winkybiker said:
biker jk said:It is indeed tragic. However, in this case the cyclist lost control on a bend while descending and ran into a car coming up the hill.
winkybiker said:Motorists are pretty good here. Much, much better than in Australia. I enjoy the cycling around Vancouver and inland BC.
purcell said:I left Vancouver almost 20 years ago. I go back there now and think to myself that there is no way I would ride on the roads in that city.
However, now in the interior and I have 10's of 1,000's of km of fabulous roads to ride with very few problems with nit wits in cars.
Just watch for the logging trucks, those guys don't like bikes on the road.
purcell said:I left Vancouver almost 20 years ago. I go back there now and think to myself that there is no way I would ride on the roads in that city.
However, now in the interior and I have 10's of 1,000's of km of fabulous roads to ride with very few problems with nit wits in cars.
Just watch for the logging trucks, those guys don't like bikes on the road.
Stingray34 said:Michael Pascoe can't make up his mind, or see the gaping maw in his binary 'four wheels good/two wheels bad' logic.
His unsupported premise is that cycling is inherently dangerous. It's not.
Rotten timing, too.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/regulate-bicycles-off-the-road-20140117-30ytz.html
movingtarget said:He should stick to his usual job, discussing the economy. He knows nothing about bike riding.
+1winkybiker said:It isn't "some idiots" but actually the majority of drivers who think that the occasional murder is OK. They simply think that there is nothing that can be done to avoid running cyclists down from time to time....
The Engadine woman was charged on Wednesday night with negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and failing to stop and assist after the crash on the Old Princes Highway at Helensburgh on January 5.
Stingray34 said:Hit and run driver found and charged
Should be interesting as these are serious charges.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-ch...breaks-back-20140123-31afg.html#ixzz2rCSGdRUP
movingtarget said:Hopeless people. Throw the book at her.
Queensland now has the "Metre Matters" as law, despite some whining from certain parts of the community. One of the very first to be charged under this is the @rsehat that hit Benny Johnson (Drapac Pro Cycling) on the Sunshine Coast with a caravan. Because he was a couple of days away from racing the New Zealand Cycle Classic, I think the driver may also be liable for lost wages.Archibald said:amazing attitude all-round here really...
several cycling deaths in the country in the past two months - no changes or calls for amended laws.
2 deaths in the past year from drunken/drug-f**ked thugs punching randoms and they bring in new laws and penalties...
It's all about the car
frenchfry said:The other day I followed a car of which the driver was typing a text message while driving through 2 lights (at least they were green) and an urban zone where there are many pedestrians. I tapped on the car to get the driver's attention and tell him to stop, of course I was met by aggression. These people just don't realise how their actions are putting the lives of cyclists and pedestrians. I saw the same guy in the evening of the same day as I was leaving the movie theatre and I thought he was going to physically attack me, luckily he restrained himself and only gave me a push and yelled a bunch of obscenities.
frenchfry said:The other day I followed a car of which the driver was typing a text message while driving through 2 lights (at least they were green) and an urban zone where there are many pedestrians. I tapped on the car to get the driver's attention and tell him to stop, of course I was met by aggression. These people just don't realise how their actions are putting the lives of cyclists and pedestrians. I saw the same guy in the evening of the same day as I was leaving the movie theatre and I thought he was going to physically attack me, luckily he restrained himself and only gave me a push and yelled a bunch of obscenities.