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Motorists demand fair go from bike thugs...
May 30th, 2018 at 2:27pm
 
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"Australian drivers are fighting for a road rule that could finally mean the end to the war between cyclists and cars.

More than 80,000 people have signed a change.org petition calling for a compulsory single file rule for cyclists who ride in groups, regardless of whether a bike lane exists in a particular spot or not.

The drivers are calling on the transport ministers of each Australian state to make the change.

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.

“We are tired of taxpayer dollars being lavished on expensive road systems with designated bike lanes, only to see cyclists continue to ride two or more abreast, spilling into main traffic lanes and impeding traffic flow,” the petition said.

“We are tired of the safety hazards such cyclists present, and we are tired of being told we’re bad drivers if we complain about this problem.

“We, the undersigned concerned citizens of Australia, believe our money is being wasted every time an expensive bike lane is built on a main road in circumstances where cyclists ignore such infrastructure as a matter of routine behaviour.”

The creator of the petition believes cyclists travelling in single file would be safest.

Bikes NSW communications director Kim Lavender told News Corp there were better alternatives for cyclists and the two abreast rule was safer.

“If you are riding two abreast on a road it means you are taking up less length on the road so it is easier for cars to overtake,” she said.

“It reduces it down to two metres of overtaking as opposed to three or more if riders were in single file.”

Transport Minister Michael McCormack has been contacted for comment"


https://au.news.yahoo.com/thousands-aussie-drivers-campaign-change-cycling-road-...

No more 'Door 'Em All, Let God Sort 'Em Out!!'
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Reply #1 - May 30th, 2018 at 2:30pm
 

Ban them!

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Reply #2 - May 30th, 2018 at 2:35pm
 
Sydney drivers get all agitated being held up by bikes for 20 seconds because it cuts into the time they'll enjoy waiting at the next set of lights.
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Reply #3 - May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm
 
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"cyclists ignore such infrastructure as a matter of routine behaviour.”


Wrong!  Cyclists take the safest, smoothest, fastest roadway available depending on circumstances.  Before he opens his mouth, that bloke needs to ride the same roads where he is complaining about cyclists commuting with other vehicles, and with the same intentions as other vehicles: to get somewhere smoothly.

He needs to do this for a year at least, on a bike, through the days, and try out the bike lanes and shared paths compared to the roads, and see how cumbersome in design as well as the often rougher surfaces, and then he might understand why sometimes it is okay to take a bike path and sometimes it is wiser to take the road. 

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.
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Reply #4 - May 30th, 2018 at 2:48pm
 
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.   


Not all cyclists own a car.

Get 'em off the road - they're a menace.

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Reply #5 - May 30th, 2018 at 2:56pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:48pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.   


Not all cyclists own a car.

Get 'em off the road - they're a menace.


You have an interesting attitude and taste for shadenfreude.  Not all car drivers pay rego, touche'.  You could use a ticket to Copenhagen, to see how 46% of a city commutes by bike. 

Are you disabled?  That might explain your opinion but not your attitude.
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I for one take great care around cyclists on the road. It costs you all of 10 seconds.
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Reply #7 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:07pm
 
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:56pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:48pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.   


Not all cyclists own a car.

Get 'em off the road - they're a menace.


You have an interesting attitude and taste for shadenfreude.  Not all car drivers pay rego, touche'.  You could use a ticket to Copenhagen, to see how 46% of a city commutes by bike. 

Are you disabled?  That might explain your opinion but not your attitude.


I don't live in Copenhagen (was very close last week, though) - I live in Perth, Western Australia.

In Perth, Western Australia, the majority of adult bike riders are rude pricks who disobey the law every five minutes, and abuse law-abiding motorists for no reason at all.

Get 'em off the roads (and footpaths).



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Reply #8 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:14pm
 
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:35pm:
Sydney drivers get all agitated being held up by bikes for 20 seconds because it cuts into the time they'll enjoy waiting at the next set of lights.




Haha exactly right.
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Reply #9 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:15pm
 
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:00pm:
I for one take great care around cyclists on the road. It costs you all of 10 seconds.


So do I, as a mater of fact - same with motor cycles.....but since it's so trendy to throw the word the word 'thug' around that I just had to get it in... how knows? With enough mindless repetition of the word it might come to have the same value as words like 'violence' do today.... next to nothing due to over-extending it....

Truth is like a rubber band - you can only stretch it so many times before it becomes inelastic and eventually breaks down completely.

