Cycling in Sydney Australia
More Herald cycle stories ....
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Permalink Reply by mikesbytes on -
Tuesday 28th ? or Wednesday 29th (you posted at midnight)
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Permalink Reply by Paul on -
Wheel of Misfortune, in today's SMH
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Permalink Reply by mikesbytes on
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Chris Rissel. I train with him sometimes
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Permalink Reply by yogi on -
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, said: "The problem is that motorists are treating cyclists really badly, and so you get the cyclists calling themselves road warriors and now you've got them driving motorists mad. Education is key."
this is the public awareness I am talking about... finally no backhander whilst I read.
good media
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Permalink Reply by CM on -
"Clover Moore, said: 'The problem is that motorists are treating cyclists really badly, and so you get the cyclists calling themselves road warriors and now you've got them driving motorists mad...'"
I wonder what she means by "driving motorists mad"? Is she implying that cyclists are going out of their way to antagonise drivers? How, by riding on the road?
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Permalink Reply by Simon Sharwood on -
Trawl through this site and you will find examples of cyclists who have decided that road rules do not apply to them.
I think it is understandable that drivers, and the general community, are angered by that kind of behaviour.
For mine, Clover is identifying the fact that if drivers knew more about their obligations to share the road, they may become less offended by cyclists - whether we behave well or poorly.
It's the first time I have heard a public figure say so in such a plain way and is certainly far more moderate than statements by any number of roads ministers.
Go Clover!
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Permalink Reply by Doddsy on -
"so you get the cyclists calling themselves road warriors"
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I just thought i took responsibility for my own safety instead of relying on motorists not to make mistakes or not drive like pricks.
I guess that means i'm a road warrior then....
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Permalink Reply by Conrad on -
My first thought was of DaveW kicking ass and taking car keys, but in all seriousness, has any person on this site called themselves or heard someone else call themselves a 'road warrior' because they're on a bicycle? I like Moore, but to quote Wikipedia, "[citation please]"
Actually, wait, I just found the cause of the mixup: Cannondale Road Warriors! It's the BIKES calling themselves road warriors, not the riders. Easy mistake to make.
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Permalink Reply by Terry on -
where are these "Road warriors"? They must be the ones out there that Mr/Mrs motorist claims " they make me drive dangerously".
someone posted a pic. in a previous thread about gun toteing cyclists that comes to mind when some one says road warrior. It was a dude on a mountain bike dressed in combat gear with a gun slung over his shoulder if memory serves correct. Looking very Mad Max
But like Doddsy says if riding like you want to get to your destination rather than the Hospital is being a road warrior then I would be proud to be called one
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Permalink Reply by RobE on
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The Good Prof said
"He found that an alarming number of motorists did not know some of the basic road rules relating to cyclists, such as when cyclists had right of way.
"Thirty-seven per cent of motorists didn't know that cyclists were entitled to use a whole lane, and 69 per cent didn't know they were allowed to overtake on the left of cars," Professor Rissel said.
"Eighty-one per cent didn't know cyclists were allowed to ride two abreast and 13 per cent didn't know they were allowed to use the roads at all. That is definitely a contributing factor to the level of tension and danger on the roads." "
This Lazy Driver, couldnt get out of the couch!
I think Clover Moore "meant" that those drivers who don't know the rules, get huffy and are driven " mad" through their own failure to see right from wrong. Those drivers are the cause of the excitement the commercial radio jocks and sensation seeking Print journos pick up on when they want to stir the pot and appeal to the ignorance of the lazy road users who dont want to know the law and who go on acting out selfish me me me road manners. They take umbrage when a rider Zipps (pardon the wheel pun) past them, they take umbrage when a rider has a lane, they take umbrage when a rider is at the front of the red light queue, they take umbrage because they are stuck in traffic
and the riders move ahead... they take umbrage because they are getting fat in their cages and not gutsy enough to ride a bike to work or to the shops or to accompany their kids to school on bikes or walking,... They are too lazy to get out of their own way and that's what " drives them mad..."
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Permalink Reply by mikesbytes on
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All we want to do is ride our bikes, it what happens to us while riding that makes us activists
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