Give me a metre!
Went for a ride today - such a beautiful day to do it!! Said hello to the swans down the Torrens and popped into the LBS to pick up a pair of BBB sunnies. The one downfall of my day is that some crazy guy in a white van didn't bloomin well give me a metre and nearly knocked me off as he zoomed past, thank God for my awesome ninja reflexes which came in handy! ;) I wish I could've got his number plate to report him but he was dodging through traffic so he was out of view!
The lesson here folks is to please share the road and give bike riders a metre. We just want to exercise and enjoy being outside. We'll do our part and wear high vis clothing and hand signal.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Brisco on -
I think that company, might have been the ones that caused friends hassle a few months back. I could be wrong..... but ..... They, driving with kids, had a minor bingle with a truck, minor damage no one hurt. My friends were at fault - but the driver said, property damage only, minor, swap names, no need to call the cops. [this is legit if no one is hurt and damage minor,] So they swapped addresses, then left.
Two days later, my friend answered a knock on the door .. 2 police. Police asked if my friend was the person who had been involved in a crash .. friend said yes, wondering what they wanted... Police immidiately slapped on her an expiation notice of several hundred for a traffic offence. Presumably based on the driver's own unsubstantiated allegations, as my friends said there was no one inthe cab except him.
Whichever company it was, their behaviour was disgraceful. By getting my friend to agree not to call the cops at the time - the driver avoided being breath tested and scrutinised. The driver then went back on his word and called the police on them. Spiteful, as it is not necessary, and the driver gains no advantage from it - he already has all he needs to remedy the damage.
Now, I need to point out again, I dont remember the company name. All I recall, is it was a well known gardening / sand supplier from Golden Grove area. However, if anyone else had close encounters with gardening / sand & metal company trucks from Golden Grove - specially ones with green and gold lettering on the truck - be interested to hear.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on -
It amazes me how far they go, South East for wood chip, Barossa for gypsum, Sedan for ???, they are big and fast and scary.
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Permalink Reply by John Vincent on
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I had a bus literally come into contact with me when I was stopped at the lights today in North Adelaide. Looking to report it.
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Permalink Reply by MARK FERGUSON (SPARTACUS) on -
I've had a bus glance my elbow as it passed me.
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Permalink Reply by David B.o.R. on -
I had a terrible day with close passers on Monday, which led to some very uncharitable thoughts. For example if you pass someone really close and you have a sticker on your car that says "Babe on board", you had better be one not a pudgy middle aged woman with a bad spiral perm and too much makeup.
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Permalink Reply by David B.o.R. on
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An open letter to the bloke who yelled at me for nearly killing me.
Dear high-vis wearing, four wheel drive driving, fat sod that almost knocked me off after he "merged" into the bike lane (down a hill so I was doing 50+) and then hurled abuse at me after I shook my head,
Maybe if you tried a little harder at school you might have learned a little more about the way roads work?
Much love,
Davi.
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Permalink Reply by Specialised Roubaix on -
The problem I see with the 1m campaign is that at high speed viz 80kph or greater a 1m is not enough, from memory it needs to be about 1.5m.
Perhaps " at least a metre matters" or more positively stated " share greater than a metre" or similar.
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Permalink Reply by snappy_don on -
Add to the black list: Young ****heads in V8 utes, who have sadly reached the 'guilty unless proven innocent', status.
They've often forced me to use very clear hand signals, but not many you'd find in the road rules.
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Permalink Reply by Hannah Cursaro on -
I swear its a game to some of them. They love spooking us or seeing how close they can get.
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Permalink Reply by Ricky on -
Ive just come back from Franch where these signs were all over the place thru the alps and pyrennes. The govt and local councils should put up lotsof signs like these. In France I had cars driving onto the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic just to make sure they gave me enough room when overtaking. Amazing courtesy by considerate drivers.
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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on -
Ricky, they always drive on the wrong side of the road over there. ; )
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