Who's fault?
I suspect that responses to this (if I get any) will be split fairly evenly but here goes anyway.
If the ANZAC Highway slipstreamers hit some debris or a pot hole because they were too close to the bus/truck etc and unable to see the danger, does the fault lie with the rider for riding to close to the bus or would we get another winge fest about the state of the roads.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Hill on -
what if the debris that caused a an accident was a slippery banana skin thrown away by a previous cyclist?
Will an equal number of opposing responses to this question mean that it would be a 'banana split'
(clive - just say and I will delete the hijack!)
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Permalink Reply by Michael Bland on -
That depends wether he ate :
one banana , two banana , three banana , four .....
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Permalink Reply by Peter Hill on
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we have a new all time favourite cycling song now.
The Dickies: 4 banana, 3 banana 2 banana, one.all bananas riding in the bright warm sun.
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Permalink Reply by Konadog on -
It's nice when all the roads are kept it top nick, but that's not the way the real world works. In the scenario you describe Clive, I'd have to lay the fault on the cycler. Watch where yer going...
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Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on -
I suppose in a perfect world things would never go wrong.
Even the best maintenance program the problem will exist for a few hours before someone is able to get to the problem and fix it.
(even a dropped banana skin)
How big a risk is often a personal perception.
How people manage risk is a personal thing.
Would statistics suggest even if the chance of something happening is small eventually after enough events it will happen.
No maintenance system will be perfect.
Is it also fair to say that cyclists are not prefect as well?
Even the pros fall occasionally.
Is it naive to think "nothing can go wrong" (I enjoyed the movie Westworld was Yul Bryinner the original terminator?)
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Permalink Reply by David B.o.R. on -
1st base!
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Permalink Reply by Doddsy on -
If they just fall off its generally hard to prove if someones slip streaming.
But If they hit a pot hole and run up the back of someone different story.
I've hit pot holes while not slipstreaming so i guess i'd still blame the pot hole.
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Permalink Reply by Jilden on -
Slip streaming may be exciting but it's illegal and not very safe. The fault lies with the cyclist not being able to see far enough ahead to ride safely. Frank-ly the loonie roadies can keep Anzac Rd as their private pleasure, I'll stick to the trails and side roads!
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Permalink Reply by Derek Hasel on -
"Loonie Roadies" eh ! What happened to playing the Ball and not the Man. By the way slip streaming is not illegal, as such. It is only illegal over a certain distance and at a certain distance from the vehicle in front. I know what that criteria is, maybe you could follow that up and possible advise those Loonies who ride on the roads, who don't, the benefit of your research.
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