Taxi drivers, cyclists want to use busway

[Winter]

Taxi drivers have yet to prove to the NZ population that they can actually drive safely and sensibly whilst adhering to the road rules.

Untill the time they can do so, no way in hell should they be let on the busway. Even then why should they? No different to having one person in a car - a taxi is not public transport. Infact - We'd be much better off kicking 50% of the taxi's off the road all together.



Motorbikes should use the busway - the facts are pretty plain, pretty simple.

• We would be 100% safer commuting on the busway.
• We would in no way impeede the buses on their route.
• It may encourage some people to abandon their cages and commute by the more enviromentally friendly motorcycle.
• We would be 100% safer commuting on the busway.

Cyclist would be a hazard on the busway - as people above have pointed out.
Too slow, Too Unaware of whats going on around them and they would cause hold ups to bus traffic.

As someone else mentioned, a Cycleway on the other side of the motorway - just like the norwesten is what they need.

[Soul.Trader]

What about ACC levies??? I went to three seperate bike crashes (no cars involved.. just pile ups of these cretins) on Tamaki drv in one morning !!! How much ACC have these guys paid ?? Zilch... thats what, and these are recorded as road traffic crashes because they happened on the road, not a dedicated track (where it would come under sport).

Every cyclist I know (myself included) also owns a motor vehicle of some sort. I think any reasonable person would agree that the benefits of encouraging cycling far outweight the fact they dont pay precious ACC levies.

[Ixion]

Every cyclist I know (myself included) also owns a motor vehicle of some sort. I think any reasonable person would agree that the benefits of encouraging cycling far outweight the fact they dont pay precious ACC levies.

I'm eminently reasonable, and I don't agree.

[Soul.Trader]

On what grounds?

[jcupit69]

Found an interesting article thats sorta on this topic....about why motorbikes should be able to use the bus lanes

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Motorbikes/Bi...mentid=7527637

Its from msn.co.uk but atleast its getting out there.

[bugjuice]

Every cyclist I know (myself included) also owns a motor vehicle of some sort. I think any reasonable person would agree that the benefits of encouraging cycling far outweight the fact they dont pay precious ACC levies.

kids don't.. and are even less aware.. then what?

the junctions/stops between are miles apart anyway. Once you're on that thing, that's it for quite a while. If you were on a push bike, it'd take forever, and once you start, you surely can't think to be stopping

[klingon]

I have a pedal-bike, a motorbike and a car. I pay ACC levies on the motorbike and car. There is only one of me so I can only use one vehicle at a time. I think I've paid (more than) my fair share, and if I want to go out and ride my push bike on the road I should be allowed to.

As a motorbike rider I feel some empathy for other vulnerable road users and take special care to allow room for bike riders and pedestrians. This does not make me a wishy-washy liberal.

[Fooman]

What about ACC levies??? I went to three seperate bike crashes (no cars involved.. just pile ups of these cretins) on Tamaki drv in one morning !!! How much ACC have these guys paid ?? Zilch... thats what, and these are recorded as road traffic crashes because they happened on the road, not a dedicated track (where it would come under sport).

Everyone who pays income tax pays ACC levies. See: http://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax-in...ies-wages/acc/

Cheers,
FM

[Badjelly]

As a motorbike rider I feel some empathy for other vulnerable road users and take special care to allow room for bike riders and pedestrians. This does not make me a wishy-washy liberal.

So you're a wishy-washy redneck then?

[klingon]

So you're a wishy-washy redneck then?

Yeah... my neck's all red from being wishy-washed

[TOTO]

what I'm thinking is that if police can use it only on priority 1 jobs than they can not police it, and even if they saw you on it , they are going to a priority 1 job so they wont bother with you. I volunteer to be the first outlaw to use the new bussway. I dont need to use it anyway , but I may do it just for the experience.

Private TOTO will report back ...