Moron Motorists #3
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Usernoname » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:18 am
Riding up a 2 lane major arterial road (70k limit) a while back, I was riding inside the shoulder. 3 cars passed in the left lane, no vehicles in the right. Not close passes as such but they did not deviate at all from their line. A bit further along while they were still in my view the road surface in the left lane was very rough for a short distance. All 3 vehicles moved across 1/2 into right lane to avoid the bumpy bits. A lot of drivers do not register a bike at all until they hit you.bychosis wrote:This morning's special person decided that they were scared of a truck but not a cyclist. I was outside the fog line, in the shoulder, but the little Suzuki swift in the left lane moved right over to the fog line to get away front the big scary truck in the right lane. While it wasn't a particularly close pass, it was closer than I'd like and probably close to the 1m clearance. Seems it's ok to scratch your car on a bicycle, but not a truck.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby queequeg » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:58 am
Basically tells me that many motorists value their comfort or car suspension more than the life of another human.Usernoname wrote:Riding up a 2 lane major arterial road (70k limit) a while back, I was riding inside the shoulder. 3 cars passed in the left lane, no vehicles in the right. Not close passes as such but they did not deviate at all from their line. A bit further along while they were still in my view the road surface in the left lane was very rough for a short distance. All 3 vehicles moved across 1/2 into right lane to avoid the bumpy bits. A lot of drivers do not register a bike at all until they hit you.bychosis wrote:This morning's special person decided that they were scared of a truck but not a cyclist. I was outside the fog line, in the shoulder, but the little Suzuki swift in the left lane moved right over to the fog line to get away front the big scary truck in the right lane. While it wasn't a particularly close pass, it was closer than I'd like and probably close to the 1m clearance. Seems it's ok to scratch your car on a bicycle, but not a truck.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby silentC » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:36 am
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby jasonc » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:43 am
When vic were discussing the 1m law, Racv wanted passing bikes in bike Lanes excluded. What does That tell you?silentC wrote:If there is a white line between them and you, you don't exist.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby jasonc » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:29 am
It tells me That Racv is run by 2 dimensional moronssilentC wrote:It tells me that bogan motorists aren't the only ones who think white lines are 3 dimensional
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby warthog1 » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:37 am
RACV are heavily involved in "supporting" our peak cycling body here, Bicycle Network.jasonc wrote: It tells me That Racv is run by 2 dimensional morons
Supporting, advising, instructing, probably a combination of all
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby find_bruce » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:13 pm
Green-edge bus driver got a new job I seebiker jk wrote:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-1 ... ne/9320758
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby antigee » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:16 pm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-11/h ... ne/9320758
check the time line 3 seconds behind the cyclists and more than that to stop
"Police later said they had not been required to deal with the chaos"
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Aushiker » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:24 pm
Shouldn't it have been a closed road given the race was happening on that section?antigee wrote:^^^try this link
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-11/h ... ne/9320758
check the time line 3 seconds behind the cyclists and more than that to stop
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby silentC » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:41 pm
They have rolling closures along the course and fixed closures at the start/finish at the appropriate times, otherwise all roads open. If that was the finish, it was closed from 2pm to 3pm but I think that video was a couple of hours earlier.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby antigee » Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:54 pm
timing would say amateur riders and a professional truck driver having his or her judgement impaired by having to work ahead of the rolling closure and still deal with cyclists...gotta earn a crustsilentC wrote:Pretty sure those riders weren't part of the race.
They have rolling closures along the course and fixed closures at the start/finish at the appropriate times, otherwise all roads open. If that was the finish, it was closed from 2pm to 3pm but I think that video was a couple of hours earlier.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby silentC » Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:58 pm
Sorry, couldn't help it
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Thoglette » Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:16 pm
... one of the men's teams doing a reconnaissance of the stage.antigee wrote:timing would say
... an oversize load (over-height) not expecting to find a "bridge" on the route.antigee wrote:and a professional truck driver having
One of our resident professional truck drivers might opine as to whether that was illegally over height or just "she'll be right" over height. 4.3 metres comes to mind.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby MichaelB » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:37 pm
Only good thing was no-one got hurt.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby g-boaf » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:49 pm
The thing was belching enormous black clouds of smoke so thick you could barely see the car, and the whole back of the car was totally blackened. It could barely even accelerate properly.
What was he thinking!? Thank goodness it wasn't too close. I should have videoed it, totally unbelievable.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby find_bruce » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:15 am
If you have the rego number, report it to the EPAg-boaf wrote:Driver of a diesel Mercedes R300 or R320CDI yesterday. Engine in it had some very serious failure, yet he was still driving it.
The thing was belching enormous black clouds of smoke so thick you could barely see the car, and the whole back of the car was totally blackened. It could barely even accelerate properly.
What was he thinking!? Thank goodness it wasn't too close. I should have videoed it, totally unbelievable.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby g-boaf » Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:03 am
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby BianchiCam » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:28 pm
Straw man anyone?, anyone?
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Biffidus » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:10 am
You misspelled "recreational". Commuting *is* serious cycling.Kronos wrote:It doesn't matter if the guy is a commuter (in this case) or a serious cyclist...
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby jasonc » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:15 am
You mean there is something more serious than commuting?Biffidus wrote:You misspelled "recreational". Commuting *is* serious cycling.Kronos wrote:It doesn't matter if the guy is a commuter (in this case) or a serious cyclist...
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