Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
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Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby Ross » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:10 am
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby Ross » Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:25 am
O'Keefe then mentioned that numerous studies had been done both in Australia and overseas which showed traffic congestion easing and greater economic benefits to local businesses.
Smith also mentioned that some pedestrian he knew was run into by a hit and run cyclist and received a broken hip and was tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket for medical expenses beccause of the incident. O'Keefe quickly retorted that there are many motorist related hit and runs too so one cycling related incident should be kept in perspective.
Smith seemed to have his anti-cycling views and no facts or logic would change these. A bit dissapointing seeing as how he is a motorcycle rider so should be sympathetic to other vunerable road users and was baying for blood when his friend Glenn Wheeler was hit by a car and critically injured while riding his motorbike.
Steven Hodge was articulate and gave a good analogy regarding bike lanes and paths in answer to Chris Smith who said hardly any cyclists use these. Hodge said it's like having a lot of pieces of hose, water won't flow through until all the pieces are joined together.
Dave from Safe Cycling Qld was not doing himself any favours attacking Miranda Devine (who wasn't even in the debate, let alone mentioned by anyone except Dave), accusing her of "stabbing kittens".
Derryn Hinch was asked about his previous comment where he regarded cyclists as "cockroaches on wheels". He replied that it was only the cyclists that go through red lights and other similar offences that he regarded this way, not the general cycling population.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby redsonic » Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:27 am
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby il padrone » Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:57 pm
Just the sight of the imbecile makes me want to vomit !!!
That 'Chris' buffoon spelled out his bike-hate pretty clearly in supporting SA's change to allow footpath cycling - "Get them awf the roads"
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Postby Ross » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:17 pm
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby bychosis » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:20 pm
Wasn't a terrible segment, but wasn't great either. I think that cyclists got slightly on top out of it.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby Mulger bill » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:54 pm
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, just like a certain chip shop employee is "Not against Moslems, but..."The Human Facepalm wrote:I'm not against cycling, but...
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby gorilla monsoon » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:51 pm
And of course that piece of detritus Hinch is tempering his views because he wants six years on the public purse by winning election to the Federal Senate in the upcoming election.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby trailgumby » Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:25 pm
Actually I thought it was on point, which is that the tabloid media has to take a lot of the responsibility for fuelling and then fanning the current levels of acrimony from motor vehicle drivers towards cyclists.ross wrote:Dave from Safe Cycling Qld was not doing himself any favours attacking Miranda Devine (who wasn't even in the debate, let alone mentioned by anyone except Dave), accusing her of "stabbing kittens"
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:16 pm
This is why...trailgumby wrote:Actually I thought it was on point, which is that the tabloid media has to take a lot of the responsibility for fuelling and then fanning the current levels of acrimony from motor vehicle drivers towards cyclists.ross wrote:Dave from Safe Cycling Qld was not doing himself any favours attacking Miranda Devine (who wasn't even in the debate, let alone mentioned by anyone except Dave), accusing her of "stabbing kittens"
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby il padrone » Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:41 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby grimbo » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:53 pm
So I wonder what he calls car drivers who break the same laws but with much larger potential impact. Or maybe he only likes to pick on minority groups to invoke a righteous rage amongst the majority and stoke his ego at the sametime?Ross wrote:Derryn Hinch was asked about his previous comment where he regarded cyclists as "cockroaches on wheels". He replied that it was only the cyclists that go through red lights and other similar offences that he regarded this way, not the general cycling population.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby jules21 » Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:10 pm
valued listenersgrimbo wrote:So I wonder what he calls car drivers who break the same laws but with much larger potential impact.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:18 pm
Winner!jules21 wrote:valued listenersgrimbo wrote:So I wonder what he calls car drivers who break the same laws but with much larger potential impact.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby g-boaf » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:25 pm
Correction - valued voters!Mulger bill wrote:Winner!jules21 wrote:valued listenersgrimbo wrote:So I wonder what he calls car drivers who break the same laws but with much larger potential impact.
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Re: Bike rego/licencing 'debate' coming up on Sunrise this morning (Sat)
Postby fat and old » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:50 am
"Oh no, I didn't mean that"
"Then what?"
"Ahhhhh...."
"Yeah, right. You're just an ignorant moron then"
"Ahhhh....."
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