The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby jules21 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:15 pm
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby VRE » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:21 pm
Agreed . But let's hope that, as another mentioned in this thread, it doesn't deter potential cyclists from starting cycling.jules21 wrote:good piece. i say well done ch.7. told it well, from the cyclists' perspective.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Ross » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:33 pm
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby rkelsen » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:42 pm
Haha. I feel your pain.MattyK wrote:Once again my Channel 7 rule seems to be working. (not that my TV seems to pick up anything except ABC2...)
"Raa Raa, you are, a noisy little lion... ♫"
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"Fin-ley the fi-re engine..."
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"64, 64, 64 zoo lane..."
I can no longer type the number 64 into any of my documents at work.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby queequeg » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:59 pm
Dine-saw.....grrrrrrrrkelsen wrote:Haha. I feel your pain.MattyK wrote:Once again my Channel 7 rule seems to be working. (not that my TV seems to pick up anything except ABC2...)
"Raa Raa, you are, a noisy little lion... ♫"
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"Fin-ley the fi-re engine..."
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"64, 64, 64 zoo lane..."
I can no longer type the number 64 into any of my documents at work.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby rkelsen » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:01 pm
My reading of this is that he is specifically picking on the people who choose to break the law.
I disagree with his comments on registration though. I wonder if he would change his opinion about it if he knew that the taxpayer would have to subsidise the administration of bicycle rego?
It seems odd that he mentions the name of 1 pedestrian who was killed by a cyclist in 2007 without mentioning the names of any of the 1,070 people who have died at the hands of motorists since then (in Victoria only).
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby cp123 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:16 pm
love the first lot of them commenting on the reporter who couldn't stay in the bike lane. Yes, well that's because many of the parked cars were sticking into it and it's the door zone....
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby BianchiCam » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:17 pm
Ie riding 2 abreast, giving more space when overtaking etc.
Could have sent a message through the idiot box as it seems the government is doing 4/5ths of sweet f*all.
Ps. Just had a look at some of the comments. I feel rather sad now. So many ignorant folks out there, so so many...
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby casual_cyclist » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:06 pm
I pay plenty of tax, I pay vehicle registration and I also pay to have a drivers license.InTheWoods wrote:I missed it apart from end... Can't believe derryn is upset that because we don't use petrol we don't pay enough tax! So does he think fuel efficient cars shouldnt be allowed on the road as much or should pay more rego to make up for it?
Haha! Gold! I travel a lot further on my bike than in my car. I want a refund too!wexford wrote:I've got a canned response when someone tries the rego argument with me.
"I own a car, I pay rego but I don't use it because I ride everywhere. Which means I'm subsidising your rego. Can I have a refund please?"
With that I hold out my hand, and ask them to refund me again. Nobody has ever had a comeback to that!
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Marx » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:58 pm
“How’s my riding?”
Printed on the back of a jersey/gillett/backpack.
Bike rego issue sorted.
What’s next?
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Lukeyboy » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:53 pm
How's my riding. Call 1800KISSMYASS
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby il padrone » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:20 pm
Kidney probably came from some poor young fit cyclist who was swiped and killed by one of the bogansbirdbrain wrote:Cockroaches aye! The only cockroach was Hinch a drunk who was lucky enough to get a kidney from some poor sod who died. Interesting that all of the aggression was from drivers. War on the Roads what crap!
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Percrime » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:08 pm
And yes thats what I thought
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Ross » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:32 pm
That's a flawed argument. You have to pay sepearate rego on multiple vehicles thst you own and but can only drive one at a time...and you also need seperate licences to drive them as well (eg a car vs motorbike vs truck) so why should a bicycle have an exemption? Not being pro bicycle rego (though if it got us respect on the road from motorists then I'd be pro-rego but I know motorists attitudes wouldn't change), just pointing out the lack of logic in the "I pay rego on my car" argument.casual_cyclist wrote:I pay plenty of tax, I pay vehicle registration and I also pay to have a drivers license.InTheWoods wrote:I missed it apart from end... Can't believe derryn is upset that because we don't use petrol we don't pay enough tax! So does he think fuel efficient cars shouldnt be allowed on the road as much or should pay more rego to make up for it?
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby g-boaf » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:39 pm
What does Hinch plan to do about those people? Make these runners wear license plates and have registration?
He's just a miserable grumpy old man.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:48 pm
+1. I reckon there's a couple of ways to go about it, if the person you're talking to wants bike rego because "they all run red lights" then point out what a fantastic job registration does of stopping much more dangerous cars, motorbikes and trucks from doing the same (and I always like to point out the utterly disgusting number of people killed on the road every year). If it's because "they should pay for the road", then the argument is that rego doesn't come close to paying for roads, bike rego would never actually generate a profit, cyclists already pay the taxes and rates that DO fund the roads, and bicycles don't do any damage to the roads.Ross wrote: That's a flawed argument. You have to pay sepearate rego on multiple vehicles thst you own and but can only drive one at a time...and you also need seperate licences to drive them as well (eg a car vs motorbike vs truck) so why should a bicycle have an exemption? Not being pro bicycle rego (though if it got us respect on the road from motorists then I'd be pro-rego but I know motorists attitudes wouldn't change), just pointing out the lack of logic in the "I pay rego on my car" argument.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:31 pm
So many things I'd like to say to Hinch but my limited command of the "utter" sub-dialect of "Moron" isnt up to it.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby kenwstr » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:14 pm
The maintenance costs of the road network are a product of the distance travelled, weight of the vehicle, speed and the width of road used. A little calculation later shows that a fair price for me to use my bike on the road would be around 0.015% of what I pay for my car. Ie for every $100 I pay to use the car, I would be required to pay 1 cent to use the bike. I'd be happy to pay this but somehow, I suspect the administration costs to the general public would exceed that fair amount. While we are being fair and equitable, we should get a rebate for easing our health care burden off the state through a fitter, healthier lifestyle and perhaps a suddenly shortened life eliminating the burden of palliative care and age pension.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Lizzy » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:26 pm
Couldn't bear to watch, but just skimmed the transcript, billed by BTAWA as "not as bad as the promo". That's about all I'd give it though, it really did miss some good opportunities to counter some of the boneheaded junk we are all so sick of hearing.BianchiCam wrote:It did nothing to help educate the public.
Ie riding 2 abreast, giving more space when overtaking etc.
Could have sent a message through the idiot box as it seems the government is doing 4/5ths of sweet f*all.
Ps. Just had a look at some of the comments. I feel rather sad now. So many ignorant folks out there, so so many...
Re the comments: Ghostery for firefox, sweetie. Has the option of blocking comment sections on most blogs & news websites. I wouldn't be surprised if installing it has markedly reduced my baseline blood pressure.
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby lobstermash » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:07 pm
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Red Rider » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:20 pm
Thanks for sharinglobstermash wrote:I enjoyed reading this blogger's appraisal of the segment... http://www.singlespeedgoldcoast.com/201 ... roads.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Paul B » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:00 am
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Re: The War on the Roads - TV - Sunday night
Postby Ross » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:18 am
lobstermash wrote:I enjoyed reading this blogger's appraisal of the segment... http://www.singlespeedgoldcoast.com/201 ... roads.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Gold!And apparently the shortfall between what petrol taxes provide and what roads cost is about the same as the gap between Derryn's mouth and his brain.
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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 Marx » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:26 pm
Please don’t talk about bike rego, because it ‘normalises’ this extreme viewpoint.
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