Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
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Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby g-boaf » Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:51 pm
There will be some pretty interesting comments to that article, provided they let them through.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby g-boaf » Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:24 pm
I don't mind if a car driver runs me down. As long as they do a decent job of it and finish me off quickly. It's a horrible thing to say, but perhaps being frank like that might provoke some thought and change for the better.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby il padrone » Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:32 pm
The great Aussie cop-out.
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby The 2nd Womble » Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:57 pm
Huge fan of booted RGers who just can't help themselves
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby Xplora » Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:59 pm
People respond to threats quite readily. Fines and loss of liberty are easy enough to enforce.
Every solution less than This is basic lip service. Our attitudes are lax as a nation because our enforcement is lax.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby Ross » Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:32 pm
Wonder if these people would "blame the victim" if the article was about girls being sexually molested or raped? "she was asking for it by wearing a mini-skirt" or "she deserved it for walking around Kings Cross at midnight"il padrone wrote:Truly feral comments "It's all the cyclists' fault".
The great Aussie cop-out.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby g-boaf » Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:11 pm
How did that happen? I notice they didn't post my comment. It must have hit a nerve.The 2nd Womble wrote:I noticed that Safe Cycling Queensland recieved a mention. I guess that kook slithered through the cracks.
Agreed - car drivers must wear high-viz vests and proper driving shoes. Pedestrians at night should already be made to wear high-viz vests because they are often extremely hard to see.Xplora wrote:Ban black cars, and force ALL road users to adopt these same measures.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby InTheWoods » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:31 pm
So should cows and kangaroos. They're even more dangerous at night. And trees.g-boaf wrote: Pedestrians at night should already be made to wear high-viz vests because they are often extremely hard to see.
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Re: Latest safety article in Daily Telegraph
Postby wombatK » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:42 pm
Don't forget the helmets toog-boaf wrote: Agreed - car drivers must wear high-viz vests and proper driving shoes. Pedestrians at night should already be made to wear high-viz vests because they are often extremely hard to see.
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