As far as I'm aware, it is not illegal to lane-split. I hate drivers who close the gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonMcGr
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As far as I'm aware, it is not illegal to lane-split. I hate drivers who close the gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonMcGr
Ron
Then you hate me!:pQuote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
I believe that I own all of the black bit between the lines in my lane and I can spread out across it so to speak;)
Rider etiquette should imply that when stopped at lights, riders move to one edge so I can lane split with them:p
Ralph
A push bike, a motor bike, a Land Rover, so we can all lane split ?, it is illegal.
Most fun I have ever had as a cocky young lad was pulling up behind a cop on his bike who had just lane split, I was in my knarly old P76. His face was pricless when he tried to book for lane splitting me and I pre empted my defence in court.:D He didn't book me.. I felt like a king...until,,,
He when he went over my car and defected it on eight accounts :eek::( I guess my face would have been priceless
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Originally Posted by p38arover
Well we were coming home from Sydney and we pulled over to change drivers, as there was traffic I had popped the door but was holding onto the inner handle, then a flamin great B double screamed past and the slip stream pulled the door out my hand and pulled it right forward on the hinges and now it scrapes on opening. Serve me right.
Its illegal ron, as an ex currior I know I have literally dozens of low grade fines for doing exactly this on a push bike. usually $20 or so for "creating an additional lane of traffic" and most times it was for rolling the pushie up to the white line at a set of lights between the cars that had to turn left and the ones that had to go straight ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
Tell me that wasnt revenue raising.
I was crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing and was knocked flying by a Lycra clad cyclist 'lane splitting'. He didn't realise that the traffic had stopped to let me cross. He was OK and I ended up in casualty.Thank God it wasn't a motorcycle.
Guys,
Just spent the weekend riding my bike with the family: 2 adults on bikes and the 3-y-o in a child trailer behind me.
The whole story on doors being opened on cyclists is not funny - yeah, it probably looked funny in a slap-stick-Sepo-comedy-IQ-of-2-type-of-way but it is scary... and fault lies with the driver who, given he/she was at fault, could have their behind sued off by the cyclist. And win.
As for rules regarding bikes on roads, have a look at this web page: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety...lingrules.html
Particularly look at these points:
- Riding two abreast, no more than 1.5 m apart
- Travelling to the front of a line of traffic on the left hand side of the stopped vehicles
So as you can see the comments earlier regarding two abreast being 'fair game' are quite misinformed ... Bicycles have the same rights and obligations as other vehicles (can occupy a whole traffic lane) with some special rules as indicated above - and before anyone screams about 'unfair special treatment' think of the various other 'special' rules for various other types of vehicles such as trucks over 7.5m in length, buses, taxis etc.
So give us cyclists a break - I ride a bike. It's Land Rover.
Had it happen many times when i was a kid and it hurt like hell/i hit a young girl in my car years ago i thought i killed her it was the worst feeling ive ever felt,dont judge me on a simple thread that you as a person with more than 2 IQ think is justified. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle61
Why do cyclists have these special rights to the road when they do not pay registration to maintain the roads?
NM, I figured that if the cyclist was riding close enough to the parked car as to run into it's door which was opened, then it seems that, 1. the cyclist was in the same lane as the parked car, 2. probably because the cyclist was riding between parked cars and moving cars, I maybe be totally wrong, but I have seen this scenario many times. If the motorist had've looked the accident may not have happened, but also if the cyclist had been observing the law the accident may not have happened, just my 2 bobs worth, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus