Cyclists should be registered, insured and be made to wear helmets say Cambridgeshire councillors

Shouldn't there be some sort of 'national test' for councillors? Either these councillors are ignorant or just cynical. Haven't they read any reports, published by the likes of the Department of Health, the World Health Organisation etc., that say that each new cyclist generates around 500 pounds of benefits to the community in terms of reduced health costs? Or that the average return on every pound spent on measures to promote cycling is 12 pounds? I suppose not. Far easier to to pander to the most subsidised transport users - car drivers, who only civer approximately 15 per cent of the total costs generated by their acticvities.

"It seems unreasonable for us as a nanny state to make everything great"

>everything great

Really?

Pricks in cars, get rid of them, problem solved.

I believe :
Nobody has paid a ''Road Tax'' since the early 1930's, it was abandoned so car drivers would not feel they owned the roads which were originally built and used for horse drawn carriages and cycles The tax was collected to pay for damage to the roads caused by vehicles. If paying for damage means ownership then there are a lot of windows owned by kids!
Vehicle Excise Duty or Car Tax is based on the amount of toxic emissions produced by the vehicle, a 6.0L V8 pumping out in excess of 400 mg / mile pays a lot. Electric, most small hybrids and even some small internal combustion engines pay NOTHING, ZERO, NOWT, SOD ALL or about the same as fellow car drivers pay for the bicycles they use except.........ALL VED is collected by the general treasury NOT the department of transport, along with Income, Whiskey and Kebab tax and is then divided up among the various Government departments that require funding ( all of them ) so in fact any VED paid is as likely to be funding aid to Vanuatu or school dinners as it is to ( not ) repairing the roads in this country.
Anybody who buys anything in this country that is subject to tax helps maintain the road network.
Please correct inaccuracies in the above if you know better.

Introducing a 10 year ban for being caught texting whilst driving would have a greater impact on road safety. a bit of foam doesn't help when hit from behind at speed by some idiot in their x5 busy posting their latest LOL on facebook.

More cycling - less fatties, healthier nation, less burden on NHS
More cycling - less congestion, reduced road costs, improved productivity
More cycling - less wear and tear on roads, reduced road costs
More cycling - less pollution, better health, less burden on NHS

What exactly aren't we contributing to councilor nobjockey?

There is a conflict of interest here. Check out Councillor Hunt's register of interests:

http://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Hunt%20B%20NEW.pdf

I quote:

"Motor industry consultant (Self employed)
Volkswagen Group UK pensioner"

This guy should be shot down for abusing his position.

As cyclists, we should be thankful for the fact that none of us pay taxes.... oh, hang on a minute - yes I fcking do
Maybe I object to my taxes going towards paying for health care for all the fat bastards who don't cycle..... like local councillors.

Cllr Bill Hunt seems a charming chap - he is, apparently a 'Retired motor industry manager, self employed consultant, company director' who owns a number of houses that he lets out. Obviously an expert on cycling then.

Kippers have these odd pairings of conditional ideas. Last year it was:

The Gay can get married => I should be allowed to marry my dog.

This year it's:

There's a Cycling Path => cyclists must wear helments.

Quote:

I pay road tax x3

No you don't

Councillors represent their local community - the community does contain a lot of ignorant cyclist haters who haven't a clue about infrastructure funding or how to move away from a car dependent culture
I quite like it when idiot's like these open their mouths - at least you know what the problem is. Equally sad that they are unable to contribute anything positive to the role they have been elected to

£500 plus 10 nominators.
http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/173018...

The University city of Cambridge and its surrounding county illustrate that theory - I don't remember what it is called but no doubt someone can help me out here - about the equilibrium between good and ill. Put simply, with such a clever bunch of chaps in the city, equilibrium and balance requires that the surrounding country must be very very stupid indeed.

Have cyclists had the right to vote removed? When did this happen?

Maybe what's really needed is for this country to have a minimum standard of intelligence for MPs and Councillors?

I find this motorist idea that cyclists ought to have insurance infuriating.
In an "encounter" with a car the cyclist is concerned about damage to flesh, blood and bone, but all the driver can think of is his paintwork. Are they really so selfish and stupid that they cannot see this is disgusting?
Its because of this imbalance in the capacity to do harm, and to suffer harm, that cyclists are so much more careful.
In a collision between a bike and a car several studies have found that three out of four are the fault of the driver.We all make mistakes, but for some reason drivers make three times as many, in a car/bike incident.
When I am menaced by bad driving my first fear is of physical harm, not of who pays the bills.

More frightening than funny

A Conservative and a UKIP councilor. That's funny!

"They should be registered, they should go through a national cycling test and they should carry third-party insurance."

This sounds like a good thing to do (and enforce) with car drivers. he might be on to something you know.

Oh wait......