Here's a good one - you could door 'em and push 'em out into the traffic at the same time...

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Reply #10 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:17pm
 
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:00pm:
I for one take great care around cyclists on the road. It costs you all of 10 seconds.




I think thats the key isn't it.

As a cyclist, I don't disagree that there are dickhead cyclists. There are also dickhead drivers.


Riding as a bunch as cyclists does 2 things.

1. We go quicker thereby holding you up slightly less
2. Its safer for us since we're a slighlty bigger obstruction.
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Reply #11 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:23pm
 
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:17pm:
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:00pm:
I for one take great care around cyclists on the road. It costs you all of 10 seconds.




I think thats the key isn't it.

As a cyclist, I don't disagree that there are dickhead cyclists. There are also dickhead drivers.


Riding as a bunch as cyclists does 2 things.

1. We go quicker thereby holding you up slightly less
2. Its safer for us since we're a slighlty bigger obstruction.


Just imagine the cyclists is your son/daughter /brother/ sister.

The other day I saw an impatient car cut off a school kid on a bike. Lucky he had space to runoff.

My urge to catch and beat the driver senseless was barely contained
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Reply #12 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:27pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:07pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:56pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:48pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.   


Not all cyclists own a car.

Get 'em off the road - they're a menace.


You have an interesting attitude and taste for shadenfreude.  Not all car drivers pay rego, touche'.  You could use a ticket to Copenhagen, to see how 46% of a city commutes by bike. 

Are you disabled?  That might explain your opinion but not your attitude.


I don't live in Copenhagen (was very close last week, though) - I live in Perth, Western Australia.

In Perth, Western Australia, the majority of adult bike riders are rude pricks who disobey the law every five minutes, and abuse law-abiding motorists for no reason at all.

Get 'em off the roads (and footpaths).






Perth has seen a remarkable improvement in driver attitudes this year since the less lethal passing laws have started to become common knowledge.  Commuting has become quite a comfortable experience again after the last decade of road-rage. 

When it comes to the shared paths, if the cyclists are in good moods because of the good moods of the car drivers, it makes us treat the pedestrians more gently, and before you know it, everyone is happy again!

You shouldn't be so negative about the better parts of future.
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Reply #13 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:31pm
 
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:23pm:
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:17pm:
Gordon wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:00pm:
I for one take great care around cyclists on the road. It costs you all of 10 seconds.




I think thats the key isn't it.

As a cyclist, I don't disagree that there are dickhead cyclists. There are also dickhead drivers.


Riding as a bunch as cyclists does 2 things.

1. We go quicker thereby holding you up slightly less
2. Its safer for us since we're a slighlty bigger obstruction.


Just imagine the cyclists is your son/daughter /brother/ sister.

The other day I saw an impatient car cut off a school kid on a bike. Lucky he had space to runoff.

My urge to catch and beat the driver senseless was barely contained



Was riding with a non bunch riding group on Sun (in other words, we were single file and spread out), one of the guys had a ute pass within a metre on 100 road, the driver then turned round came back abused this guy for riding on the road, got called out about how it was legal, then proceeded to drive past the cyclist again within the metre.
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Reply #14 - May 30th, 2018 at 3:32pm
 
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:27pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 3:07pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:56pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:48pm:
Imrah wrote on May 30th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

Cyclists still pay the rego on their cars even when we leave them at home and ride our bikes, you know?  Don't be so jolly stingy about it!
It's un-Australian.   


Not all cyclists own a car.

Get 'em off the road - they're a menace.


You have an interesting attitude and taste for shadenfreude.  Not all car drivers pay rego, touche'.  You could use a ticket to Copenhagen, to see how 46% of a city commutes by bike. 

Are you disabled?  That might explain your opinion but not your attitude.


I don't live in Copenhagen (was very close last week, though) - I live in Perth, Western Australia.

In Perth, Western Australia, the majority of adult bike riders are rude pricks who disobey the law every five minutes, and abuse law-abiding motorists for no reason at all.

Get 'em off the roads (and footpaths).






Perth has seen a remarkable improvement in driver attitudes this year since the less lethal passing laws have started to become common knowledge.  Commuting has become quite a comfortable experience again after the last decade of road-rage. 

When it comes to the shared paths, if the cyclists are in good moods because of the good moods of the car drivers, it makes us treat the pedestrians more gently, and before you know it, everyone is happy again!

You shouldn't be so negative about the better parts of future.


Perth has seen a remarkable decline in cyclists' attitudes.
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