Coroner wants HI-VIZ to be compulsory on bikes

[JimO]

i would like them to stop at red lights and ride in the cycle lane if there is one there

[Kickaha]

i would like them to stop at red lights and ride in the cycle lane if there is one there

I would like World peace and an end to poverty but there's fuck all chance of that happening either

[nzspokes]

Note to cyclists: Your little headlight does not put out too much of a beam. If you choose to cycle across a pedestrian crossing at night in a dark place with dark surroundings, (without any reflectors or additional lighting) then your little light is invisible whilst at 90 degrees to the traffic on the road. It is better to walk your bike across the crossing.

My cycling headlight is more powerfull than my motorcycle one. And gets close to my cars headlights.

[nzspokes]

Example, the cyclist in Auck that swerved to miss a car door opening, on one of the busiest roads in the area (And there where 3 other less congested road options to take), and ended up under a truck and dead!....and now the car driver is being done for manslaughter.
I don't know about the rest of you, but when im going past a parked car closely due to a narrow road etc...I check to see if theres someone inside, and either slow down or position myself properly...just in case!......and what do ya know...learnt to do so through a rider training course.

Firmly believe cyclist are there OWN worst enemys.

I was there just after that incident. I had just bought my new car and was on the way home. There is way more to that than it being the cyclists fault.

Its funny how the council changed the lane marking the week following it. Week to late for the lady.

[Kickaha]

I was there just after that incident. I had just bought my new car and was on the way home. There is way more to that than it being the cyclists fault.

The cyclist wasn't at fault, the car driver opened the door without checking was, pity it wasn't a car or the truck taking the fucking thing off at the hinges

[Smifffy]

I don't see why cyclists are allowed to ride on the road in the first place. Would there not be less danger for them and everyone else if they stuck to the footpath? What about pedestrians using the footpath.. well if a cyclist collides with a pedestrian it wouldn't be as bad as a car vs cyclist.

Yeah!

Then when enough pedestrians get hit TPTB can press for mandatory hi-vis for pedestrians too.

We should all be wearing hi vis all the time for everything.

Then when we all have our standards compliant hi-vis on then the roadworkers and emergency services etc will need to get something else to stand out from the crowd.

[BMWST?]

in wellington pedestrians are more dangerous than cyclists

[nzspokes]

The cyclist wasn't at fault, the car driver opened the door without checking was, pity it was a car or the truck taking the fucking thing off at the hinges

Agreed. People go on about her not using the cycleway there. Its blocked most of the time there with tourists getting off parked busses on that side of the road. And there was very poorly placed parking to. Was very sad. Felt for the ladies family and the truck driver to.

[Berries]

We should all be wearing hi vis all the time for everything.

Compulsory turmeric in our bread the same way they did iodine should get the result. Side affects would include no hiding in dark alleyways so less burglary, no need for lights on your bike, Auckland may just cope next time it has a power cut, less stubbing of toes when you are walking round the house in the dark, fuck, I might be on to something here..............who's the Minister ?

[avgas]

Heard the same said about Motorcyclists

Too true.
Put turns out we have had to pay for our crimes against safety.

The only way the cyclist seem to do this currently is by decreasing their numbers and improving the gene pool.

[Usarka]

Hmmm...wouldn't take too many changes to that comment to make it suit motorcyclists...

A lot of comments about cyclists apply to us. I always find it amusing when KB gets all anti-cyclist.

i would like them to stop at red lights and

Why? The message about hi-vis being compulsory is that cyclists need to take responsibility for car drivers hitting them. It's often a lot safer to jump a red on a pushy than to be part of the race start from the lights especially on multi-lane roads.

[Usarka]

Hi-vis isn't appropriate all the time.

I failed to see a yellow ford falcon yesterday. There was some glare, I looked left, looked right, looked left again and fuck me I hadn't seen it the first time.

[Indiana_Jones]

The message about hi-vis being compulsory is that cyclists need to take responsibility for car drivers hitting them.

This is the part I hate. It's not the useless cage drivers fault, it's your fault cause they didn't see you.

If they wanna make one road user wear a hi-vi, make them all wear them, cage cunts included.

-Indy

[scumdog]

This is the part I hate. It's not the useless cage drivers fault, it's your fault cause they didn't see you.

If they wanna make one road user wear a hi-vi, make them all wear them, cage cunts included.

-Indy

Next thing some cop somewhere will tell women not to wear scanty-tarty clohting in case it makes them the target of some sexual attack.......

[FJRider]

This is the part I hate. It's not the useless cage drivers fault, it's your fault cause they didn't see you.

If they wanna make one road user wear a hi-vi, make them all wear them, cage cunts included.

-Indy

I would say it comes under the heading of personal responsibility ...

The assumption that people MUST see you is ... the mother of all fucked-up assumptions ...

The assumption that they Don't ... WON'T ... and AREN'T EVEN LOOKING ... is a good place to start your thinking ... you MAY live longer ...

It IS YOUR right to die being "in the right" ... fault in such cases is irrelevant ...