so actually yeah it was her fault and not the drivers

She could have done some star jumps in the garden or jogged around the common
Her entitled mindset of “I deserve to do what I want” is what caused it

I mentioned the car once- hardly more concerned about the car than my friend!
Wow some of you are incredible today

What if the driver now can’t get food/medicine/to their key worker job now??

We are in a global crisis and I am sick of people flouting the rules and finding loop holes that then impact on everyone else

Stay indoors- how is that difficult- I would LOVE to be able to stay indoors!

SimonJT walking an hour is the equivalent of runninn for an hour calorie-wise if you keep a very brisk pace, it absolutely is exercise.

But you're unlikely to fall on the ground while walking, with cycling you could fall off and be badly injured at speed. I know someone who was hospitalised after hitting a pothole while cycling so there is a risk.

All I'm saying is inessential driving has been banned due to hypothetical accidents so surely the same should be said for all inessential travel.

You are wrong.

We can't all sit in a box and do nothing but watch the propaganda machine in the name of safety. People need to live. People need to maintain their rights and freedoms.

Your non-friend was obeying the rules @ohmydarling. You are permitted to exercise once a day including cycling. She does not have to follow your interpretation of the rules that 'some star jumps' are more than enough. You should tell her what you think of her - she deserves to know that someone she thinks of as a friend has such contempt for her.

Most of the doctors I know are cycling into work at the moment - better than public transport potentially exposing themselves to CV and having to self isolate instead of treating patients and manage other people's essential medical appointments.

But if you are a cyclist involved in an RTC, you are more likely to be seriously injured than the person in the car, with just a helmet to protect you.
Generally people in single-vehicle accidents fare better if they are on a bicycle, versus a car. You don't get drunk idiots leaving the pub & cycling home at 70mph & killing themselves & whenever they happen to crash into. So much so that you rarely hear about them. The seriously injured bicyclists you hear about, are almost invariably injured by impact with a car. Interesting that you assumed that cycle injuries are generally caused by cars. Cyclists are generally hyper-aware of their surroundings because they are extremely vulnerable to injury by cars.

"If the cyclist falls off or is hit by a car, that puts pressure on emergency services"

When was the last time anyone over the age of 5 just fell off a bike???

Walking for non-essentials then, banned, too ? Worst fall I ever took was walking. Broke my jaw, my nose, one orbital, cut my head open.

walking an hour is the equivalent of runninn for an hour calorie-wise if you keep a very brisk pace

Codswallop. Absolute balderdash.

Oh please.

I haven't got a car, and do everything by bike. I can't walk as a) I need an operation on my back, and b) my leg is in plaster. I can, however, cycle, and I am jolly well doing to do so.

"If the cyclist falls off or is hit by a car, that puts pressure on emergency services

This is an argument for banning driving, not cycling. It's not the bike causing the harm.

Oh my goodness op! Not everyone lives in a built up area. Some of us live in isolated and rural places.

All I'm saying is inessential driving has been banned due to hypothetical accidents so surely the same should be said for all inessential travel.

This is like the earlier post from someone who got all outraged by the fact that so many people were out in her town this morning - failing to realise that she was one of those people.

Who made you judge and jury about the 'essentialness' of other people's travel? Maybe they too were travelling to 'essential medical appointments' and just didn't bother to inform you?

I have noticed that there are loads more cyclists about. Family groups with parent at the front, two kids wobbling about in between and parent at the back.
Got stuck behind a MAMIL on a country lane on the way home from work tonight.
I bet a lot of people have ventured into their sheds/garages to dust off their bikes having not ridden a bike on the road for years.

All slightly annoying but none of them are doing anything wrong as such.

Could this be were people are getting the one hour thing from?

Asked to clarify how much time people could spend exercising outside their homes, Mr Gove said: "It depends on each individual's fitness." The government has not so far issued a time limit for exercise, but has urged people to stay local.

"I would have thought that for most, a walk of up to an hour, or a run of 30 minutes, or a cycle ride between that, depending on their level of fitness, is appropriate," Mr Gove said.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52082781

Is Gove pulling times out of thin air?

My husband is a key worker and cycled to work so he doesn’t have to get on the tube. Would you rather he took public transport?

Yes, Gove is pulling the time limit out of thin air. There is nothing t in the legislation setting any sort of time limit at the moment.

@Eckhart The problem is that runners are not willing to stop or take a break to let other people pass. They are determined to keep on running and to squeeze in between people. Some runners are very considerate and are willing to change their path (and run on the spot for a few seconds) to avoid breaking the rules. But most are not like that where I live.

The anti-cycling brigade can shoehorn their agenda into literally any scenario, can't they? it's really impressive.

'AIBU to think cyclists shouldn't be out during this nuclear winter? They will use up scarce calories and are likely to be attacked by rabid wolves'

'Cyclists should be banned: our new alien overlords are likely to be offended by their ridiculous lycra garb, and wreak venegance on our children'

etc,

Given the fact that one group decided to drive 10 miles to walk their dog and had an accident, don't you think driving should be banned instead?

If the govt thought cycling was so dangerous that it could burden the nhs I’m sure theyd have banned it. It’s a silly argument put forward by non cyclists who maybe would fall off a bike if they sat on one.

I bike 15 miles a day every day minimum as that’s my daily commute. I’ve never ended up in hospital. Haven’t fallen off in years.

Well don't hit them with your car then.

My husband is a key worker and cycled to work so he doesn’t have to get on the tube. Would you rather he took public transport?

I think you'll find the answer is 'fuck him, the cyclist cunt'.

I’ve only seen single cyclists, so don’t think it’s an issue. It’s exercise and permitted. Large groups in close proximity when they stop is not allowed though

All I'm saying is inessential driving has been banned due to hypothetical accidents so surely the same should be said for all inessential travel.
Ok. So we should ban all non-essential activities & purchases. So, no more internet use for you - as increased internet use requires more workers to be out & about, on the roads, at call centres when servers are down, etc. Only 1 form of carbohydrates is permitted to be purchased each week, as more than that is greedy, & would enable the government to plan better. No outside exercise at all, you can do it in your house.