Re: bicycle road rage

"Trevor Wilson" 
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>>>>> If an idiot in a  car changes lane in 
>>>>> front of bicycles and then suddenly 
>>>>> brakes are the bicycles that run into 
>>>>> him liable for the damage to his car? 
>>>>> Usually the vehicle in the rear is at 
>>>>> fault.
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>>>> Considering the car was in a bicycle 
>>>> lane I think the drivers ****ed dont 
>>>> you?
>>> Cars are allowed in bicycle lanes under 
>>> certain conditions. If bicycle lanes are 
>>> solely for the use of bicycle riders they 
>>> should be paying registration fees etc.
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>> They should be paying rego & 3rd party 
>> fees anyway, assuming they will be injured 
>> on the roads.   Why should these 
>> candy-coloured pests be any different from 
>> other road users?
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> **They are no different to other road 
> users. Drivers should avoid hitting them.
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>> Were all the 20 cyclists in the bike lane? 
>> Not bloody likely.  Indeed they often ride 
>> two abreast, overflowing the bike lane, to 
>> talk to each other.
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> **Unlikely, in this case. The bike lane is 
> generously large.
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>> The incident probably went like this:
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>> 1/  Some of the 20 cyclists overflowed the 
>> bike lane, so causing obstruction to 
>> motorists.
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> **Wrong. Cyclists are entitled to use the 
> road, UNLESS they are specifically 
> disallowed from doing so (on a motorway, 
> for instance). YOU are precisely what is 
> wrong with many road users. Cyclists are 
> road users and need to be treated as such.
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>> 2/  A motorist became enraged, as well he 
>> might.
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> **And that motorist should be stripped of 
> his or her right to drive.
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>> 3/  Motorist taught them a lesson.
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>> Way to go!!
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> ******wit. You are demented.
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> Trevor Wilson


You're one of them aren't you?   Are you old 
enough to drive and have you ever encountered 
any of these pests?

I have never seen a bike lane wide enough to 
allow 2 bike pests to ride side-by-side; 
surely the pedals and other bits would become 
entangled.

I collided with one of the idiots once and it 
demolished my LHS mirror which ended up with 
all the spokes and junk with the bike-person 
appropriately ensconced in the gutter.   It 
gave me great pleasure, though I had to buy a 
new mirror.  I should have sued the prick! 
They should all be confined to the footpaths!