Thread: Bike Laws

Originally Posted by fitzy

Here’s one
And here’s a group of them, although does anyone know the collective noun for them

Bunch. Or in a race: Peleton. By the way, those guys would be able to sit on 50-60kmhr on the flat. Hardly slow.

Mick - those rules you posted may very well be the rules but they are not law in the ACT - here bike riders of all ages can ride on footpaths and are allowed to ride across pedestrian crossings - they do not have to dismount. I have nearly bowled a couple of bike riders on crossings on slip lanes where they come in fast in your blind spot over your left shoulder and go straight across the crossing - even when you have actually stopped and checked first, their speed makes them not visible when you look but they are there when you start to move.

Absolute nonsense.

garry

Just expect them to be coming at any time Garry; just like a cyclist has to expect a car to be coming at anytime.

Originally Posted by Zeros

...why eevo? So we can pay more bitumen? 😳

all those bike signs cost money,

Bike riders scare the bejeezers out of me when I am a driving a truck... 1 - 1.5 mtres... nah I will give them the whole road... Had one fall in front of me one day, how I didnt hit him I will never know, but I stopped that truck quick...

I usually just sit back and wait for my chance to pass...

Down here, they are every where and respectful, but the 4wd drivers from perth are the ones to avoid, they dont give a damn... I seen better drivers in bumper cars at the side show than the perth drivers in there flash 4wd's with more gadgets than inspector gadget has....

The one time that I will get annoyed is when I visit family in the swan valley... West Swan rd has a bike/pedestrian path yet on the narrow road you will have a goose riding his bike along as if he owns the road... They should never have built the bike path(waste of money), the bicycle riders dont even use it... This road is about 10ft per lane so I can tell you, there is not much space when driving a truck...

Originally Posted by Eevo

all those bike signs cost money,

Yeah, like pedestrian crossing signs, lights, etc! We could charge pedestrians a tax for wearing thongs on the crossings! ...and bike tyres really wear the bitumen out!

Originally Posted by Zeros

We could charge pedestrians a tax for wearing thongs on the crossings!

not a bad idea.

Originally Posted by Eevo

and to pay tax, licencing, rego, insurance.

Yeah I pay for 2 cars, 1 motorcycle, 1 box trailer and one caravan. So close to $3000/year in rego and third party insurance and then I have $3000 in comprehensive insurance and a combined car/motorcycle/boat/PWC licence which was $700 for 5 years. When riding my bicycle I'm not using any of those vehicles. How much do you pay?