http://www.executivestyle.com.au/uk-police-approach-to-cyclist-safety-wins-praise-grogsu
Some police do "get it".
Some police do "get it".
Cookster15 said:How bad is this?
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/national-ride2work-day-cyclists-do-not-belong-on-our-roads/news-story/c54cda07e47d229ceeb97740408eda66
Some of the comments are depressing but unfortunately typical.
"At this stage there is nothing that we're aware of that contributed directly to the accident from the driver's driving," Superintendent Dzevlan said.
"We have a lot of messages about being careful [on the road] when it's wet, but we also need to be mindful that when the sun's coming straight into our faces that we need to be careful of how we drive and what's around us at the time ... just drive safe."
Stingray34 said:Another fatal SMIDSY. Hope it doesn't result in another slap-on-wrist Whoopsie.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclist-killed-after-being-struck-by-car-in-shellharbour-20161018-gs4sk8.html
"At this stage there is nothing that we're aware of that contributed directly to the accident from the driver's driving," Superintendent Dzevlan said.
"We have a lot of messages about being careful [on the road] when it's wet, but we also need to be mindful that when the sun's coming straight into our faces that we need to be careful of how we drive and what's around us at the time ... just drive safe."
movingtarget said:Stingray34 said:Another fatal SMIDSY. Hope it doesn't result in another slap-on-wrist Whoopsie.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclist-killed-after-being-struck-by-car-in-shellharbour-20161018-gs4sk8.html
"At this stage there is nothing that we're aware of that contributed directly to the accident from the driver's driving," Superintendent Dzevlan said.
"We have a lot of messages about being careful [on the road] when it's wet, but we also need to be mindful that when the sun's coming straight into our faces that we need to be careful of how we drive and what's around us at the time ... just drive safe."
He seems to think he can say that the sun was in his eyes and that is a valid excuse. Sun visors, sun glasses ? Smells like ****** to me. Probably on the phone.
Stingray34 said:Another fatal SMIDSY. Hope it doesn't result in another slap-on-wrist Whoopsie.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclist-killed-after-being-struck-by-car-in-shellharbour-20161018-gs4sk8.html
"At this stage there is nothing that we're aware of that contributed directly to the accident from the driver's driving," Superintendent Dzevlan said.
"We have a lot of messages about being careful [on the road] when it's wet, but we also need to be mindful that when the sun's coming straight into our faces that we need to be careful of how we drive and what's around us at the time ... just drive safe."
RedheadDane said:Stingray34 said:Another fatal SMIDSY. Hope it doesn't result in another slap-on-wrist Whoopsie.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclist-killed-after-being-struck-by-car-in-shellharbour-20161018-gs4sk8.html
"At this stage there is nothing that we're aware of that contributed directly to the accident from the driver's driving," Superintendent Dzevlan said.
"We have a lot of messages about being careful [on the road] when it's wet, but we also need to be mindful that when the sun's coming straight into our faces that we need to be careful of how we drive and what's around us at the time ... just drive safe."
Those two bits seems pretty mutually exclusive to me. Surely, if you're not driving according to the conditions is a directly contributing factor to accidents?![]()
Who was here asking about 'ghost bikes'? There's one in the picture heading the article...movingtarget said:
42x16ss said:Mrs 42x16ss did a triathlon just south of the Gold Coast this morning where a few cars managed to get on the closed course where they were promptly stopped by police.
One special little snowflake was quite talkative and in such a rush, he had to leave with some personal police assistance
The locals only had 8 weeks notice, TBF![]()
article is behind a paywallArchibald said:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
the comments... where's the 'facepalm' smilie thingy?
interesting - i'm not a subscriber and can access itAlex Simmons/RST said:article is behind a paywallArchibald said:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
the comments... where's the 'facepalm' smilie thingy?
same problem, behind a premium user paywallArchibald said:interesting - i'm not a subscriber and can access itAlex Simmons/RST said:article is behind a paywallArchibald said:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
the comments... where's the 'facepalm' smilie thingy?
try this one: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
that's nuts. I found both by just googling, and could see with no problem - BUT, I click on the above links and can't view them either...Alex Simmons/RST said:same problem, behind a premium user paywallArchibald said:interesting - i'm not a subscriber and can access itAlex Simmons/RST said:article is behind a paywallArchibald said:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
the comments... where's the 'facepalm' smilie thingy?
try this one: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
Archibald said:that's nuts. I found both by just googling, and could see with no problem - BUT, I click on the above links and can't view them either...Alex Simmons/RST said:same problem, behind a premium user paywallArchibald said:interesting - i'm not a subscriber and can access itAlex Simmons/RST said:article is behind a paywallArchibald said:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e
the comments... where's the 'facepalm' smilie thingy?
try this one: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...y/news-story/aa7c1e6af66250347d3be15c158b4e2e![]()
Alex Simmons/RST said:Thanks. Have seen it now. Best not to bother reading comments, especially in News Corp media.
This morning I hear a DHL truck ran into the back of a group of riders on Southern Cross Drive Sydney. 3 injured, not seriously fortunately. At least that's what my FB feed tells me.
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