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Reply #195 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 6:07am

rhino wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 1:10am:

Valkie wrote on Jun 12^th, 2018 at 3:08pm:

rhino wrote on Jun 12^th, 2018 at 12:25am:

Valkie wrote on Jun 11^th, 2018 at 7:16pm:

d.

So
If I picture a thug, I guess I see a COWARD who uses means other than skill to intimidate or threaten people.

You mean like people with knives? I agree. Only a coward would use a weapon to try and intimidate someone.

I would not use it other than in self defence, or training.

But use it I would, without hesitation.

If it's between me and them, it's me every time.

Quick, run back inside, someone might drive down the street and see you.

You poor sad little man, always trying to prove you are a tough guy. You must have lead a very ordinary life.

Yes, very ordinary.
I work, I play, I contribute.
But your extraordinary life of sitting in front of a computer too afraid to leave the house, never seeing anything save that you see on your screen, must be so much better.

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Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs...
Reply #196 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 9:43am

freediver wrote on Jun 12^th, 2018 at 6:04pm:

Valkie wrote on Jun 12^th, 2018 at 3:19pm:

freediver wrote on Jun 12^th, 2018 at 12:33pm:

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I agree with Valkie. Number plates for bikes must become mandatory. And, imo, bike riders/owners should also pay rego, insurance, the whole deal.

The cost of the paperwork would be an order of magnitude higher than what you can get a new bike for. This is nanny state gone crazy.

Don't you think it's a bit of a hysterical over-reaction to call them thugs?

You have obviously never been to Sydney and seen couriers in action.
Thugs accurately describes them.

Been there plenty of times. Never seen and scary pushbike 'thugs'.

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But cars, trucks and motorcycles can be easily identified.

Cyclists cannot, they therefore believe anything goes and they cant be caught.

Make them identifiable and we would have at least some semblance of fairness.

On a different point of note.

The Cane toads want to register and speed limit disability scooters.

What next? Keeping pensioners indoords without a handler.

Nanny state....Australia.

Same with pedestrians. They should be forced to have a number plate stapled to the back of their head.

Lol, I agree. Particularly on bike paths when people are on their mobile phones and not looking.

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs... Reply #198 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:24am freediver wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:20am: They should also have a go-go-gadget style flashing light on top of their head. These pedestrians think they can just wander wherever they want, scaring old ladies, little girls, and valkie. Valkies terrified of MAMILS.
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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs... Reply #199 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 11:13am freediver wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:20am: They should also have a go-go-gadget style flashing light on top of their head. These pedestrians think they can just wander wherever they want, scaring old ladies, little girls, and valkie. Dont ever think Valkies scared, he carries a knife.
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Reply #200 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 12:53pm

rhino wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 11:13am:

freediver wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:20am:

They should also have a go-go-gadget style flashing light on top of their head. These pedestrians think they can just wander wherever they want, scaring old ladies, little girls, and valkie.

Dont ever think Valkies scared, he carries a knife.

We should have number plates for those too. Nothing worse than thugs with knives on bikes riding wherever they want.

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Reply #201 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 1:58pm

This just happened.

I was in the right lane and slowed down so the car in the left lane would have room to move across to give a bike a meter.
It was down a windy and narrow road with no shoulder. It was also near a building site so the chance of having debris on the road dangerous to a bike was high.

The car in the left lane waved thanks, and the traffic flow in general was improved by the car in the left not having to slow right down.

The car behind beeped me because his progress was impeded by 0.0005% of a bees fart.

At the next lights the car behind pulled level, it was some old half retarded looking guy with a disabled sticker on his window.

I wonder if I'd held him up from racing home to sit alone and eat his meals and wheels lunch.

These are the people that I often find are annoyed by bike riders.

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Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs...
Reply #202 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 2:07pm

Gordon wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 1:58pm:

This just happened.

I was in the right lane and slowed down so the car in the left lane would have room to move across to give a bike a meter.
It was down a windy and narrow road with no shoulder. It was also near a building site so the chance of having debris on the road dangerous to a bike was high.

The car in the left lane waved thanks, and the traffic flow in general was improved by the car in the left not having to slow right down.

The car behind beeped me because his progress was impeded by 0.0005% of a bees fart.

At the next lights the car behind pulled level, it was some old half retarded looking guy with a disabled sticker on his window.

I wonder if I'd held him up from racing home to sit alone and eat his meals and wheels lunch.

