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| Thread ID: 138069 | 2014-09-30 18:58:00 | What the hell is this cyclist doing......... | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1385240 | 2014-10-03 22:48:00 | Lets look at the bigger picture here.... The cyclist was using a camera for what reason? - probably an activist trying to prove a point. What do you do when wanting to prove a point? - exaggerate it. Conclusion : The cyclist is clearly wanting to prove an activist point to get their way with lawmakers and whose "evidence" should be seen as fabricated. |
Krakka (17266) | ||
| 1385241 | 2014-10-03 23:20:00 | Im sure in the road code it states that vehicles that hold up traffic need to move to the left or pull over to let faster traffic past or does this not apply to cyclists | plod (107) | ||
| 1385242 | 2014-10-03 23:43:00 | Lets look at the bigger picture here.... The cyclist was using a camera for what reason? - probably an activist trying to prove a point. What do you do when wanting to prove a point? - exaggerate it. Conclusion : The cyclist is clearly wanting to prove an activist point to get their way with lawmakers and whose "evidence" should be seen as fabricated. "Ka-ching!" We have a winner :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1385243 | 2014-10-06 22:17:00 | Im sure in the road code it states that vehicles that hold up traffic need to move to the left or pull over to let faster traffic past or does this not apply to cyclists Considering the car in front (that the cyclist bumped into when the car behind frightened the bejesus out of him) was only a few meters in front of the cyclist, and there was a line of traffic in front of that car, I fail to see how the cyclist in this case was holding up traffic. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1385244 | 2014-10-06 22:20:00 | Lets look at the bigger picture here.... The cyclist was using a camera for what reason? - probably an activist trying to prove a point. What do you do when wanting to prove a point? - exaggerate it. Conclusion : The cyclist is clearly wanting to prove an activist point to get their way with lawmakers and whose "evidence" should be seen as fabricated. Interesting conclusion, most likely incorrect. Or the cyclist might have been nearly killed one or more times in the past by an idiot driver and wanted to have actual evidence to show the Police or insurance company the next time it happened |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1385245 | 2014-10-06 23:12:00 | Considering the car in front (that the cyclist bumped into when the car behind frightened the bejesus out of him) was only a few meters in front of the cyclist, and there was a line of traffic in front of that car, I fail to see how the cyclist in this case was holding up traffic.Refer to my post on following to close and failing to stop in time | plod (107) | ||
| 1385246 | 2014-10-06 23:16:00 | Cars will be fined for not giving cyclist 1.5 meters when passing. Will cyclist be fined the same for not giving car 1.5 neters while passing car. And joncar, I have seen many a cyclist in wellington riding like krakka describes. Being prats, | plod (107) | ||
| 1385247 | 2014-10-07 00:54:00 | Cars will be fined for not giving cyclist 1.5 meters when passing. Will cyclist be fined the same for not giving car 1.5 neters while passing car. And joncar, I have seen many a cyclist in wellington riding like krakka describes. Being prats, I'm not saying that there are no prats who ride bikes - by the same token there are prats who drive cars (and taxis and trucks and buses)... To quote from a post (above) by wainuitech: "Never ride in the ‘door zone’ (the space where car doors open) when cycling past parked cars. Allow at least one metre between you and a parked car." This is a Road Code recommendation. If a bike was permitted by motorised traffic to pass parked vehicles 1.5 metres out, it would go a long way to reducing the broken collarbones and other assorted injuries inflicted on a cyclist who has a door opened on him/her. Sadly this is impractical, because on most roads, 1.5 metres from a parked vehicle is getting pretty close to the centre line. And it's already been noted that the anti-cyclist-brigade don't want cyclists riding in, and holding up, traffic. As to the "following too close" comment, if you watch the video again, you will note that a horn sounds just prior to the car trying to overtake. That is actually an air powered horn on the bike. I daresay the cyclist had only one hand on the handlebars when "making his point" and/or may have been a tad distracted by the idiot trying to push him into the parked cars, hence the wee bump into the car in front. It can't have been high speed or the cyclist would have been lying in the road. Had the car NOT tried to overtake (where there was absolutely no reason to - just like I see people changing lanes on the motorway for absolutely no reason), there would have been no issue - it's not like they were travelling at more than 15-20km/h. Plenty of room to stop a bike at that speed on a dry road (in normal circumstances)... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1385248 | 2014-10-07 01:37:00 | I think it is time that I stationed myself on the Old Hutt Road in Thorndon and photograph some of the idiot cyclists who insist on riding on the road instead of using the cycleway on the footpath during the early morning rush :( | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1385249 | 2014-10-07 01:45:00 | I think it is time that I stationed myself on the Old Hutt Road in Thorndon and photograph some of the idiot cyclists who insist on riding on the road instead of using the cycleway on the footpath during the early morning rush :(You wont have enough film or sd card space for that | plod (107) | ||
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