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09-04-2021, 08:34 PM | #31 | |||
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Then said slowpoke goes through the 50 zone in town at 70km/h |
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09-04-2021, 08:37 PM | #32 | |||
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10-04-2021, 12:50 AM | #33 | |||
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You can get done DUI riding a bike too depending on your state laws In the ACT at least it is considered the same as drink driving and you will lose your licence if convicted. This a very old article put proof of this https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sto...to-conviction/ Last edited by MITCHAY; 10-04-2021 at 01:08 AM. |
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10-04-2021, 05:41 AM | #34 | ||
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I've often wondered about the speeding thing on a bike, given they don't come with any speed measuring device and as far as I know, you are under no obligation to fit one.
I run a garmin on mine so am well aware of my speeds and ride responsibly. I'm actually fully in support of cyclists getting fines for breaking the road rules as well. The muppets that do the things in the article in the first post deserve everything they get as they make life difficult for everyone that tries to do the right thing. As evidenced by some of the comments in this thread even, if someone sees a cyclist break the law they treat all cyclists as guilty. I would like to be judged by my actions, not the actions of someone else. Unfortunately the world is full of small minded people.
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10-04-2021, 06:37 AM | #35 | |||
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What about this one then https://m.facebook.com/10NewsAdl/vid...0728083325267/ Fair effort I say.
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10-04-2021, 06:46 AM | #36 | |||
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Vehicles can still be driven without seat belts but have been mandatory for years. |
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10-04-2021, 06:53 AM | #37 | ||
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I'm just walking to work and I have all these arseholes zooming by and the the law of averages says I will eventually get hit someday. Plenty of close calls.
But if I can somehow put my shoulder into it, I look forward to dropping one of these ****s even if it hurts me too but for sure they will be worse off |
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10-04-2021, 07:21 AM | #38 | ||
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Cyclists in the cities are like roos on country roads, I suspect and pedestrians want to ban bull bars.
It all makes sense, if you don't think about it.
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10-04-2021, 07:41 AM | #39 | |||
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No I'm not one of those. The only accessory I have is a durry in my mouth. I regularly look behind me and no **** uses their bell these days
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10-04-2021, 08:31 AM | #41 | |||
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10-04-2021, 11:35 AM | #42 | ||
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Good on the Police for fining them. When I used to cycle to work I remember being abused by some idiot who flashed past me when I stopped at a red light on a central road reserve bike path that crossed a main road. I've never forgotten it as he was zooming along and passed me called me a F***ing Idiot for stopping. I thought he is an accident waiting to happen.
I always rode fairly carefully and if on the the actual road very defensively. I sometimes used to think the biggest danger was other cyclists. I had some work friends who also road to work; two madly and one with head phones. Suffice to say they all had significant accidents. One ran into the back of a bus that moved out from a bus stop and another got side swiped by a truck turning. The headphones guy got hit by another cyclist. |
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10-04-2021, 01:47 PM | #43 | ||
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Yeah me too.
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10-04-2021, 02:06 PM | #44 | ||
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I detest electric scooters on CBD footpaths. Pre-COVID, I would say I was having to do an avoidance manoeuvre at least once per week when walking to work or else I would have gotten clobbered. This is in spite of the QLD law that says electric scooters must give way to pedestrians. The worst offenders are the 20-something hipster males. Their behaviour is like no rules apply to them. Some of them easily exceed 25kph limit, more like 40 to 50 kph. So, I wonder if there is an easy hack to remove the speed limiter.
My grump old man letter to the Brisbane City Council got a bland, somewhat condescending, bureaucratic response (not that I expected anything more...) Good to see the police trying to modify behaviours. |
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10-04-2021, 02:32 PM | #45 | |||
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11-04-2021, 10:55 AM | #46 | |||
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I was walking around Southbank Promenade yesterday arvo at around 4PM and there was still cyclists bobbing and weaving in and out of people walking at faster than 10kmh |
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11-04-2021, 11:47 AM | #47 | ||
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Install a bike speedo. Around $40.
Work very well. Installed one on my Bugeye Sprite and it registered up to 140km/h... On a... private road, of course... cough cough...
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11-04-2021, 05:00 PM | #48 | ||
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legislate to have speed limiters on all bikes.....
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11-04-2021, 05:32 PM | #49 | ||
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Sorry officer i was to busy watching my speedo and totally didn't see the Stephen Hawking look-a-like
Now where have i heard that excuse before
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11-04-2021, 05:35 PM | #50 | ||
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Geeze Franco, how fast were the cyclist going ?
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11-04-2021, 06:22 PM | #51 | ||
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11-04-2021, 06:53 PM | #52 | ||
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Good idea. Perhaps limit all cars too given they are far more prevalent at breaking laws...
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11-04-2021, 08:41 PM | #53 | ||
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I'm pretty certain in the whole of Melbourne CBD there's better uses of police resources than police holding speed detection cameras pointed at cyclists.
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12-04-2021, 12:49 PM | #54 | ||
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I'm surprised it took 54 posts but a thread about cyclists was going to go down that path eventually.
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12-04-2021, 01:19 PM | #55 | |||
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As for the cyclists, I reckon a lot of the hard-core ones are on strava. They probably have their phone or other device strapped to their handlebars showing their speed, and they don't want to slow down because they're trying to keep their average speed up for the particular section they're riding on, or are trying to beat a time so won't slow for pedestrians. I enjoyed doing that too while cycling, but I tried to avoid places with pedestrians and cars. |
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12-04-2021, 02:09 PM | #56 | |||
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17-04-2021, 11:49 AM | #57 | |||
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wearing a seatbelt is required in a vehicle that has them, but if the vehicle doesnt have a seatbelt, you clearly cant wear something that isnt there.... speed on the other hand.... |
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17-04-2021, 12:26 PM | #58 | |||
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So to mandate retrofit a speedo on all bikes before a certain date .............. |
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18-04-2021, 07:22 PM | #60 | |||
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