Angry driver takes out 50 cyclists (Australia)

[Jantar]

Obviously somebody disagreed...
I don't know if the 4.5m wide road was each lane or more than likely included both lanes. This would have effectively reduced it to one lane temporarily.

4.5 m is the standard width for a single lane.

There is no road rule for following distances for cyclists. See my above comment.

Unless there is a law exempting cyclists from obeying the road rules, then they are expected to follow the same road rules as all other users. that means they are also legally required to maintain safe following distances.

Taking up the whole lane is sometimes unavoidable due to such narrow roads, this is just the way it is, and all motorists have to share the road with other users, be they cyclists, horses, walkers, tractors.....

Correct, but in this case it wasn't a narrow road, and taking up the whole lane obviously was avoidable.

If you can't accept that, you should probably not be driving.
The only person breaking the law here seems to be the motorist.
Does anybody have any other 'evidence' to contradict that and not just whiney stories?

Please read my post again. I do not accept that the driver was right to do what he did, however please do not try and say the cyclists are blameless. I also ride pushbikes, horses as well as motorbikes, so I do know how easy it is to give other road users plenty of room.

[Usarka]

I, however, have given up bothering to argue on this subject.

bahahaha me ditto. but my word for the day starts with hyp and ends in ocrisy.

[LilSel]

Either way, Im picking the driver is a mean hand at Ten Pin!.....

Te he... I'd be pretty good at that trick too then

[McJim]

I blame the car drivers - going araound in bunches as if they own the road - I used to see a whole bunch of cars every morning all grouped together travelling at about 40kmh on the Southern Motorway. The fuckwits were 3 abreast! and to make matters worse sometimes they wouldn't get out of the way of vehicles going at the open road speed limit. Crazies I tell you. If they can't go at 100kph the cars should all be over to the left of the road.

[Usarka]

Te he... I'd be pretty good at that trick too then

You probanly would have spun in on an angle......

[LilSel]

You probanly would have spun in on an angle......

haha... yeah... a bit of rotation would've hooked it around :P...

after a big comp once... we were having drinks/celebrating... & tried 'street bowling' with one of our old balls... totally rooted the ball, couldnt crack it tho... was heaps of fun till the neighbours came out n told us to clear off lol

[Number One]

after a big comp once... we were having drinks/celebrating... & tried 'street bowling' with one of our old balls... totally rooted the ball, couldnt crack it tho... was heaps of fun till the neighbours came out n told us to clear off lol

Effing killjoys....were you ruining the road? Causing a disturbance? Bowling it at cars?

Some people should take a chill pill!

[LilSel]

Effing killjoys....were you ruining the road? Causing a disturbance? Bowling it at cars?

Some people should take a chill pill!

ruining the road?? nooo... its just a bowling ball lol!!
no disturbance... but it was getting kinda late (10pm)...
at cars?? hell nooooo!!!! just having a bit of fun

[Usarka]

ruining the road?? nooo... its just a bowling ball lol!!
no disturbance... but it was getting kinda late (10pm)...
at cars?? hell nooooo!!!! just having a bit of fun

were you out on the piss with doug howlett

[LilSel]

were you out on the piss with doug howlett

LOL...

oh yeah... topic... cyclists... It can be frustrating being stuck behind them... I just curse in my car (they cant hear) n wait till I can pass... sucks when you cant pass for ages tho n there is a queue behind you of cars... at least trucks/caravans/tractors etc pull over to let the flow of traffic thru

[Number One]

Days like today I do find myself "visualizing" running over them but mostly I just slap their arses on the way past as I sit in the passenger side


Mind you if it were the biarch I had a stand up with today...maybe I'd at least try to run her into the gutter!

oh my gosh...did I really type that out loud? hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Swoop]

Days like today I do find myself "visualizing" running over them but mostly I just slap their arses on the way past as I sit in the passenger side

Hmm. You have given me an idea. Anyone got a racehorse whip?

[Number One]

Hmm. You have given me an idea. Anyone got a racehorse whip?

Actually I do....now YOU have given me an idea...it really does hurt your hand slapping lycra arses manually from a car on the way past

[LilSel]

Hmm. You have given me an idea. Anyone got a racehorse whip?

Actually I do....now YOU have given me an idea...it really does hurt your hand slapping lycra arses manually from a car on the way past

Both given me ideas too lol... !!! poor fireball

[Badjelly]

Unless there is a law exempting cyclists from obeying the road rules, then they are expected to follow the same road rules as all other users. that means they are also legally required to maintain safe following distances.

Putting the legal aspects aside for a moment and concentrating only on safety, I know from personal experience that it can be reasonably safe for one cyclist to follow another closely if both are aware of each other's presence and trust each other not to do anything silly. The reason it's reasonably safe is that the following cyclist can see past the one in front, see any hazards and anticipate the leader's reactions. However when you have 50 cyclists in a bunch on a road with the usual random hazards, then all the ones at the back can see are the ones immediately in front and the whole thing becomes rather dangerous, as demonstrated by the incident in question or any of the mass crashes on the Tour de France.