On 08/11/2012 16:16, Nick Leverton wrote:

In article , Mizter T wrote:

On 08/11/2012 16:00, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 15:49:36 on Thu, 8 Nov 2012,
Mizter T remarked:
Serious, straightforward question - do you think cycling on the road
is inherently a bad thing?

It's a good thing. Most of my issues with cyclists are when they on the
pavement, pretending to be pedestrians on various crossings, and of
course ignoring almost any kind of traffic sign (especially ones that
say "no cycling").

What do you think about motorists ignoring almost any kind of traffic sign?

.. and that one ...

Oh, this is of course a totally unedifying discussion (if it even
warrants that description), but I just fancied challenging Roland a bit.
He'll have the last word of course, but on rare occasions this bizarre
masochistic urge just grabs me.

(What I'm aiming for here is the unspoken "all" or "some" that precedes
"cyclists" in Roland's comments, and trying to tease out which he means.
Of course the ambiguity suits him very well, because it allows him to
spout off whilst maintaining a semblance of cover. Though you're right,
this branch of the discussion belongs on uk.transport.rant. I shall desist.)