Thread: Cyclists.

Originally Posted by solmanic

There is absolutely NOTHING in the road rules, in any state, that says road users (motorists or cyclists) have the right to unimpeded travel. If you are stuck behind someone going more slowly than you, or stopped to make a turn, or doing a reverse park or any other legal manoeuvre that is just tough luck.

actually, someone doing a reverse park must give way to cars behind.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

You may be partially correct, but there are road rules stating that the car in the right lane of a multi lane road with a speed limit of greater than 80KPH must keep left unless overtaking.

That would therefore be an example of an illegal manoeuvre then.

The comment arose in an RACQ article discussing tailgating. The fact remains, if you are driving on a road you have no absolute right to be unimpeded or travel at any particular minimum speed. Sure, there are other rules dictating when to move left or what types of vehicles can't be driven on freeways. There are also rules that state when a particularly slow vehicle may be considered a hazard. But the fact I was making is that if you are the one being obstructed by another lawful road user, you have no right to take action against the other driver, cyclist or pedestrian.

Originally Posted by solmanic

That would therefore be an example of an illegal manoeuvre then.

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?que?

Originally Posted by Eevo

actually, someone doing a reverse park must give way to cars behind.

But that giving way does not mean they can't stop and wait till other motorists overtake before doing the reverse park.

Originally Posted by solmanic

you have no right to take action against the other driver, cyclist or pedestrian.

i might have no right, but i'm going to do something about it.
need to wake up and live in the real world

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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The car in the right lane not overtaking in your example would be performing an illegal manoeuvre. My statement refers to vehicles in front being driven legally.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

But that giving way does not mean they can't stop and wait till other motorists overtake before doing the reverse park.

many streets overtaking isnt possible.

Originally Posted by Eevo

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Originally Posted by Eevo

actually, someone doing a reverse park must give way to cars behind.

But that giving way does not mean they can't stop and wait till other motorists overtake before doing the reverse park.

many streets overtaking isnt possible.

Which, to be pragmatic, means that the car doing the reverse park doesn't have to give way to the car behind!

But they do need to avoid hitting the car behind.

Just went for a stroll with the cheese & kisses along a shared path. I moved over to the edge to give an oncoming cyclist more room and squashed a medium consistency 'dog sausage' that was nicely camouflaged with the dirt alongside the path!

There's bigger issues in our dogged society than bike - pedestrian interaction...I wonder if we'd hear more birds singing if it wasn't for all the dogs barking at each other through suburbia?