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Out here it would be just plain tough titties for all concerned.
There is no one here to enforce any rules so it is a free for all.
I ride a mountain bike and make sure that if I hear a heavy or fast vehicle coming I hop up the curb and dodge the lamp posts rather.:D
Awww it's okay. You're just toooooo nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by numpty
This is funny u see things like this in movies and I think thats gotta hurt, I too am deeply annoyed at the temporary citizens who drive there bikes between the lanes to get pole position at the lights, makes me wish sometimes I could jamb a stick in the spokes and teach them a lesson
U often here the cyclists have same rights as cars etc, difference in my eyes is I pay registration to be able to legally drive on a road, besides push bike rider which abound here in Canberra I have to dodge kangaroos, motorcycle riders who think they are gods gift to all things mobile, kamikaze cockatoos and stupid magpies, pedestrians who dont look, other car drivers who too were born with no eyes and a nuisance to all concerned, why dont they make pushy owners rego there bikes and teach them all the value of hand signals and hi vis clothing, bike riders dont lead by example, here on satdys when they are having there en masse rides around the town its not uncommon to see them 3 or 4 abreast and 50 to 70 deep, the traffic problems they cause is more that they make people who sit in cars behind them pottering along in 80 zones impatient and this is where stupidity comes into it and they will pull out and floor it and the end result can has nasty consequences, I have no personal problems with pushy riders but they are the first to cry wolf against car drivers, seeing as the act of pushy riding is becoming more common the governments should think about dedicated bike lanes, we have enuff to worry about on the roads
When you assume there is another lane to move into, you miss the point that by far the majority of roads in NSW (and the rest of Australia), including highways, have only one lane in each direction. Riding abreast means that traffic travelling in the same direction has to slow to the speed of the bicycle, perhaps from 110 to 20 until it is safe to overtake, which could be several kilometres where there is a long stretch of double centre line, for example on parts of the Hume and Newell highways. Your recommendation does not add to safety. Fortunately, most cyclists (but not quite all) act sensibly and either pull over for traffic in the same direction or travel in single file close to the left edge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slunnie
John
They dont pullover here John, neither do rotten back hoes.
My urban perspective, but it would be a shame to have the Australian riding team killed again due to impatience.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Quite often, lane splitting "to get to pole position" is more a defensive technique. That is, you can see them there. When they are Mixed in with traffic they are much harder to see.
As for the small minded people who choose the sour grapes technique of blocking them off :2up:
Take that as you will.
I've had plenty of close calls, and been knocked off by a dimwit not checking before changing lanes, and no I wasn't lane splitting at the time.
I have ridden motor cycles for about 55 years.
Like to ride between the rows of cars to go to the head of the cue when all is stopped. I dont feel that I
am interfering with anybody or creating a situation except perhaps in their tiny minds ! It allows me to accelerate away quicker than the lines of traffic behind
me, so I am in a safer position away from the Dickheads.
You can tell a Qld. driver by the fact that they have
Qld number plates. When you are on a motorcycle
treat them with suspicion and dont assume that they
are responsible drivers !
I always keep an eye out for motorcyclists, give them room and a wave.
Stuff what the law says about riding to the head of the cue, its about survival in a hostile envirenment.
Sometimes you end in a confrontation with a Dickhead,
but its not surprising how weak they become after
they have gained an RM Williams boot impression in a door panel. It's surprising how far some of these hero's will go to avoid a fist fight.
I always drive and ride carefully, with patience and try to be courteous toward other road users but occasionally you meet one of them others.
Nor do I carry a weapon in my vehicles other than my
stockwhip which comes in handy against bite dogs
and Taipans. Its funny how quickly a bite dog is brought to heel after the owner has felt the tip of a whip on his ear !
Cheers.
PS: when I die I want to come back a 150 year ago.
my worst cycling experience was being squeezed by a bus entering a bus stop...
for three bus stops in a row the driver waited for me to go by so he could enter the bay and pick up or drop off passengers, the forth, he drove like ayrton senna to get in front of me and threw out the picks and cut me off at over 40km's per hour - I had no choice but to either swerve into traffic (no thanks) or go a-over-t onto the nature strip and risk hitting whatever was there (which I did and got off with a bunch of grazes)... small problem for the bus driver was he had to stop to pick up passengers only 20 metres in fornt of me and I was at the back of the queue to have a few words with him - he was fired that same day and damn lucky not to have charges pressed against him...
Cyclists are allowed on the road, they are legal road users and are just the smallest, lightest, easiest to damage part of the mixture... ask any cyclist and they would of course much prefer to have designated lanes (like a lot of Melbourne has now).