What the heck? Glenn Archer living the GTA dream

[MagpieJo]

I'm not even a cyclist, but this is a moronic argument.

Roads and TAC are majority funded by our taxes, not by registration. Most cyclists also have registered cars. And we should be encouraging people to use modes of transport other than cars - you want incentives for people who ride bikes and catch PT, not penalise them for using roads despite the fact a bike has a fraction of the impact on a road that a car does.

Cylists should have to pass a basic road laws test!

 

[Seadog]

Cylists should have to pass a basic road laws test!

There's only one law when you are riding a bike. Expect f%#kwit drivers* to do f#&kwit things and ride accordingly.

* I mean f#*kwits who are driving, I don't think all drivers are f#*kwits.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

There's only one law when you are riding a bike. Epect f%#kwit drivers to do f#&kwit things and ride accordingly.

Does sitting right on the white line that seperates a cyclist from those f%#kwit drivers in designated bike lanes equate to riding accordingly?
Coz I'd have figured more distance in that situation would be the preferred method if self preservation is the driving factor.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Cylists should have to pass a basic road laws test!

So you want to ban kids riding in the street?

 

[burge13]

There's only one law when you are riding a bike. Expect f%#kwit drivers* to do f#&kwit things and ride accordingly.

* I mean f#*kwits who are driving, I don't think all drivers are f#*kwits.

You have your own lane and still manage slow traffic down. There's a reason everyone hates bloody cyclists. Selfish nuffs most of them

 

[smasha]

That rd caught me out with the new 40 kmh rule on a section of said rd.
Way too narrow for bicycle use.

 

[sosos]

There's idiot drivers and idiot bike riders in equal proportion. This thread doesn't HAVE to degenerate into THAT argument does it?

 

[StillAtLarge]

Kangaroos legend Glenn Archer fined after crashing into cyclist

The former premiership player apologised to a cyclist he knocked over, after a court heard the man still suffers flashbacks of the incident.

www.theage.com.au

Another ex-afl player discount?

 

[YouBeauty]

I've never read such bs.

 

[Milanista28]

I'll always believe he did it on purpose.

 

[YouBeauty]

I'll always believe he did it on purpose.

For such a fair player on the field I'm not sure how you get that impression.

 

[YouBeauty]

I have some never seen before footage of this incident

 

[kriles76]

Does sitting right on the white line that seperates a cyclist from those f%#kwit drivers in designated bike lanes equate to riding accordingly?
Coz I'd have figured more distance in that situation would be the preferred method if self preservation is the driving factor.

There’s a lot of debris and s**t that ends up in those bike lanes and near gutters. Stuff like broken glass and metal slivers from radial tyres can shred your slicks. That, cars parking in bike lanes, and silly *ers opening their doors without looking for cyclists are why riders ride on the white line.

Would you drive your car in the gutter?

 

[PenfoldsFan]

There’s a lot of debris and s**t that ends up in those bike lanes and near gutters. Stuff like broken glass and metal slivers from radial tyres can shred your slicks. That, cars parking in bike lanes, and silly *ers opening their doors without looking for cyclists are why riders ride on the white line.

Would you drive your car in the gutter?

Heres a thought, perhaps if your bike lane is not a safe environment for you and your tyres, the side of the road might not be a great place to cycle...

 

[kriles76]

Heres a thought, perhaps if your bike lane is not a safe environment for you and your tyres, the side of the road might not be a great place to cycle...

The bike lane is safe enough. It's absent minded, nuffy motorists that are the main hazard in my experience.