Dave Sharp's Page

"Bicycle Queensland are an inoperable cancer. You now have all the evidence you need after CEO Ben Wilson's "discussions" with the Transport Minister. Bear in mind that we've been chasing this for 4 years and BQ has only ever shot…"

"by The 2nd Womble » Thu May 23, 2013 8:01 pm Another interview in tomorrow's Cairns Post on the petition while Cairns starts it cycling road safety campaign, and some huge stuff on the way including links to the petition in an…"

"1 metre is a recommendation, not an enforceable rule, and when on Multi lane roads the same situation as took Richard Pollett's life here can occur with the same potential legal outcome. Cyclists have as much protection under the law as they do…"

"If you live elsewhere then you're more than welcome to put your hand up. If you're in Victoria be careful, everyone else is to scared of the toes that they'd stand on. If I had people wanting to do more than simply sign the petition…"

"Show me."

"I cannot only ask Queensland cyclists to call for ONLY 1 metre, I just can't. To begin with I have a conscience. I cannot allow cyclists on Queensland roads to ask to effectively settle for "just enough" because it isn't a…"

"Have you read all the Amendments that have been made in order to try and get the Californian 3ft rule through the senate for Governor Gerry Brown's approval and scribble? It could do with its own volume in the Californian Legislature now. Too…"

"I have a petition for NSW ready to go seeing as you can't officially petition the state government online, unlike Qld. All that is needed is a NSW resident to add their details to it before it can go live. It's properly formatted to suit…"

"I'm not even angry at Michael I might add, just a bit disheartened at the content and missed opportunity. Petition about 50% of the way to going live ATM."

"No thumbs up about it. QLD cyclists are demanding 1.5m and this morning the Cairns Post has launched it's on cycling road safety campaign using the Qld petition as a part of its platform. To neglect to mention the most effective current action…"

"http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Austin-Police-say-crackdown-on-drivers-violating-3-foot-passing-rule-going-well-207447121.html Or you can just sit here, become more bitter and twisted, then complain that nobody cares and then start your own radio…"

"That's simple. SURVIVE 1.5."

"Given that a cyclist would be riding1-1.5m from the curb/shoulder or parked vehicles, the 1.5m rule would effectively require a lane change when overtaking."

"The 30 metre exemption is to allow cyclists to be able to filter or lane split in slow or stationary traffic where the cyclist can feed to the front of traffic for their own safety. It has always been a sticking point with previous Qld Transport…"

"Who ate you referring to? We have around 300hits per month on the website at SCA. At one point a cpl of weeks ago we had around 1700 hundred talking about our FB page and we only have just over 1200 followers. The AGF outstrips SCA for followers on…"

"Sorry Damien, been there done that. The AGF is renowned for this also. We have shared a fair amount of information including meetings with State Ministers, and yet in 4 years the AGF have never reciprocated. They use what they can to get a leg up in…"