Re: Sydney Bicycle accident

"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:482aefe2$0$58048$c30e37c6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Now, the reason why I mention this story is not because of the poor old 
> bloke getting killed or the ****wit cyclist being a ****wit cyclist who 
> caused his death, but because of some of the comments that came from the

> *other* cyclists who were sitting there waiting for the old guy to
cross. 
> Almost every one of them to a man defended the guilty cyclist to a
degree 
> in the media by trying to ****ft the blame onto the crossing, or the sun
in 
> his eyes as he approached. I even read the comment of one who said that 
> the old man should have been aware that it might have been likely that 
> someone wouldn't stop as it was common practice.

Seems it's becoming a bit more prevalant...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23327786-421,00.html

But it looks like the Vic Govt are doing something about it.
Suprising they havent introduced a fine system. Yet.