The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby skull » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:01 pm
I have lived and done a fair bit of riding in Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Mt Isa, Darwin, Melbourne, Hobart and ACT.g-boaf wrote:
I'm Sydney - and it happens here too. I don't say much about it as it is just accepted and that's the way it is. Otherwise you become the proverbial Lycra wearing pansy cyclist with a deluded sense of entitlement.
By far the most aggressive drivers to cyclists was in Brisbane, then followed by Townsville.
Edit I had also been to Adelaide recently for work and took my bike that was ok/
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby wombatK » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:12 pm
He was a hopeless alcoholic who pickled his liver (i.e. advanced cirrhosis of the liver). It developed into liver cancer, and heDragster1 wrote:Whose is Derelict Hinch to talk, he was a bad drunk that most likely drove drunk on many occasions.
lives and breathes only by the good grace of a liver donor and doctors that rescued him from his self-inflicted harm.
You wonder how many near death experiences it takes to humble a man to the point where he might show a little more
compassion to others in return for the good graces others have shown him. The liver donor's family might fairly wonder
whether their gift might have been better spent on a more deserving patient.
Unless, of course, he's been terribly misquoted in the promo.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby jcjordan » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:13 pm
Not happy as I did not give permission for them to share with the less reputable commercial channels. If this is the case and it's taken out of context the ABC can expect a formal complaint.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby roller » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:51 pm
that was my takeaway from the promo which was shown lots of times during the footy last night.
so i won't be watching, it will be like the news.com.au comment section come to life.
though i have to say derrin hinch is a curious choice, i would have thought there's not many people left in Australia who would want to identify with his views. having him speak on behalf of the anti cyclist brigade could actually be a subtle form of sabotage on the part of the producers.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby queequeg » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:52 pm
all the associated promo footage was of motorists doing stupid things, so assume the comment "cockroaches on wheels" must refer to motoristsroller wrote:"cockroaches on wheels"
that was my takeaway from the promo which was shown lots of times during the footy last night.
so i won't be watching, it will be like the news.com.au comment section come to life.
though i have to say derrin hinch is a curious choice, i would have thought there's not many people left in Australia who would want to identify with his views. having him speak on behalf of the anti cyclist brigade could actually be a subtle form of sabotage on the part of the producers.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby human909 » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:16 pm
That is local news. Not linked to the Sunday night program.InTheWoods wrote:One of the first (or 1st story) on ch7 news was about the truck turnover accident and it was reasonable, even said cycling was good for you and reduced traffic congestion. I wonder if the war part has been cancelled for now. Is it meant to be on the news or Sunday night?
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby briztoon » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:29 pm
I do not expect the the program tonight to be anything other than a wind up piece to stir the pot.
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Postby The 2nd Womble » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:50 pm
"The ‘cockroaches’ are those selfish bleeps who run red lights, think road rules don’t apply to them. Wait until SN goes to air."
And:
"Hope the Twitter bombers who want me dead at least watch the Sunday Night story on cyclists. Will respond to hysteria on blog tomorrow."
It seems that Derryn may not be tarring all of us with that beard.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby g-boaf » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:54 pm
Hinch is bitter and twisted with a curious entitlement mentality and seems to think everyone is out to get him, so he overcompensates for it with an ultra aggressive attitude that just makes him less credible.wombatK wrote:He was a hopeless alcoholic who pickled his liver (i.e. advanced cirrhosis of the liver). It developed into liver cancer, and heDragster1 wrote:Whose is Derelict Hinch to talk, he was a bad drunk that most likely drove drunk on many occasions.
lives and breathes only by the good grace of a liver donor and doctors that rescued him from his self-inflicted harm.
You wonder how many near death experiences it takes to humble a man to the point where he might show a little more
compassion to others in return for the good graces others have shown him. The liver donor's family might fairly wonder
whether their gift might have been better spent on a more deserving patient.
Unless, of course, he's been terribly misquoted in the promo.
Cheers
I'm not normally mean, but how is it that so many good people are taken away and yet that prickly character is still around. When will he change?
I don't mind tarring journos because I hate them - what you tell them and what they report is often quite different. Never trusted any of them - never will. A few of you here seem to have been burned.
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Postby Mugglechops » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:56 pm
I will watch just to see if that's the case.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Kraeg » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:21 pm
Ahhh, so he is referring to both cyclists and motorists.The 2nd Womble wrote:These from Derryn on Twitter recently:
"The ‘cockroaches’ are those selfish bleeps who run red lights, think road rules don’t apply to them. Wait until SN goes to air."
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Postby Mustang » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:38 pm
Amen to that, we have to ride Steve Irwin at timesLukeyboy wrote:They'll still air it. I want to hear what Skaife has to say. Yes he might be a bit of a car head so to say but he does have some interesting views and logical reasoning. Cycling is also a very popular method in keeping fit in the whole motor racing industry. I remember him wanting a higher speed limit on certain parts of freeways/highways where it was safe to do so and lowering the speed limit in other areas. I find it just stupid that high quality roads like the 8 lane highway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast are 100-110kph while a shithole of a road like the Steve Irwin Highway with no shoulders, pot holes and 1 lane in each direction that cyclists are forced to use still has a 100kph speed limit.
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:40 pm
And that it's ok for cyclists to use SIW where several riders have been killed, but the highway between Cooroy and Yandina which is much safer and has a lot less traffic is prohibited .Lukeyboy wrote: I find it just stupid that high quality roads like the 8 lane highway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast are 100-110kph while a shithole of a road like the Steve Irwin Highway with no shoulders, pot holes and 1 lane in each direction that cyclists are forced to use still has a 100kph speed limit.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby jcjordan » Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:38 pm
Personally I would like to see many of the current roads which have speeds above 90 reduced.Lukeyboy wrote:They'll still air it. I want to hear what Skaife has to say. Yes he might be a bit of a car head so to say but he does have some interesting views and logical reasoning. Cycling is also a very popular method in keeping fit in the whole motor racing industry. I remember him wanting a higher speed limit on certain parts of freeways/highways where it was safe to do so and lowering the speed limit in other areas. I find it just stupid that high quality roads like the 8 lane highway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast are 100-110kph while a shithole of a road like the Steve Irwin Highway with no shoulders, pot holes and 1 lane in each direction that cyclists are forced to use still has a 100kph speed limit.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby beanspropulsion » Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:40 pm
Derryn Hinch is a "MERCHANT BANKER" but, plus they didn't answer the old furphy of "cyclists don't pay rego etc", oh yeah and Derryn Hinch is a "MERCHANT BANKER".
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby il padrone » Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:53 pm
I think you must have mis-heard that. They were actually saying "Derren Hinch is an urgent w******"beanspropulsion wrote:Derryn Hinch is a "MERCHANT BANKER" but, plus they didn't answer the old furphy of "cyclists don't pay rego etc", oh yeah and Derryn Hinch is a "MERCHANT BANKER".
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