Jason B's Page

"That guy averaging 25km/hr footpathing it to get past a taxi with an empty road in front of it, at the exact time you would expect pedestrians to be trying to exit the roadway. Terrible riding. There is no safety benefit provoking a close pass for a…"

"All this proves to me is that the police were never sensible about enforcement in the first place.  ie they wasted many officer-days on foam lids and a traffic light that fails to detect cyclists in the first place at the spacious end of…"

"The driver in question did that.  It tends to cause them to come out of the driveway faster.  The users at greatest risk are pedestrians and child cyclists travelling contra to the traffic flow on that side of the road, as its unlikely the…"

"The only way they can come up with 8.3 is to include all fatalities, which will be and always has been largely recreational cyclists.  if there is a population increase in commuters and that is not fully mirrored in a population increase in…"

"Your energy calculations are waaaaaaay out. You can't ride 700kms on the energy provided by a big mac meal.  At best the body can manage about 23% extraction of energy from food - the rest goes in body overhead and digestion costs - and…"

"I disagree. Leichardt council is fairly progressive in its attitudes to cycling, and many of their initiatives make my day to day commuting task easier.   Also they basically gateway approaches to the city from the West, so their attitude…"

"Not only that, the rate that pedestrians were injured and killed would be diminished. its worth bearing in mind that all of this years pedestrians killed on the footpath were killed by motorists in Sydney, and thats despite cyclists sharing…"

"http://commutercycles.com.au/accessories/tyres/ sell grand bois if you can't get em at cheeky. "

"Very few "commuting" cyclists die in Sydney whilst commuting. Its a reasonable presumption in Copenhagen since the population cycle use is dominated by utility cycling, its not in Sydney. "

"Please note: This tube is NOT suitable for use with carbon braking surfaces. The heat during braking can burst the inner tube. I fail to see the point to a 29g tube if its not going to be able to descend safely. "

"its amazing how they can get that backwards. "

"The actual legal reason that we don't need to signal left turns, is that signalling a left turn is only a requirement for people with indicators, because people without them can't reach the other side of their car to signal out that side…"

"Its a path on one side of the road - which forces people to cross the road twice to use it, when travelling in the other direction.   It runs through red lights that the councilors do not control the timings on - which are far less…"

"0.14 is the reaction time of a drag racer to a racing tree.  A semi expected event for me has been measured at 0.7 of a second (ie 0.7 seconds from a light turning yellow to the onset of audible brake noise on a camera.  0.7 is an estimate…"

"Scooters have low seating, ie scooter riders are harder to see over a parked 4wd than a car or even another bicycle - there is car parking on either side of the driveway.  For narrow radius problems the scooter can turn in faster than a car,…"

"NSW RR 75 75   Giving way when entering a road related area or adjacent land from a road (1)  A driver entering a road related area or adjacent land from a place on a road without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give…"