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I see that WA has now adopted the 1.0/1.5 metre clearance rules for overtaking cyclists. Fair enough. This is a big concession to cycling safety. Now for cyclists to reciprocate and show some road sense and courtesy in return.
This is my wish list which I don't consider outrageous.
Only primary school children to ride on footpaths and under supervision of a responsible adult.
Cyclists to keep as close to the left hand edge of the carriageway as safely possible.
Cyclists to ride in single file except when overtaking another cyclist.
In hours of darkness cycles to be brightly illuminated. LED lights make this possible. Lots of reflector tape front, back, and sides.
Cyclists, like caravanners, should get out of the way if they are impeding traffic.
A pet hate of mine are those weekend packs of lycra louts who infest our roads. Either a mobile road block or mobile traffic hazard depending on your point of view. Riding in single file would eliminate (mostly) this annoyance.
URSUSMAJOR
Sits back eating popcorn - if this turns out like other bike vs car threads its gonna get interesting.
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As a cyclist and land rover owner, I agree with your preposition.
I actually like the comparison to caravaners, it's good. As a cyclist I don't want to be in your way, however sometimes it is safer for us to use the whole lane to negotiate an intersection, just like a caravan
I think the real point we should take from this is that our state laws are becoming more uniform! Thats a good thing.
SA has had the clearance rules and footpath riding allowed since sometime last year. Despite the dire predictions of carnage on the carriageways, people have adapted and it's become a non issue. Only a few rubes and hard heads are left raging at the fact that cyclists now have slightly improved safety.
Admin hat on.
This subject is very emotive and has been done to death. Keep the personal stuff out of the conversations and be civil or it will be closed.
PaulT
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I encounter this quite frequently on local 100 kmh rural highways. Roads which are winding with kilometres of steep gradients and double white lines with packs of cyclists all pedaling flat out uphill at 10 kmh and no hope of overtaking them.
But its not just bicycles.
A new hazard though is the use of these same highways by roller skiers/skaters. Some use short one metre rollers but others use full length snow ski type rollers. The shire has erected caution signage to motorists stating that roller skiers use these highways. A roller skier uses the whole lane as he pushes with his sticks and has no brakes or steering control. Traffic builds up at a 3 kmh crawl when these guys hit any gradient rise in the road and overtaking them is impossible.
But yet another hazard is non wheeled athletes using these rural highways for training purposes. For example. I came around a tightening bend at 80 kmh rather than the posted 100 kmh limit and encountered a three deep football team spread across both lanes. At 80 kmh I was able to emergency brake and avoid them as they panicked to get out of the way. At 100 kmh it would have been like playing skittles. Thing is the shire has erected signage saying athletes train on these highways which the athletes then interpret as giving them priority use.
The message should be that rural highways [or is that all roads?] are not recreational/training zones.
Yawn........
who really cares what you think bigbornbumkin?
If I'm out on holiday with my van on the back one of lifes little treasures is to hold important people like you up,,
Obviously I realise you are on a gazzilion bucks an hour and working hard in that tin can of yours, while me and the missus are pointing at funny looking trees and talking about what to have for lunch,
but you keep on ranting about how you'd like your world to be,, I'm sure someone(somewhere else maybe) is listening,,
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