Real charmer this one
http://www.smh.com.au/world/bloodycyclists-tweeter-emma-way-convicted-of-driving-offence-20131120-2xtz4.html
Seeing this dehumanising attitude more often in English-speaking countries.
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Stingray34 wrote:Real charmer this one
http://www.smh.com.au/world/bloodycyclists-tweeter-emma-way-convicted-of-driving-offence-20131120-2xtz4.html
Seeing this dehumanising attitude more often in English-speaking countries.
Le breton wrote:Way tweeted "definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way – he doesn't even pay road tax!" using the hashtag #bloodycyclists afterwards.
[SIZE="6"]I have right of way – he doesn't even pay road tax!"[/SIZE]
I have heard that type of arguments so often when I lived in the States.
I don't have the words in English to express my disgust with this reduction of everything to monetary terms.
It really is a primitive attitude of uncivilised people.
Did she pay road tax when she cycled there as a child?
And then not stopping!!! Hit and run! Would she have stopped if she had hit a child?
What you say "Seeing this dehumanising attitude more often in English-speaking countries" is also true in my experience, I don't remember the road tax argument or equivalent being used in these parts of the world concerning the use of the roads, but I fear that the Anglo-US tendency of measuring everything in terms of £ or $ might also propagate elsewhere.
Never mind the fact that obviously in no country does the road tax pay for building or maintaining roads.
RedheadDane wrote:That's just horrible!
But the sad part; with all the stories like that frequently popping up around here; I'm not even shocked about it any more...
Why do some people hate cyclists so much?
Le breton wrote:Did she pay road tax when she cycled there as a child?
And then not stopping!!! Hit and run! Would she have stopped if she had hit a child?
Never mind the fact that obviously in no country does the road tax pay for building or maintaining roads.
42x16ss wrote:But the great thing about Australia is that if they did know they'd just try and find some other stupid excuse to treat you like ****.
I've even had some w@nker tell me to get off the road because my bike isn't roadworthy (no indicator, brake lights etc etc.) totally ignoring the fact that his ****box VS Commodore was a deathtrap rustbucket
Archibald wrote:I can give you countless examples of similar experiences - pretty much one on every ride here in sydney. Getting yelled at to get off the road by turkeys on the other side of the road and going in the opposite direction is one of the more mystifying ones, although a regular occurence.
Our biggest problem is that our very lives are dependent upon these same very ignoramouses when out on the roads...
42x16ss wrote:That's why I used to spend my summers in Brisbane back when I was racing NRS. 20-30 minutes and you're on wide open semi rural roads, or at least ones with good size shoulders, multiple lanes and low traffic.
Sydney's far too spread out, with too much traffic to train well, unless you like putting your life in other peoples hands.
42x16ss wrote:That's a typical "bike lane" here in Australia too and many motorists begrudge giving up that much
Archibald wrote:I usually like going to Adelaide for that very reason.
it's all about the car here in sydney - can't work out why they're not embarrassed by how sh*t the public transport setup is here. Utterly woeful...
Stingray34 wrote:Real charmer this one
http://www.smh.com.au/world/bloodycyclists-tweeter-emma-way-convicted-of-driving-offence-20131120-2xtz4.html
Seeing this dehumanising attitude more often in English-speaking countries.
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