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I use Greenhill Rd in the mornings and have often had cars pulling out in fronnt of me from both the left and the right. The problem appears to be that they are looking into the sun and often during the early morning we…"
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Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have
Started this discussion. Last reply by Clive Palfrey Aug 23, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Hi All I wonder what chance we have of educating the public about sharing the road given what occurred to me this morning. I was doing my usual short but, hairy commute from Eastwood to Unley, along…Continue
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Mark Draper replied to crickets's discussion Motorised scooters in the bike lane"Being forced to the absolute left of the lane by these guys - not motor pacing, scooters too slow and the 900cc bike too fast!!!"
Mark Draper replied to crickets's discussion Motorised scooters in the bike lane"The thing is, if it is one person on a scooter zipping around a few cars and not impacting anyone directly, it isn't really a problem. It becomes a problem when, as happened to me the other day, on Greenhill Rd, I was a lone cyclist…"
Mark Draper replied to VP's discussion What do you use? Pedals and Computers"Shimano SPD, Garmin Edge 800"
Mark Draper replied to Trevor Hill's discussion Hardest Up Hill Ride in Your Life"Coming down was fun though - I think that took about 10 minutes"
Mark Draper replied to Trevor Hill's discussion Hardest Up Hill Ride in Your Life"Mt Ventoux from the Bedoin side in 38 degree heat - ran out of time after two hours - only made it to the Chalet Reynard
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Mark Draper replied to RD6's discussion Strava being sued.........."Sorry but, does that mean we should't post,say, our Garmin or Map My Ride Data??
Anyone one trying to emulate my "feats" are likely to fall off because they aren't going fast enough"
Mark Draper commented on Arnold Ouwerkerk's blog post I want to buy a Garmin 800, but which one is good?"Love my Garmin 800 - heart rate monitor works fine"
Mark Draper replied to Simon Lownsborough's discussion Hit by car today"Hi Simon
I am glad that you are ok. I also use the "take the lane" approach at roundabouts and find that it is reasonably effective.
In respect of the driver, as Pat Conlon has said, you can't legislate against idiots but, it is…"
Clive Palfrey replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"Come to think of it I think I might be more offended by the "dude" tag than the near miss.
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Clive Palfrey replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"Because he's a d#ck covers it."
JDL replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"The other point is, sometimes people genuinely make mistakes.... So maybe it's not that "he did not see the need to take care" near you, maybe he just didn't see you or misjudged the distance/speed etc.... It's easy enough…"
Simon Lownsborough replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"Of course he saw you. Well, you can be reasonably certain, although he may have been distracted.
Point is, motorists sometimes expect cyclists to be slower, more manouverable, quicker to stop. So it's only logical that cyclists should give way.…"
Simon Lownsborough replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"because he can. because he feels insecure enough to have to prove it. because he's a d#ck. because he's scared he'll have to spend an extra 10 seconds going slow. take your pick. :-)"
heather replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"Mark, I would report the 'professional driver' to his employer, i.e. government. Even if you did not get his rego (you do not say), there will be records of which vehicle was in the vicinity. As Peter says, it will be embarrassing and the…"
Michael Murray replied to Mark Draper's discussion Selfish Drivers - What chance do we have"I did that bit today in peak hour. Where do you go when it chokes up ? I ended up cycling in the gutter.
The highlight of my trip was coming along Duthy Street heading north. Just before Greenhill Road there was a roadworks 25km/h zone.…"
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- At 6:17 on April 14, 2010,
Gus K said… - Oh yeah. I think I've see you about.
You can create your own 'group' for your team to build membership and have easy communications... talk about it later.
Cheers Angsu
- At 21:23 on April 13, 2010, Gus K said…
- Hi Mark, I am guessing from Jeremy's comment that you knew the cyclist who was killed. I am really sorry and my sympathies go out to his friends and family. I stated this website just over a year ago and today saw its biggest growth which is bittersweet for all of us who are regulars. I am happy this community had had somewhere to express its feelings.
I hope you can be a part of this community.. it's usually a lot of fun.
Regards
Angus
- At 14:51 on April 13, 2010,
Dahondude said… - Hi Mark
I can't begin to imagine how you feel right now....
My number is 0404 198 493
cheers
Jeremy
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