Thread: Cyclists.

Originally Posted by davidsonsm

making their precious time more valuable than anybody else's.

my time is precious, now get out of my way!

Just a timely reminder why we motorists have to be aware of and avoid cyclists. Cyclists hurt in three separate incidents in Perth - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I've never heard of a motorist needing to be extracted from their car after being hit by a cyclist.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I've never heard of a motorist needing to be extracted from their car after being hit by a cyclist.

thats a choice. you can chose to travel on roads with a cage around you.
or you choose to take the risk.
applies to both push bikes and motorbikes.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Also in Australia there have been cases where cyclists have spat on and vandalised cars then fled the scene through parks, with no means of identifying who the perpertrator was, thus evading prosecution.

Also in Australia there are numerous cases where motorists, despite wearing number plates, get away with illegal acts just because their numbers aren't recorded. Then there are plenty of cases where police are given clear evidence of illegal driving with clear identification and they do nothing about it. Sometimes even police have to throw out a fine or two because of inaccuracies in the data they collect. And sometimes cyclists get fed up with being treated as second class citizens and lash out. And lets not forget all those unregistered pedestrians creating mayhem merely by existing.

Round and round we go.

Originally Posted by AndyG

I used to ride Ringwood - Melb Uni 30 years ago (15 miles?), on a busy Hwy, and i dont recall this aggro.

This I believe is due to the pack cyclists.
These didn't exist 30 years ago and as I said before, I don't mind anyone riding to work. Rarely would you have caused an obstruction to cars.

Whereas the packs do and they couldn't give a ****.

God when i think back,

• Melbourne winter,
• Dark clothes
• crappy dymo flasher etc
• Whitehorse Rd

Amazing im still alive, from memory the Bluestone gutters in Fitzroy won in the end.

Originally Posted by bee utey

<snip> ... And lets not forget all those unregistered pedestrians creating mayhem merely by existing.

Round and round we go.

don't get me started on pedestrians!

I can't even have my 5 poster forward inclined bull catcher bar because of those damned pedestrians. Thank you Harold Scruby!

Ban those footpaths, if they weren't fitted to nearly every street in the city we could have more traffic lanes and more parking.






Just joking, have seen too many kids hit by cars, not a happy day for anyone.

As a kid we road all aboat in packs though mostly suburban streets . Never much more than a polite toot of a horn. Now I watch the morons blast about the area and wait to read of some poor kid getting splatted like a fly. These arent just P platers either, they probably rode as a youngster as well.