Angry driver takes out 50 cyclists (Australia)

[Forest]

this happened a few year back on the way to helensville bikers pulled out to pass cyclists cause they wouldnt move over bout 6 of them spread out. Worst part was the car that came flying round corner cant remember all the details i know one of the bikers got hit dont know bout the other. Was couple a mates of a flat mate we had at the time. Cyclists came away unharmed. they are a pain in the arse allways seam to think they own the bloody roads.

I don't know all of the details and I don't want to be disrespectful, but if bikers make a bad call and overtake on a blind corner then they're the ones who are responsible for the accident (not the cyclists).

The same thing is true for other slow moving road users e.g. tractors, trailors, agricultural equipment, over-size loads etc. You just have to anticipate it will be there and ride accordingly.

[Boob Johnson]

I don't know all of the details and I don't want to be disrespectful, but if bikers make a bad call and overtake on a blind corner then they're the ones who are responsible for the accident (not the cyclists).

The same thing is true for other slow moving road users e.g. tractors, trailors, agricultural equipment, over-size loads etc. You just have to anticipate it will be there and ride accordingly.

The difference being Tractors & the likes are UNABLE to split into little pieces & make room for other road users

While I agree with the overtaking thing, I sure as hell wouldn't overtake in that situation but can understand the frustration at such arrogance.

[The Pastor]

cars 1 cyclists 0.

hahahahaha

roads are built for motorvehicles, gtfo.

[Donor]

So how many of the cyclists would be done for failing to stop in a safe distance if that had happened over here?

And 9 grand for one guys front wheel?? Yer wot??

Still, the Falcon driver needs a swift kicking - other road users deserve respect, despite their sexual preferences...

[HTFU]

I have been road cycling for 15 years and agree in general the road habits and etiquette of fellow roadies is below par. Riding 2 abreast on our narrow windy roads is plain stupid. As is the European style clothing most wear which is in general hard to see as a motorist.

I wear a fluoro vest and have flashing lights day and night. Not trendy enough for most roadies here though who want to look like a European pro and ride side by side like you can in Europe. I am more a hairy legged mountain biker by trade though, so trendy isn't part of my game.

Bunch rides like we have on Sunday mornings in Hamilton and Te Awamutu do create problems because of size. Safety in numbers is true for the riders as a bunch is a lot easier to see than just a handful. Trouble is for cars and trucks these bunches can be 30-50m in length and unpredictable, as some ass pulls out to the right etc.

Working in the cycle industry I would say the majority of people riding road bikes and whom are good enough riders to be in a fast moving bunch ride, are also arrogant enough to think they own the road IMHO. The slow weekend warriors less so.

[BadCompany]

That guy deserves a fucking high five! He had the balls to do what so many of us wish we could do. Down with with fucking cyclists!

Ten points! YARRR!

[barty5]

I don't know all of the details and I don't want to be disrespectful, but if bikers make a bad call and overtake on a blind corner then they're the ones who are responsible for the accident (not the cyclists).

The same thing is true for other slow moving road users e.g. tractors, trailors, agricultural equipment, over-size loads etc. You just have to anticipate it will be there and ride accordingly.

Not saying pulling out on a semi blind corner is a good thing at all but.
The other way to look at it is that had they left enough room for them to pass safely early on instead of blocking the lane completely their fustrasion would not have got the better of them putting them were they were causing the end result ( both lived by the way just in hospital for long period)

[barty5]

I think they were riding to fast for the conditions maybe just maybe he had to brake to avoid hitting something that ran out on the road he managed to stop and miss it. if they had been cars they all would have been done for failing to stop in time following to close etc etc. Cause its a pedal bike the cage is in the wrong (probly was any way ) but thats not the point.

[curious george]

Unfuckingbelievable.
That so many can find this funny or justified.
It is just wrong wrong WRONG!
I agree cyclists can be an inconvenience on the road, that does not in any way give anybody the right to do that.
I expected better from a group that is so often hurt/damaged or killed by cars.

[Biggles2000]

Hard to say who is really at fault here.

If the cyclists did not leave enough room to stop it is their fault.

If the front cyclist fell off trying to avoid the car and his mates ran over him it's the cyclists fault.

However it sounds like road rage and the driver should be charged with dangerous causing, but he will say he had a legit reason to stop and the bikes back ended him cause they were following too close.

[BadCompany]

Unfuckingbelievable.
That so many can find this funny or justified.
It is just wrong wrong WRONG!
I agree cyclists can be an inconvenience on the road, that does not in any way give anybody the right to do that.
I expected better from a group that is so often hurt/damaged or killed by cars.

Its fucking brilliant, I'll buy that man a god damn beer!

And fuck all you pansy arse cunts who didn't leave their name when repping me.

[curious george]

blah blah blah, but he will say he had a legit reason to stop and the bikes back ended him cause they were following too close.

And then found a legitimate reason to continue after whatever emergency that caused him to brake in the first place?
What was it that caused him to stop so suddenly?
What was so important that he couldn't wait to see who he'd knocked off before carrying on to work at 630 in the freaking morning!

BadCompany - your attitude is not only disappointing but somewhat disturbing.
What is so brilliant about causing an accident that could have killed somebody?
Consider yourself very red-repped from me.

The law in NSW is:
"Road rules for cyclists

Cyclists riding in groups on public roads can only cycle next to one other rider - a law described by the Roads and Traffic Authority as riding "two abreast'' - and must not ride more than 1.5 metres apart.

The RTA's website also stipulates that cyclists must ride in a bicycle lane if one is available and can use bus lanes, except when the lane is marked 'buses only'.

Contrary to some correspondence to smh.com.au today, the section of road where today's crash happened was flanked by a shoulder, not a cycle path.

Children under 12 are allowed to ride on a footpath but adults are only permitted to use them if they are supervising a child.

Ferris said the group involved in today's crash were obeying the road rules before the pile-up.

"We were riding two abreast and 1.5 metres from the left of the lane,'' she said."

From what Google earth tells me about the general area, it a four lane road! There was another lane to go around the cyclists but he chose not to.
If this is true, it pretty bloody clear the driver of the Falcon has no right to still be breathing.

[Mr Skid]

Don't know what these pinkos are whining about, it's all fair game on the road.

I had great fun sitting on the back wheel of a gn250 in my Land Crusier the other day.

Dick heads like that should stay in the bus lanes if he can't hack the pace.

I'm sure I must pay more rego anyway with road user charges and the like.

[jrandom]

Personally, I can't wait for the nice people from LTNZ to come and take my licence away next month so that I can spend the winter taking up lane space at 15kph (yes, all right, Mr Skid, 8kph then) and frightening small children with my see-through Vermarc bib shorts.

[peasea]

Ick.

Bring on the lions, I smell slaves!!!