These are the people that I often find are annoyed by bike riders.

Indeed, as I said IME its the 0.0001% who are the idiots. (Although they all seem to drive utes)

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Reply #204 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 5:39pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 2:07pm:

Gordon wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 1:58pm:

This just happened.

I was in the right lane and slowed down so the car in the left lane would have room to move across to give a bike a meter.
It was down a windy and narrow road with no shoulder. It was also near a building site so the chance of having debris on the road dangerous to a bike was high.

The car in the left lane waved thanks, and the traffic flow in general was improved by the car in the left not having to slow right down.

The car behind beeped me because his progress was impeded by 0.0005% of a bees fart.

At the next lights the car behind pulled level, it was some old half retarded looking guy with a disabled sticker on his window.

I wonder if I'd held him up from racing home to sit alone and eat his meals and wheels lunch.

These are the people that I often find are annoyed by bike riders.

Indeed, as I said IME its the 0.0001% who are the idiots. (Although they all seem to drive utes)

A ute is worth an extra 10 kph, with tradie racks and such add another 10, and if it's a red one... wow!

Nearly nailed one last night on the freeway - zoomed out from the left into a 110 kph zone while another car was stationary there waiting to go across - luckily there was nothing in the right lane and I swerved around him.

Utes... the story I could tell. They develop a feeling of invincibility and of entitlement to drive like arseholes because they're 'on business'.

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Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs...
Reply #205 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 5:47pm

Gordon wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 1:58pm:

This just happened.

I was in the right lane and slowed down so the car in the left lane would have room to move across to give a bike a meter.
It was down a windy and narrow road with no shoulder. It was also near a building site so the chance of having debris on the road dangerous to a bike was high.

The car in the left lane waved thanks, and the traffic flow in general was improved by the car in the left not having to slow right down.

The car behind beeped me because his progress was impeded by 0.0005% of a bees fart.

At the next lights the car behind pulled level, it was some old half retarded looking guy with a disabled sticker on his window.

I wonder if I'd held him up from racing home to sit alone and eat his meals and wheels lunch.

These are the people that I often find are annoyed by bike riders.

That was Valkie.

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Reply #207 - May 10^th, 2024 at 1:37pm

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As part of the law change, the drivers also want cyclists banned from driving on roads with a speed limit of 80km/h or higher if the roads don’t have designated bike lanes.

So what if you live a few km out of town, and you cannot afford a car? Or your car breaks down and you are running out of food?

These idiots would make us devote most of our GDP to upgrading millions of kilometres of road that are barely used to begin with. They are happy to have to get out of the way for a B double coming at them at 100km/h on a road that is barely wide enough for two vehicles, but think it is some kind of injustice to have to navigate a cyclist without killing them.

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Re: Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs...
Reply #208 - May 11^th, 2024 at 2:58pm

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on May 30^th, 2018 at 2:27pm:

Australian drivers are fighting for a road rule that could finally mean the end to the war between cyclists and cars.

In the world of REALTY, there IS no such "war"

On the road, the same laws apply for automobiles, bicycles, motorbikes, Mister Whippy vans - and horse drawn carts.

The REAL issue here, is should the fossil fuelled deplorables have a list of exemptions to the law - and ONLY THEM.

It's NOT gonna happen, no matter HOW many "me, me, me" petitions and protest rallies they try and get off the ground.

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Reply #209 - May 11^th, 2024 at 3:20pm

No good quoting the part I quoted there buzz - it's not my quote.

All every motorist needs is an old clunker diesel with shifty injectors - pass a bike, drop 'er down two gears, and gas the bustard...

People - same ones every year - never learn, the shunts - come out here in the Ning Nang Nong on the narrow winding road, and EVERY day ride their bike up and down it while clad in lycra. Cars coming around tight bends come upon them suddenly - but no way are they going to put them bikes in their friggin' car and go fifteen minutes to a more amenable locality - it's their right...

City slickers ain't go no rights on country roads or for many, highways at all.... many certainly don't have the training or skills.

Side-note:- stopped one time to ask a visiting bloke what he was looking for on the side of the road - he said his dog had just been run over a while ago ... not used to 80 kph traffic and in a strange yard ...both humans and dog that is... yet later saw a woman and daughter and dog on long leash striding the road as if there as nothing better to do. If the dog danced the wrong way a car would wipe him out. FFS, people!! Get with it!!

I call them suicides.

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