Re: Sydney Bicycle accident

"Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <duncanmcrae@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On May 11, 11:08 am, "Noddy" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> > **Your speculation is duly noted.
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>>> As was yours in blaming the car driver before you had a clue as to
what
>>> happened.
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>> I wouldn't go defending the git in the Ford too quickly.
>>
>> Here's another account (yes.. it's third hand or whatever, so believe
>> of it what you will).
>>
>> "I've heard from an aquaintance who was there...road is 3 lanes wide &
>> a breakdown lane where the incident happened. No traffic was held up
>> before the incident. said Bogan apparently drove up behind the bunch
>> blowing his horn (despite there being 2 other lanes to choose from)
>> then drove around them in one of the free lanes, ducked back into the
>> cyclists lane & slammed on the brakes. very few actually hit the car,
>> but the evasive action of the other cyclists brought many of the pack
>> down."
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> So there may have been 3 causes to the accident.
> 1. One dickhead in a car being overly aggressive
> 2. Lots of dickheads on bikes riding to close to each other to be able
to 
> stop in an emergency
> 3. Lots of dickheads on bikes not looking far enough ahead to see what
is 
> coming up.
>
> So the cause is one inconsiderate prick and about fifty ****ing
lemmings.
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> -- 
> Kwyj.
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Exactly, and the trouble with the Lemmings is one day their dickhead
actions 
(riding in a huge pack, often 5 or 6 abreast) will get some equally
dickhead 
driver so pissed off that he will just plow straight through the mob and 
speed off (much to the delight of many frustrated drivers I might add) 
Cyclists are often their own worst enemy as they get as aggressive as some

drivers (Probably 'roid rage for the professional cyclists) and quite a
few 
(though not the majority) think they are above the law, thus painting the 
law abiding riders with the same brush.
While I don't in any way condone someone deliberately causing an accident,
I 
can see why some people would get frustrated enough to think about it.

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