The Great British Cyling quiz
The Great British Cyling quiz
Found this in mentioned in my local paper http://www.irwinmitchell.com/the-great-british-cycling-quiz.html. Apparently cyclists average about 70%, non cyclists only 58%.
(hope this stays at least for a while, it was for road safety week which is just ending).
Of course I expect everyone on here to get 100%......
(hope this stays at least for a while, it was for road safety week which is just ending).
Of course I expect everyone on here to get 100%......
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Sorry to disappoint
High on a cocktail of flossy teacakes and marmalade
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Just 50% for me. But there are some wrong answers. Especially regarding RLJ and pavement cycling (what about shared-use pavements?)
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Pretty silly that they do a quiz that is then wrong or unclear in parts. I always think too hard on things like this, I don't count reflectors as lighting.
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75% first time, 100% second time.
I thought the last question could have been worded better.
I thought the last question could have been worded better.
Bill
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
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The answers are just wrong regarding ASLs and pavement cycling, aren't they? It's only 'footways' which are illegal to cycle on, and then not if they are designated shared use. And when did it become legal to cross a stop line to enter an ASL box?
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Waste of time. I got the ASL one 'wrong' too, by their reckoning - whoever dreamt up this 'quiz' doesn't know the law...
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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Vantage wrote:75% first time, 100% second time.
I thought the last question could have been worded better.
You mean the one that asked "do you cycle?"
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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100% not sure if I would have got that if hadn't read some of the previous comments here first and therefore been on my guard when reading the questions. I found it a bit odd that at the end the conclusion drawn from having got a 100% was that I was clearly capable of fixing a flat and pedalling in fifth gear since none of the questions were actually about bike maintenance or riding technique. I also didn't like having to chose between living in the south east or south west since Southampton sits right between the two.
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Malaconotus wrote:The answers are just wrong regarding ASLs and pavement cycling, aren't they? It's only 'footways' which are illegal to cycle on, and then not if they are designated shared use. And when did it become legal to cross a stop line to enter an ASL box?
ASL is definitely wrong, certainly without any mention of a filter or dashed part of the stop line.
Pavement is arguable because it depends how you define the non statutory term "pavement". Some countries use "pavement" to mean tarmac. In the UK we generally use the term to refer to the pedestrian paths alongside roads. Is a shared use path alongside a road still a pavement or is it now a shared use pedestrian/cycle path? If they are only pavements when exclusively used by pedestrians then the quiz is right. I think most people probably still call them pavements so the quiz is misleading.
[mounts hobby horse] Neither "pavement" nor the modern highway jargon "footway" appear in the legislation prohibiting cycling on them. The wording is "any footpath or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers" [dismounts hobby horse]
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\lighting question fail...
my bike is old enough not to need pedal reflectors...
\ASL fail
Can't cross the stop line
\Pavement fail
Question unclear (since pavement not defined)
my bike is old enough not to need pedal reflectors...
\ASL fail
Can't cross the stop line
\Pavement fail
Question unclear (since pavement not defined)
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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[XAP]Bob wrote:\lighting question fail...
my bike is old enough not to need pedal reflectors...
\ASL fail
Can't cross the stop line
\Pavement fail
Question unclear (since pavement not defined)
Being picky...
\Arguable passing distance fail
is
the same amount of space needed to pass another vehicle
the same as
HC Rule 163: give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car
\Fashion fail
What the hell is a "leg strap"? Did they mean cycle clips?
Arguably the light question may be okay because it says "should" rather than "must". We can probably forgive them for not looking into the requirements for vehicles over 30 years old.
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Only got one wrong, but I don't agree with the "correct" answer.
Riding on the pavement.
Their "correct" answer is NEVER.
I said local by-laws can permit it.
Riding on the pavement.
Their "correct" answer is NEVER.
I said local by-laws can permit it.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Bicycler wrote:Being picky...
Practically a requirement of this forum from what I've seen over the years.
My understanding is that the questions covered the 'general idea' of the laws in question, not covering all the ins and outs and loopholes.
The only one I struggled with was that of carrying passengers in that tandems, child seats and additional seating space are all separate answers yet all are correct.
Bill
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
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Mick F wrote:Only got one wrong, but I don't agree with the "correct" answer.
Riding on the pavement.
Their "correct" answer is NEVER.
I said local by-laws can permit it.
Same here.