Maybe not, but on page 166 it states "As a cyclist it is important that you follow the road rules...."Originally Posted by JudaBaker
So many of them don't and they're just a bunch af arseholes.
Scooter boy
Maybe not, but on page 166 it states "As a cyclist it is important that you follow the road rules...."
So many of them don't and they're just a bunch af arseholes.
Scooter boy
What point? It's rude to point.
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A bit like motorcyclists then?
Nunquam Non Paratus
Moped rider
Or the Katman will appear and lecture you to a slow and painful death?
Forum whore
They just might.
But it is a slippery slope I don't believe we want to go down, or at least I don't.
Then what is the next group?
Joggers?
Pedestrians?
Rollerskates?
Surfers?
Jet skiiers?
Just because we are getting hammered, I see no reason to want to hammer another group just so we feel better. I am happy to fight against what has happened to motorcyclists and at the same time hopefully make TPTB think twice about trying the same crap with some other group.
Scooter boy
Hell no! If you have a rego sticker and some dark sunnies you can do whatever you want. We pay for that right, don't we?A bit like motorcyclists then?
Anyways......bit of a ride tomorrow........gotta get some shuteye so as to stay sharp for when I see them god-damned cyclists and kick the little fuckers off the road.
Forum whore
Only on the days when I'm in a good mood.
Forum whore
most of them do
Moped rider
Last nights the 17th. news coverage on cycle accidents was staggering,1.2 Billion ,methinks ACC should have some charge for their road usage,perhaps we motorcyclists are really paying for their pleasure,
What do we think here?
Thread Killer
Im not suggesting they should be hammered i just find the different attitude from the powers that be appalling.
The magic is in the rubbing.
more tradegy on our roads and this week it's the cyclists getting smacked. for a while it was kids on driveways, then motorcyclists, then some in cars....sadly, we are all going to die.
I've wondered for some time how long it would be before they get targetted, I've had some issues with coming around corners on quiet country roads and there's a bunch of cyclists across the whole left-lane, rather scarey.
I'm sure the cycling community is feeling great sadness over this just as motorcyclists tend to do when one is killed.
Cyborg Biker
the 2.5% increase in GST should have been a ACC levy instead and there everybody (including tourists and cyclists etc) pay. Also means you would not know how much anybody pays ACC overall which over all is the way it suppose to be a.
Accounts should be rejoined and one big huge slush fund, this way it going back to its original way it was set up to run, having seperate accounts does mean possible short falls and cut backs.
The other thing, by law you are suppose to be able to stop with in the clear distance of road in front of you... so going around a blindish corner and bang cyclists... if you can not stop you were going to fast for the conditons... and you are in the wrong.
However agreed, cyclists have to learn a bit of common sense to when and where it safe to be single file or two a breast... I seen them 4 a breast taking up the whole lane and with on coming traffic, and holding up traffic...
We all have to learn to share the road...
dodgy is as dodgy does
That's a very good point. It's not "us against the world", and many of us are cyclists, surfers, etc, and I usually walk to the fridge so that makes me a pedestrian. Many of the issues cyclists face - car drivers not looking and driver inattention, poor road surfaces etc are the same issues we face; therefore a solution that works for them works for us and vice versa. I have spoken to a couple of guys I know who are in cycle groups and they're open to working with motorcyclists.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
Forum whore
Screw it, there's prize for being a martyr and taking all the shit ourselves. Other than motorcycling treadlys how many were standing by our side at our rallies?
Forum whore
Segregating road users so they can blame the other groups is too easy, and doesn't achieve anything.
Cyclists are almost always drivers as well. They often ride motorbikes too, although I suspect not many Harley riders have a road cycle. If they did it would be great in straight lines but heavy and crap in the twisties.
Don't polarize people into one group only. It's rare for anyone to be exclusively a cyclist, exclusively a motorcycle rider, exclusively a pedestrian, exclusively any sort of road user.
Maybe it's time to just accept that roads are just places where risk happens, and as a result, shit happens. If you're prepared to take the risk, be prepared to deal with the shit that comes your way.
Mmmmmmm, cinnamon donuts today, yum.
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