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| Thread ID: 129507 | 2013-02-25 22:21:00 | Don't very often say this, but stupid cyclist. | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1329931 | 2013-02-25 22:21:00 | Read an article over the weekend that I cannot find about a cyclist who was rammed from behind by a car doing 100kph and survived. What happened was that he wanted to cross the main road a SH1 on his bike and because of the amount of traffic couldn't cross it in one go so decided to cross into the middle and ride along the centre line until he could cross to the other side. What happened was a car coming from behind him didn't see him and rammed him from behind and sent the cyclist flying. He got a few broken bones out of it. If it had of been me I would of hoped off my bike and walked across the road when it was clear. I'm a cyclist. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1329932 | 2013-02-25 22:48:00 | I agree. Your idea is even more important for me when I am on the bike, because I have difficulty nowadays seeing over my shoulder to see if the road is clear behind (scoliosis restricts me) - I always stop on the side of the road and walk across when it is clear. Mind you, I also hate the current road rule that allows motorists to stop in the middle of an open speed limit road signalling a right turn. I ALWAYS pull over onto the shoulder until the road is clear and then make the turn, even in a car. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1329933 | 2013-02-25 22:49:00 | :-/ Doesn't sound very clever to me. I'm grateful, one of the things my parents taught me: Always wear your helmet, and always get off your bike when you're crossing a road. If you're not on the road, you're a pedestrian, so be on-foot. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1329934 | 2013-02-25 22:59:00 | I agree . Your idea is even more important for me when I am on the bike, because I have difficulty nowadays seeing over my shoulder to see if the road is clear behind (scoliosis restricts me) - I always stop on the side of the road and walk across when it is clear . Mind you, I also hate the current road rule that allows motorists to stop in the middle of an open speed limit road signalling a right turn . I ALWAYS pull over onto the shoulder until the road is clear and then make the turn, even in a car . The change to the road rules which allows a turning motorist to stop in the middle of the road is absolutely stupid, since there is almost never room for other vehicles to "undertake" on the left . Which puts everyone at risk . I do exactly what you describe - pull over to the left, wait until it's clear, both ways, then make the crossing - whether I'm on my bike or in the car . However this was, as Trev says, a stupid move by the cyclist . |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1329935 | 2013-02-26 02:16:00 | I think he said he was accidently in too higher gear to cross all the way quickly.hence stopping in the middle thinking he would be safe. | tut (12033) | ||
| 1329936 | 2013-02-26 02:52:00 | Tut, that is Quite Easily Done - thus reinforcing the wisdom of getting off and walking across, particularly if you are still a relative newcomer to multi gear bikes. However, even if you are more experienced, and you aren't paying attention, it is easy to forget the cog you were in when you were barrelling up to the turning point. | John H (8) | ||
| 1329937 | 2013-02-26 02:55:00 | The change to the road rules which allows a turning motorist to stop in the middle of the road is absolutely stupid, (snip) I have a sneaking feeling that this rule change was made at the same time as the stupid change to the right turning rule which we have recently back-tracked from. I wonder what rocket science road traffic "experts" we had at that time, and what they were smoking? Both rule changes seemed to forget the real world of narrow NZ roads with fast moving and aggressive traffic. Do you think we might see this idiocy reversed as well? I wonder if it was considered when they worked out it was wise to reverse the right hand turning rule change? |
John H (8) | ||
| 1329938 | 2013-02-26 03:15:00 | The change to the road rules which allows a turning motorist to stop in the middle of the road is absolutely stupid, since there is almost never room for other vehicles to "undertake" on the left. Which puts everyone at risk. I do exactly what you describe - pull over to the left, wait until it's clear, both ways, then make the crossing I never knew the rule had changed. That it has, is idiotic. Especially on the open road, I'll continue with my choice to pull over to the left if there's any traffic. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1329939 | 2013-02-26 03:26:00 | How refreshing to see others that think the law change was stupid. It has been there for a long time. It is just simple self-preservation really to mistrust others travelling at upwards of 100kph! I have little faith in the spatial judgement of my fellow road users - a product of many years of cycling and 40 years of motorcycling I guess. | John H (8) | ||
| 1329940 | 2013-02-26 04:37:00 | I have a sneaking feeling that this rule change was made at the same time as the stupid change to the right turning rule which we have recently back-tracked from. I wonder what rocket science road traffic "experts" we had at that time, and what they were smoking? Both rule changes seemed to forget the real world of narrow NZ roads with fast moving and aggressive traffic. Do you think we might see this idiocy reversed as well? I wonder if it was considered when they worked out it was wise to reverse the right hand turning rule change? Its funny that the UK which has narrower roads and faster speeds has never had the right turning rule we had here, the right turning car has always pulled into the centre and had right of way over left turning cars. The accident rate is no higher than here from that scenario even with the millions more cars on the road |
gary67 (56) | ||
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